Chirag Chandrakant Sheth Shah

Chirag Chandrakant Sheth Shah

Academic Qualifications:
2016 Specialization Course: Design and Interpretation of Clinical Trials, Johns Hopkins University, USA
2007 Doctor in Medical Microbiology, University of Kent, UK
2002 Bachelor of Science with Honors in Microbiology with a Year in Industry

Research Interests:
Co-lead investigator of the UCH Oral Microbiology Group, along with Dra Veronica Veses
Research Focus
1. The influence of social and dietary habits on oral microflora
2. Oral inflammation and cancer
3. Microbiological basis of dental pigmentations
3. Infections by MRSA in the dental clinic
4. Development of novel antimicrobial compounds for use in the food industry

Present Position(s) and Academic Responsibilities:
2022-2023 Vice-Rector for Internationalization
2019-2022 Deputy Vice-Rector of Internationalizarion and Digital Transformation
2014-present Active member of CEINDO, CEU Doctoral School
2014-2019 Member of the Comission for the End of Degree Project (TFG)
2014-2019 Member of the Comission for the Renewal of Accreditation for the Dentistry Degree Program2013-2019 Academic Coordinator of the Dentistry Degree
2013-2019 Member of the CGC (Comisión de Garantía de Calidad) of the Faculty of Health Sciences
2014-2019 Member of the Social and Cultural Promotion Team for the Dentistry Degree
2013-2019 Member of the Comission for Admission to the Medicine Degree program
2013-2019 ERASMUS Coordinator for the Dentistry Degree Program


Doctoral Supervision:
2022 - Doctoral Mentor for Barbod Aliazagadeh
2022 - Doctoral Mentor for María Cardells Peris
2021- Doctoral Mentor for Martina Sánchez
2020 - Doctoral Mentor for Iciar Sanz
2017 - Doctoral Mentor for Amparo Albelda
2016 - Doctoral Mentor for Barbara Ortega

Main present functions in the international scientific community:
Editorial Board Member | Journal of Virtual Exchange | https://journal.unicollaboration.org
External Assessor for the European Center for Disease Control
Ad Hoc Reviewer for Nature Methods

LinkedIn: https://es.linkedin.com/in/chirag-c-sheth
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chirag_Sheth3
ResearcherID: L-1059-2016
ORCID: 0000-0002-8303-0218

Recently Organized International Meetings:
2022 - International Virtual Exchange Conference
2012-2014, 2016-2023 Member of the Scientific Comittee of the UCH CEU International Student Congress
2012-present Member of the Organizing Comittee of the UCH CEU International Student Congress

Awards:
2001 Awarded the ‘Howard Rogers Prize’ for the Best Undergraduate student in Microbiology at the University of Kent, United Kingdom
2000 Industrial work experience in the Division of Microbial and Cell Culture Sciences (MCCS), GlaxoSmithKline, United Kingdom, 2000-2001
2000 Society for General Microbiology Undergraduate Microbiology Prize
2005-2011 Sexenio de Investigación, CNEAI (1º)
2011-2017 Sexenio de Investigación, CNEAI (2º)

Current Teaching Responsibilities:
Dentistry - 4th Year - Epidemiology and Public Health
Medicine - 6th Year - Integrated Medicine
Medicine - 2nd Year - Praxis and Research Methodology II
Medicine - 3rd Year - Microbiology and Immunology

Professor in Master in Monitoring and Direction of Clinical Trials