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ALSINA CASANOVA, Miguel

Professor Adjunt
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Department of Medicine

Contact

malsina@uic.es
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  • Academic training
  • Professional experience
  • Projects
    • Competitive
  • Publications
    • Articles
  • Subjects taught
Miguel Alsina Casanova has a Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona (2009). He completed the Residency in Pediatrics and Specific Areas at the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona (2010-2014) and in Neonatology at the same center (2014-2016). He holds a PhD in Medicine and Traslational Research (2018).
Miguel is an Assistant Professor at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. He is accredited as a Lecturer Professor by the Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya (AQU). He has more than 7 years of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience. He was a professor at the Academy of MIR Studies (AMIR) for more than 5 years. Presently, he works as an Assistant Pediatrician at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and at the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona. His research focuses on neonatal oxygenation: perinatal asphyxia, transfusion of allogeneic blood from umbilical cord donors and monitoring of tissue oxygenation using near-infrared light. He has more than 20 indexed scientific publications, is principal investigator in several funded projects, and has made multiple communications at national and international level.
  • Estudio epigenómico, metabolómico, y metagenómico de una cohorte de niños con Síndrome Alcohólico Fetal.Desarrollo de un modelo diagnóstico y búsqueda de nuevas dianas terapéuticas
    PI: GARCIA-ALGAR, O. Start date: 01/01/2019
    Financing entity: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
  • Safeguarding the Brain of Our Smallest Infants Phase III (SafeBoosC)
    PI: Greisen, G. Start date: 01/01/2019
    Financing entity: Rigshospitalet
  • Estudio epigenómico, metabolómico, y metagenómico de una cohorte de niños con Síndrome Alcohólico Fetal.Desarrollo de un modelo diagnóstico y búsqueda de nuevas dianas terapéuticas
    PI: GARCÍA-ALGAR, O. Start date: 01/01/2019
    Financing entity: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEONATAL SCREENING, Foetal Haemoglobin as a Marker of Bone Marrow Suppression Secondary to Anti-Kell Alloimmunisation
    Name: Morales, R.; González, J.; Palacio, M.; Argudo, A.; López, R.; Paredes, A.; Aldecoa, V.; Alsina, M. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Vol.: 9 No.: 2
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijns9020024 ISSN or title: 2409-515X
  • Frontiers In Pediatrics, Extremely Preterm Infant Admissions Within the SafeBoosC-III Consortium During the COVID-19 Lockdown
    Name: RASMUSSEN, M.; LÜHR HANSEN, M.; Alsina, M.; et al.; Pichler, G.; Dempsey, E.; Pellicer, A.; EL-Khuffash, A.; A., S.; Piris, S.; Cetinkaya, M.; Chalak, L.; Özkan, H.; Baserga, M.; Sirc, J.; Fuchs, H.; Ergenekon, E.; Arruza, L.; Mathur, A.; Stocker, M.; Otero, O.; Szczapa, T.; Sarafidis, K.; Królak, B.; Memisoglu, A.; Reigstad, H.; Rafińska, E.; Hatzidaki, E.; Peng, Z.; Gkentzi, D.; Viellevoye, R.; De Buyst, J.; Mastretta, E.; Wang, P.; Holst, G.; Bender, L.; Cornette, L.; Tkaczyk, J.; Del Rio, R.; Fumagalli, M.; Papathoma, E.; Wilinska, M.; Naulaers, G.; Sadowska, I.; Lecart, C.; Couce, M.; Fredly, S.; Heuchan, A.; Karen, T.; Greisen, G. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Vol.: 9
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.647880 ISSN or title: 2296-2360
  • Blood transfusion, Feasibility of umbilical cord blood as a source of red blood cell transfusion in preterm infants
    Name: GARCÍA, E.; Alsina, M.; SAMARKANOVA, D.; Aldecoa, V.; Palacio, M.; Farssac, E.; Figueras, J.; Salvia, M.; Querol, S. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Start page: 510 End page: 517 Vol.: 19 No.: 6
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.2450/2020.0169-20 ISSN or title: 1723-2007
  • Pediatric research, Enquiring beneath the surface: can a gene expression assay shed light into the heterogeneity among newborns with neonatal encephalopathy?
    Name: BALADA, R.; TEBÉ, C.; León, M.; Arca, G.; Alsina, M.; Castells, A.; Alcántara, S.; Garcia, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2020
    Start page: 451 End page: 458 Vol.: 88 No.: 3
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41390-020-0764-2 ISSN or title: 0031-3998
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STD & AIDS, Hydrops fetalis caused by congenital syphilis: An ancient disease?
    Name: RAMIS, S.; Alsina, M.; HERRANZ, A.; Aldecoa, V.; Borràs, C.; Salvia, D. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2019
    Start page: 1436 End page: 1439 Vol.: 30 No.: 14
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462419876487 ISSN or title: 1758-1052
  • Nutrients, The Effects of Vegetarian and Vegan Diet during Pregnancy on the Health of Mothers and Offspring
    Name: SEBASTIANI, G.; HERRANZ, A.; Alsina, M.; BORRÁS, C.; Aldecoa, V.; Andreu, V.; Pascual, M.; Ferrero, S.; Gómez, M.; García, O. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2019
    Vol.: 11 No.: 3
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11030557 ISSN or title: 2072-6643
  • Anatomy & Physiology: Current Research, Multiorgan Dysfunction in Infants of 33-35 Weeks Gestation with Severe Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Treated with Hypothermia
    Name: Alsina, M.; MARTÍN, A.; LEON, M.; Arca, G.; Pérez, E.; García-Alix, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2018
    Vol.: 8 No.: 4
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2161-0940.1000305 ISSN or title: 2161-0940
  • Nutrients, The Effects of Alcohol and Drugs of Abuse on Maternal Nutritional Profile during Pregnancy
    Name: SEBASTIANI, G.; BORRÁS, C.; Alsina, M.; Pascual, M.; Ferrero, S.; Gómez, M.; García, O. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2018
    Vol.: 10 No.: 8
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10081008 ISSN or title: 2072-6643
  • Jornal de Pediatria, Efficacy of passive hypothermia and adverse events during transport of asphyxiated newborns according to the severity of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
    Name: CARRERAS, N.; Alsina, M.; ALARCON, A.; Arca, G.; Agut, T.; García-Alix, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2018
    Start page: 251 End page: 257 Vol.: 94 No.: 3
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jped.2017.05.009 ISSN or title: 0021-7557
  • Human mutation, Maternal mutations of FOXF1 cause alveolar capillary dysplasia despite not being imprinted
    Name: Alsina, M.; MONTEAGUDO, A.; RODRIGUEZ, L.; Court, F.; Gazquez, I.; Martorell, L.; Rovira, C.; Moore, G.; Ishida, M.; Castañon, M.; Moliner, E.; Monk, D.; Moreno, J. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2017
    Start page: 615 End page: 620 Vol.: 38 No.: 6
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/humu.23213 ISSN or title: 1059-7794
  • Pediatric critical care medicine, The Severity of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Correlates With Multiple Organ Dysfunction in the Hypothermia Era
    Name: Alsina, M.; MARTÍN, A.; ALARCON, A.; Arca, G.; Gayá, F.; García-Alix, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2017
    Start page: 234 End page: 240 Vol.: 18 No.: 3
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000001068 ISSN or title: 1529-7535
Course 2024-2025 - Period: 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2025
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
    • - Cultural Foundations: Falling in Love, Love and Human Sexuality
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
    • - Palliative Care Medicine
    Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
    • - Human Sexuality
Course 2023-2024 - Period: 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2024
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
    • - Palliative Care Medicine
Course 2022-2023 - Period: 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2023
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
    • - Palliative Care Medicine
Course 2021-2022 - Period: 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2022
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Palliative Care Medicine
    • - Midwifery Practicum
Course 2020-2021 - Period: 01/09/2020 - 31/08/2021
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
    • - Palliative Care Medicine
Course 2019-2020 - Period: 01/09/2019 - 31/08/2020
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
Course 2018-2019 - Period: 01/09/2018 - 31/08/2019
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
Course 2017-2018 - Period: 01/09/2017 - 31/08/2018
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Midwifery Practicum
    • - Pediatrics
Course 2016-2017 - Period: 01/09/2016 - 31/08/2017
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
Course 2015-2016 - Period: 01/09/2015 - 31/08/2016
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics

Academic training

Miguel Alsina Casanova has a Degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona (2009). He completed the Residency in Pediatrics and Specific Areas at the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona (2010-2014) and in Neonatology at the same center (2014-2016). He holds a PhD in Medicine and Traslational Research (2018).

Professional experience

Miguel is an Assistant Professor at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. He is accredited as a Lecturer Professor by the Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya (AQU). He has more than 7 years of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience. He was a professor at the Academy of MIR Studies (AMIR) for more than 5 years. Presently, he works as an Assistant Pediatrician at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and at the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona. His research focuses on neonatal oxygenation: perinatal asphyxia, transfusion of allogeneic blood from umbilical cord donors and monitoring of tissue oxygenation using near-infrared light. He has more than 20 indexed scientific publications, is principal investigator in several funded projects, and has made multiple communications at national and international level.

Projects

Competitive

  • Estudio epigenómico, metabolómico, y metagenómico de una cohorte de niños con Síndrome Alcohólico Fetal.Desarrollo de un modelo diagnóstico y búsqueda de nuevas dianas terapéuticas
    PI: GARCIA-ALGAR, O. Start date: 01/01/2019
    Financing entity: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
  • Safeguarding the Brain of Our Smallest Infants Phase III (SafeBoosC)
    PI: Greisen, G. Start date: 01/01/2019
    Financing entity: Rigshospitalet
  • Estudio epigenómico, metabolómico, y metagenómico de una cohorte de niños con Síndrome Alcohólico Fetal.Desarrollo de un modelo diagnóstico y búsqueda de nuevas dianas terapéuticas
    PI: GARCÍA-ALGAR, O. Start date: 01/01/2019
    Financing entity: Instituto de Salud Carlos III

Publications

Articles

  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEONATAL SCREENING, Foetal Haemoglobin as a Marker of Bone Marrow Suppression Secondary to Anti-Kell Alloimmunisation
    Name: Morales, R.; González, J.; Palacio, M.; Argudo, A.; López, R.; Paredes, A.; Aldecoa, V.; Alsina, M. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2023
    Vol.: 9 No.: 2
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijns9020024 ISSN or title: 2409-515X
  • Frontiers In Pediatrics, Extremely Preterm Infant Admissions Within the SafeBoosC-III Consortium During the COVID-19 Lockdown
    Name: RASMUSSEN, M.; LÜHR HANSEN, M.; Alsina, M.; et al.; Pichler, G.; Dempsey, E.; Pellicer, A.; EL-Khuffash, A.; A., S.; Piris, S.; Cetinkaya, M.; Chalak, L.; Özkan, H.; Baserga, M.; Sirc, J.; Fuchs, H.; Ergenekon, E.; Arruza, L.; Mathur, A.; Stocker, M.; Otero, O.; Szczapa, T.; Sarafidis, K.; Królak, B.; Memisoglu, A.; Reigstad, H.; Rafińska, E.; Hatzidaki, E.; Peng, Z.; Gkentzi, D.; Viellevoye, R.; De Buyst, J.; Mastretta, E.; Wang, P.; Holst, G.; Bender, L.; Cornette, L.; Tkaczyk, J.; Del Rio, R.; Fumagalli, M.; Papathoma, E.; Wilinska, M.; Naulaers, G.; Sadowska, I.; Lecart, C.; Couce, M.; Fredly, S.; Heuchan, A.; Karen, T.; Greisen, G. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Vol.: 9
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.647880 ISSN or title: 2296-2360
  • Blood transfusion, Feasibility of umbilical cord blood as a source of red blood cell transfusion in preterm infants
    Name: GARCÍA, E.; Alsina, M.; SAMARKANOVA, D.; Aldecoa, V.; Palacio, M.; Farssac, E.; Figueras, J.; Salvia, M.; Querol, S. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2021
    Start page: 510 End page: 517 Vol.: 19 No.: 6
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.2450/2020.0169-20 ISSN or title: 1723-2007
  • Pediatric research, Enquiring beneath the surface: can a gene expression assay shed light into the heterogeneity among newborns with neonatal encephalopathy?
    Name: BALADA, R.; TEBÉ, C.; León, M.; Arca, G.; Alsina, M.; Castells, A.; Alcántara, S.; Garcia, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2020
    Start page: 451 End page: 458 Vol.: 88 No.: 3
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41390-020-0764-2 ISSN or title: 0031-3998
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STD & AIDS, Hydrops fetalis caused by congenital syphilis: An ancient disease?
    Name: RAMIS, S.; Alsina, M.; HERRANZ, A.; Aldecoa, V.; Borràs, C.; Salvia, D. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2019
    Start page: 1436 End page: 1439 Vol.: 30 No.: 14
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462419876487 ISSN or title: 1758-1052
  • Nutrients, The Effects of Vegetarian and Vegan Diet during Pregnancy on the Health of Mothers and Offspring
    Name: SEBASTIANI, G.; HERRANZ, A.; Alsina, M.; BORRÁS, C.; Aldecoa, V.; Andreu, V.; Pascual, M.; Ferrero, S.; Gómez, M.; García, O. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2019
    Vol.: 11 No.: 3
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11030557 ISSN or title: 2072-6643
  • Anatomy & Physiology: Current Research, Multiorgan Dysfunction in Infants of 33-35 Weeks Gestation with Severe Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Treated with Hypothermia
    Name: Alsina, M.; MARTÍN, A.; LEON, M.; Arca, G.; Pérez, E.; García-Alix, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2018
    Vol.: 8 No.: 4
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2161-0940.1000305 ISSN or title: 2161-0940
  • Nutrients, The Effects of Alcohol and Drugs of Abuse on Maternal Nutritional Profile during Pregnancy
    Name: SEBASTIANI, G.; BORRÁS, C.; Alsina, M.; Pascual, M.; Ferrero, S.; Gómez, M.; García, O. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2018
    Vol.: 10 No.: 8
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10081008 ISSN or title: 2072-6643
  • Jornal de Pediatria, Efficacy of passive hypothermia and adverse events during transport of asphyxiated newborns according to the severity of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
    Name: CARRERAS, N.; Alsina, M.; ALARCON, A.; Arca, G.; Agut, T.; García-Alix, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2018
    Start page: 251 End page: 257 Vol.: 94 No.: 3
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jped.2017.05.009 ISSN or title: 0021-7557
  • Human mutation, Maternal mutations of FOXF1 cause alveolar capillary dysplasia despite not being imprinted
    Name: Alsina, M.; MONTEAGUDO, A.; RODRIGUEZ, L.; Court, F.; Gazquez, I.; Martorell, L.; Rovira, C.; Moore, G.; Ishida, M.; Castañon, M.; Moliner, E.; Monk, D.; Moreno, J. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2017
    Start page: 615 End page: 620 Vol.: 38 No.: 6
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/humu.23213 ISSN or title: 1059-7794
  • Pediatric critical care medicine, The Severity of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Correlates With Multiple Organ Dysfunction in the Hypothermia Era
    Name: Alsina, M.; MARTÍN, A.; ALARCON, A.; Arca, G.; Gayá, F.; García-Alix, A. Role: Autor Publishing date: 2017
    Start page: 234 End page: 240 Vol.: 18 No.: 3
    DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000001068 ISSN or title: 1529-7535
Course 2024-2025 - Period: 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2025
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration
    • - Cultural Foundations: Falling in Love, Love and Human Sexuality
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
    • - Palliative Care Medicine
    Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
    • - Human Sexuality
Course 2023-2024 - Period: 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2024
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
    • - Palliative Care Medicine
Course 2022-2023 - Period: 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2023
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
    • - Palliative Care Medicine
Course 2021-2022 - Period: 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2022
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Palliative Care Medicine
    • - Midwifery Practicum
Course 2020-2021 - Period: 01/09/2020 - 31/08/2021
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
    • - Palliative Care Medicine
Course 2019-2020 - Period: 01/09/2019 - 31/08/2020
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
Course 2018-2019 - Period: 01/09/2018 - 31/08/2019
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
Course 2017-2018 - Period: 01/09/2017 - 31/08/2018
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Midwifery Practicum
    • - Pediatrics
Course 2016-2017 - Period: 01/09/2016 - 31/08/2017
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics
    • - Midwifery Practicum
Course 2015-2016 - Period: 01/09/2015 - 31/08/2016
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Medicine
    • - Pediatrics