Daniela Constanza Espinoza Aburto
Member of the Wound Healing Innovation Research Line
Email: danielaconstanza.espinoza@uvic.cat
My name is Daniela Espinoza Aburto. I am a registered nurse, having obtained my degree from Universidad Mayor, Chile. I completed a postgraduate certification as a Monitor in Wound and Ostomy Management, delivered by the National Wound Institute Foundation. Subsequently, to further specialize in advanced wound care, I pursued a Specialty in Wounds, Ulcers, and Ostomies at Universidad Mayor. In addition, to prepare my workplace for accreditation processes, I completed a course in healthcare accreditation provided by the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
After graduation, I worked at Clínica Bupa Santiago, part of the Sanitas network (United Kingdom), in the adult medical-surgical inpatient unit and the adult-pediatric transitional hospitalization unit for eight months as a clinical nurse. I then joined the National Wound Institute Foundation as a Coordinating Nurse and as a member of the teaching team for the postgraduate program “Monitor in Wound and Ostomy Management.”
Throughout my professional career, I have participated in multiple research projects, which have strengthened my interest in the field of research. Consequently, I applied to and was accepted into the PhD program in Comprehensive Care and Health Services at the Universitat de Vic, Spain, which I began in 2025. As part of this doctoral program, I will develop a dissertation focused on the measurement of bacterial load in procedure rooms within primary healthcare centers in Chile. This topic addresses the current deficiencies in control and regulation, which negatively impact patient treatment outcomes and, consequently, the quality of life of patients and their families.
My last happenings:
Clara Masó participates in the “Present Your Thesis in 4 Minutes” competition at UVic-UCC
Clara Masó, PhD candidate, participated on May 13 in the 9th edition of the competition “Present Your Thesis in 4 Minutes”, hosted by the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC) in the context of the first European Doctoral Day. The event brought together 14 doctoral students from 8 different PhD programmes, all taking on the challenge of explaining their research in just four minutes. The competition aims to promote clear, engaging, and accessible scientific communication, encouraging participants to present their work using only their oral communication skills. This initiative highlights the importance of bringing research closer to [...]
Marta Casals Zorita presented her doctoral thesis at the International Nurses Day in Osona
Marta Casals, a member of TR2Lab, delivered a presentation on her doctoral thesis titled "Education program to improve adherence to self-care recommendations for people with complex wounds of the lower extremities" on May 12th. The event provoided an opportunity for professionals to meet and share experiences and insights regarding the nursing profession. The theme of the meeting was "Empowerment that saves lives: caring as nurses in the context of war and humanitarian crises".
Extracellular Matrix-Derived Hydrogel to Model and Study COPD
Renata Kelly da Palma carried out a three-month research stay in Brazil, at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo (USP), in collaboration with the research group led by Prof. Dr Paulo Manuel Pêgo-Fernandes. During this period, she worked on the development of extracellular matrix-derived hydrogels to model and study Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). These hydrogels are biomaterials obtained from extracellular matrix components and are designed to reproduce some characteristics of the natural environment of tissues. They can be used to create more realistic experimental models for studying disease mechanisms and may also have future applications in [...]
