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Sunday, 09/10/2017
Dr. Arturo Huerta receives the University of Barcelona Extraordinary Doctorate Prize
His doctoral thesis focused on inflammatory response in patients with CAP and COPD
Dr. Arturo Huerta has been awarded with the University of Barcelona (UB) Extraordinary Doctorate Prize for the academic year 2016, for his thesis entitled: “ Systemic inflammatory response in patients with Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and in Acute Exacerbations of COPD and new other uncommon triggers”, directed by Prof. Torres and Dr. Soler. This award recognizes the quality of some of the theses defended and approved at the UB which have obtained the Excellent Cum Laude qualification. A panel designated by the Doctoral Committee of the Faculty of Medicine is responsible for assessing the candidate theses.The International Doctor Mention was granted to the thesis as evaluated by the Doctorate Commission of the University of Barcelona at the meeting of June 17, 2016 and under the European endorsement of Dr. Leonardo Fabbri (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) and Dr. Daiana Stolz (University of Basel, Switzerland) who acted as independent evaluators and ensured the scientific rigor of the doctoral thesis.