The researcher, who received the award this Tuesday, focuses her research line on determining the role of the human microbiome in mental health and analyzing the mechanisms of its transmission between individuals.
Mireia Vallès-Colomer is a lecturer and principal investigator at the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), where she leads the Microbiome Research Group at MELIS-UPF. Her background includes Microbiology and Computational Biology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
