Alejandro studied medicine at the University of Zaragoza (1990) and specialized in Preventive Medicine with a Master of Public Health of the Institute of Public Health of Valencia University (1995), and a Master of Science in Epidemiology of Erasmus University Medical School in Rotterdam (1995). Collaborated in several international projects on the epidemiology of aging and dementia at the University of Zaragoza and Erasmus University, and as advisor in Washington DC (US) for the Pan American Health Organization AIDS project in El Salvador. From 1996 worked for several pharmaceutical companies, Novartis, Pharmacia and Pfizer. Responsible for conducting several epidemiological projects, mainly in the areas of neurology and the application of epidemiological methods to the quantitative analysis of spontaneous reports. Collaborates sporadically with academia as invited lecturer in Pharmacoepidemiology & Pharmacovigilance courses (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Université St. Antoine, Paris, Universidad de Barcelona). Is Fellow of the International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology (FISPE), member of the Board of Directors of the ISPE, and co-chair of the Industry council of ISPE.

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