Lidia Vaque Alcazar

Lidia Vaque Alcazar

Investigadora postdoc. Margarita Salas

ORCID: 0000-0002-6776-6559
Scopus Author ID: 57190681881
Researcher ID: ABG-3052-2020

Research group: Neuropsicologia

Contact Information
Rector's Office
C/ Casanova, 143, Ala Nord, 5a planta

lidiavaque(a)ub.edu

Teaching imparted (current)

Plasticitat Cerebral i Conducta - Medicina - Universidad de Barcelona.
Estils de Vida i Salut Cerebral - Medicina - Universidad de Barcelona.
Aplicació de la Resonància Magnètica a l'Estudi dels Transtorns Cognitius - Ciencias Biomédicas - Universidad de Barcelona.
Neuroimatge - Innovació i Emprenedoria en Enginyeria Biomèdica - Universidad de Barcelona.

More Information: http://www.ub.edu/bbslab

Academic training

Ciències Biomèdiques . Universitat de Barcelona . 2014 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)
Doctorat en Medicina i Recerca Translacional . Universitat de Barcelona . 27/04/2020 . (Ph.D.)
Neurociències . Universitat de Barcelona . 2015 . (Official Master)

Professional experience

Investigadora Predoctoral. Universitat de Barcelona. 01/05/2017 - 27/04/2020
Investigadora Postdoctoral. Universitat de Barcelona. 03/01/2022 - 31/03/2022
Investigadora Postdoctoral. Universitat de Barcelona. 08/05/2020 - 07/05/2021
Investigadora Postdoctoral. Fundació Bosch i Gimpera. 10/05/2021 - 31/12/2021
Professora Associada. Universitat de Barcelona. 14/09/2021 - 28/02/2022
Assistent de Recerca. Universitat de Barcelona. 01/09/2016 - 31/03/2017
Assistent de Recerca. IDIBAPS. 01/09/2015 - 30/06/2016

Research interests

The Walnuts and Healthy Aging Study (WAHA): Nutritional Intervention Trial with Walnuts on Brain Aging

Research Projects

Neuropsicologia . 2017 - 2021 . Ref.2017SGR748 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Carme Junqué Plaja
Marcadores biológicos y de estilos de vida para la promoción y mantenimiento de la salud cerebral en la edad avanzada . 2019 - 2021 . Ref.RTI2018-095181-B-C21 . Ministeri de Ciència, Innovació i Universitats - MCIU . PI: David Bartrés Faz
Mención de Excelencia Maria de Maetzu al Institut de Neurociències de la Universitat de Barcelona (UBNEURO) . 2018 - 2022 . Ref.MDM-2017-0729 . Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad . PI: Jordi Alberch Vie
Decision tree testing cognition-MRI associations to define and differentiate cognitive reserve and brain maintenance . 2020 - 2021 . Ref.R24-AG061421 . National Institutes of Health (NIH) . PI: Lídia Vaqué Alcázar
Multiple-level predictors of resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lessons towards a precision preventive medicine . 2021 - 2022 . Ref.2020PANDE00043 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: David Bartres Faz

Journal Publications

Abellaneda-Pérez K; Vaqué-Alcázar L; Vidal-Piñeiro D; Jannati A; Solana E; Bargalló N; Santarnecchi E; Pascual-Leone A; Bartrés-Faz (2019). Age-related differences in default-mode network connectivity in response to intermittent theta-burst stimulation and its relationships with maintained cognition and brain integrity in healthy aging. Neuroimage . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.11.036 . ISSN: 1053-8119
Bartres-Faz, D.; González-Escamilla, G.; Vaqué-Alcázar, L.; Abellaneda-Pérez, K.; Valls-Pedret, L.; Ros, E.; Grothe, M.J. (2019). Characterizing the molecular architecture of cortical regions associated with high educational attainment in older individuals. Journal of Neuroscience . https://alzres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13195-018-0381-z . ISSN: 0270-6474
Vaque-Alcazar, Lidia; Sala-Llonch, Roser; Abellaneda-Perez, Kilian; Coll-Padros, Nina; Valls-Pedret, Cinta; Bargallo, Nuria; Ros, Emilio; Bartres-Faz, David (2019). Functional and structural correlates of working memory performance and stability in healthy older adults. Brain Structure and Function, 225(1), pp. 375 - 386 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00429-019-02009-1 . ISSN: 1863-2653
Sala-Vila, Aleix; Valls-Pedret, Cinta; Rajaram, Sujatha; Coll-Padros, Nina; Cofan, Montserrat; Serra-Mir, Merce; Perez-Heras, Ana M.; Roth, Irene; Freitas-Simoes, Tania M.; Domenech, Monica; Calvo, Carlos; Lopez-Illamola, Anna; Bitok, Edward; Buxton, Natalie K.; Huey, Lynnley; Arechiga, Adam; Oda, Keiji; Lee, Grace J.; Corella, Dolores; Vaque-Alcazar, Lidia; Sala-Llonch, Roser; Bartres-Faz, David; Sabate, Joan; Ros, Emilio (2020). Effect of a 2-year diet intervention with walnuts on cognitive decline. The Walnuts And Healthy Aging (WAHA) study: a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 111(3), pp. 590 - 600 . https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqz328 . ISSN: 0002-9165
Abellaneda-Pérez, K., Vaqué-Alcázar, L., Solé-Padullés, C., & Bartrés-Faz, D. (2019). Combining non-invasive brain stimulation with functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the neural substrates of cognitive aging. Journal of Neuroscience Research . https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.24514 . ISSN: 0360-4012
Abellaneda-Pérez K, Vaqué-Alcázar L, Perellón-Alfonso R, Bargalló N, Kuo MF, Pascual-Leone A, Nitsche MA, Bartrés-Faz D. (2020). Differential tDCS and tACS Effects on Working Memory-Related Neural Activity and Resting-State Connectivity. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13(1440) . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1662-4548
Abellaneda-Pérez, K.; Martin-Trias, P.; Cassé-Perrot, C.; Vaqué-Alcázar, L.; Lanteaume, L.; Solana, E.; Babiloni, C.; Lizio, R.; Junqué, C.; Bargalló, N.; Rossini, P.M.; Micallef, J.; Truillet, R.; Charles, E.; Jouve, E.; Bordet, R.; Santamaria, J.; Rossi, S.; Pascual-Leone, A.; Blin, O.; Richardson, J.; Jovicich, J.; Bartrés-Faz, D. (2022). BDNF Val66Met gene polymorphism modulates brain activity following rTMS-induced memory impairment. Scientific Reports, 12(1), pp. 1 - 11 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2045-2322
Vaque-Alcazar, Lidia; Abellaneda-Perez, Kilian; Sole-Padulles, Cristina; Bargallo, Nuria; Valls-Pedret, Cinta; Ros, Emilio; Sala-Llonch, Roser; Bartres-Faz, David (2021). Functional brain changes associated with cognitive trajectories determine specific tDCS-induced effects among older adults. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 99(9), pp. 2188 - 2200 . https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.24849 . ISSN: 0360-4012
Nyberg L; Magnussen F; Lundquist A; Baare W; Bartrés-Faz D; Bertram L; Boraxbekk CJ; Brandmaier AM; Drevon CA; Ebmeier K; Ghisletta P; Henson N; Junqué C; Kievit R; Kleemeyer M; Knights E; Lindenberger N; Penninx BWJH; Pudas S; Sørensen O; Vaque Alcazar L; Walhovd KB; Fjell AM. (2021). Educational attainment does not influence brain aging. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - PNAS, 118(18), p. e2101644118 . https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101644118 . ISSN: 0027-8424

Relevant activities

Ponent del #100tífiques (https://100tifiques.cat/en/home/). Fundació Catalana per a la Recerca i la Innovació and Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology () . 2022
Memebre del PhD Comittee de l'Institut de Neurociències de la Universitat de Barcelona (Institut de Neurociències de la Universitat de Barcelona) . 2019 - 2020
Predoctoral Research Stay Abroad associated with FPI grant (BES-2016-077620). Center: Quantitative Biomedical Inference (QuBIc), Institute of Biomedical Engineering in the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford (UK). Total amount: 4566¿ (MINECO/FEDER) . 01/02/2019 - 30/04/2019
Ponent a les jornades de la Setmana del Cervell organitzades per l'Ajuntament de Barcelona (https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/educacio/ca/noticia/setmana-mundial-del-cervell-2018_626551) () . 2017 - 2018
Ponent del projecte NeuroArt organitzat per l'Institut de Neurociències, la Facultat de Belles Arts i la Unitat de Cultura Científica i Innovació (UCC+i) de la Universitat de Barcelona ()
ISTAART Postdoctoral Membership (Reserve, Resilience and Protective Factors PIA) (ISTAART (AAIC))
Curs de Formació de Personal Investigador Usuari d'Animals d'Experimentació (Universitat de Barcelona)
Course in Transcranial Magnetic and Electrical Stimulation (Georg-August-Universitat, Gottingen, Germany)
FreeSurfer Tutorial and Workshop (Athinoula A. Martinos Center For Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA)
Thesis disertation awarded by 'I Edición Premio Nacional Cátedra Fundación QUAES a la mejor Tesis Doctoral sobre Diagnóstico basado en Imagen y Genómica', Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain (Universitat Politècnica de València) . 2020 - 2020