Research - Our Team

Sara Arias Lázaro is a pharmacist with a special interest in Global Health working in ISGlobal since 2020.

She is currently the country coordinator of Morocco leading the implementation of the different projects based mainly in Rabat like the Mediterranean Health Observatory in collaboration with the Moroccan Ministry of Health, the research studies on infectious diseases at the Ibn Sina Hospital and the various projects of the ISGlobal Migrant Health Research Group in collaboration with the International Organization of Migration, the National School of Public Health and the Mohammed VI Centre for Research and Innovation.

She has started working at the CISM (Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça) in Mozambique, supporting the pharmacy team and participating in the implementation of clinical trials of new vaccines and malaria drugs.

Main publications

• Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Among Children in Summer Schools Applying Stringent Control Measures in Barcelona, Spain Jordan I, Fernandez de Sevilla M, Fumado V, Bassat Q, Bonet-Carne E, Fortuny C, Garcia-Miquel A, Jou C, Adroher C, Melé Casas M, Girona-Alarcon M, Hernández Garcia M, Pons Tomas G, Ajanovic S, Arias S, Balanza N, Baro B, Millat-Martinez P, Varo R, Alonso S, Álvarez-Lacalle E, López D, Claverol J, Cubells M, Brotons P, Codina A, Cuadras D, Bruijning-Verhagen P, Faust S, Munro A, Muñoz-Almagro C, Català M, Prats C, Garcia-Garcia JJ, Gratacós E. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Jan 7;74(1):66-73. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab227. PMID: 33709138; PMCID: PMC7989514. January 2022, Pages 66–73
• Multiplex Antibody Analysis of IgM, IgA and IgG to SARS-CoV-2 in Saliva and Serum From Infected Children and Their Close Contacts. Dobaño C, Alonso S, Vidal M, Jiménez A, Rubio R, Santano R, Barrios D, Pons Tomas G, Melé Casas M, Hernández García M, Girona-Alarcón M, Puyol L, Baro B, Millat-Martínez P, Ajanovic S, Balanza N, Arias S, Rodrigo Melero N, Carolis C, García-Miquel A, Bonet-Carné E, Claverol J, Cubells M, Fortuny C, Fumadó V, Codina A, Bassat Q, Muñoz-Almagro C, Fernández de Sevilla M, Gratacós E, Izquierdo L, García-García JJ, Aguilar R, Jordan I, Moncunill G. Front Immunol. 2022 Jan 27;13:751705. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.751705. PMID: 35154094; PMCID: PMC8828491.
• Susceptibility to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection Among Children and Adults: A Seroprevalence Study of Family Households in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region, Spain Brotons P, Launes C, Buetas E, Fumado V, Henares D, de Sevilla MF, Redin A, Fuente-Soro L, Cuadras D, Mele M, Jou C, Millat P, Jordan I, Garcia-Garcia JJ, Bassat Q, Muñoz-Almagro C; Kids Corona Study Group. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Jun 15;72(12):e970-e977. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1721. PMID: 33180914; PMCID: PMC7717181.
• Understanding health inequities among transiting migrants within the Middle East and North African (MENA) region through strengthening data systems, Requena-Méndez A, Wickramage K, Ito C, Assarag B, Hilali M, Deal A, Arias S, Zenner D, Chemao-Elfihri W, Hargreaves S; Migrant Health MENA Working Group.. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2021 Jul-Aug;42:102094. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102094. Epub 2021 May 28. PMID: 34058383.
• Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on the Nasopharyngeal Microbiota of Children and Adults Self-Confined at Home. Rocafort M, Henares D, Brotons P, Launes C, Fernandez de Sevilla M, Fumado V, Barrabeig I, Arias S, Redin A, Ponomarenko J, Mele M, Millat-Martinez P, Claverol J, Balanza N, Mira A, Garcia-Garcia JJ, Bassat Q, Jordan I, Muñoz-Almagro C. Viruses. 2022 Jul 12;14(7):1521. doi: 10.3390/v14071521. PMID: 35891502; PMCID: PMC9315980.