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Lourdes Arjona

Lourdes Arjona

Lab Manager and Research Technician Contaminació de l'aigua, Contaminació atmosfèrica

Lourdes Arjona joined ISGlobal (former CREAL) in 2006 as a research technician and currently holds a position as laboratory manager at Campus Mar, which she combines with the coordination of field work in different projects.
Her training is in clinical and biomedical laboratory, where she specialized in water pollution and purification in a master's degree from the University of Granada.
She has worked in projects on occupational health, respiratory health (asthma, COVID-19), water pollution (chlorination by-products, microplastics), air pollution and physical activity. He has also participated in projects where the beneficial effects of natural environments (e.g. green and blue spaces) are evaluated.
In addition, he also works in pediatric oncology, on medical radiation: how it affects the health of children and adolescents (cognitive neurodevelopment, second cancers, heart disease...). 

Línies de recerca

  • Environment and Health over the Lifecourse
  • Radiation
  • Climate, Air Pollution, Nature and Urban Health
  • Childhood and Environment 

Publicacions principals

  • Villanueva CM, Grau-Pujol B, Evlampidou I, Escola V, Goñi-Irigoyen F, Kuckelkorn J, Grummt T, Arjona L, Lazaro B, Etxeandia A, Ulibarrena E, Nhacolo A, Muñoz J. Chemical and in vitro bioanalytical assessment of drinking water quality in Manhiça, Mozambique. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2021 Mar;31(2):276-288. doi: 10.1038/s41370-020-00282-5. Epub 2021 Jan 7. PMID: 33414480.
  • Font-Ribera L, Kogevinas M, Schmalz C, Zwiener C, Marco E, Grimalt JO, Liu J, Zhang X, Mitch W, Critelli R, Naccarati A, Heederik D, Spithoven J, Arjona L, de Bont J, Gracia-Lavedan E, Villanueva CM. Environmental and personal determinants of the uptake of disinfection by-products during swimming. Environ Res. 2016 Aug;149:206-215. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.05.013. Epub 2016 May 20. PMID: 27214136.
  • Vizcaya D, Mirabelli MC, Orriols R, Antó JM, Barreiro E, Burgos F, Arjona L, Gomez F, Zock JP. Functional and biological characteristics of asthma in cleaning workers. Respir Med. 2013 May;107(5):673-83. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2013.01.011. Epub 2013 Feb 20. PMID: 23433770.
  • Vizcaya D, Mirabelli MC, Orriols R, Antó JM, Barreiro E, Burgos F, Arjona L, Gomez F, Zock JP. Functional and biological characteristics of asthma in cleaning workers. Respir Med. 2013 May;107(5):673-83. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2013.01.011. Epub 2013 Feb 20. PMID: 23433770.
  • Vert C, Gascon M, Ranzani O, Márquez S, Triguero-Mas M, Carrasco-Turigas G, Arjona L, Koch S, Llopis M, Donaire-Gonzalez D, Elliott LR, Nieuwenhuijsen M. Physical and mental health effects of repeated short walks in a blue space environment: A randomised crossover study. Environ Res. 2020 Sep;188:109812. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.109812. Epub 2020 Jun 19. PMID: 32590148.
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