Dr Raquel Santos
Lecturer in Medical Sciences
School of Medicine
Raquel is a neuroscientist. Her main current interest is the drug addiction, and she has recently studied the biological mechanism of cocaine in different animal models. She has collaborated in national and international research projects in this field and has also taught different subjects in the BSc Psychology and Medical sciences degree program.
Raquel teaches different subjects for the BSc Medical Sciences accelerated program. Her particular expertise is Neuroscience and Pharmacology, where she participates in different projects. In recognition to her teaching contribution, Raquel is working towards the Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.
Raquel Santos obtained her Bachelor Degree in Psychology at the Autonomous University of Madrid in 2011, and her Master Degree in Neuroscience at the National University for Distance Learning (UNED) in 2012. She completed her PhD at UNED in 2018 and her PhD dissertation was on animal model of comorbidity among schizophrenia and cocaine addiction. In addition, she has studied the mTOR pathway role in the drug self-administration animal model of addiction under limited and extended access to cocaine. She also was psychology lecturer and research assistant at UNED and participated in national and European projects. Moving to The University of Central Lancashire to do a postdoc, Raquel worked with Colin Davidson on pharmacological effect of the legal highs, where she has tested some with fast-scan cyclic voltammetry technique. She is also developing pharmacological model in invertebrates. In 2019, Raquel began a new position in UCLan as lecturer in Medical sciences, in addition to this she is continuing her research interest in drug abuse and neurodegenerative diseases.
- Ph.D. Psychobiology, National University for Distance Learning (UNED), Madrid, Spain. 2018
- M.Sc. Neuroscience, National University for Distance Learning (UNED), Madrid, Spain. 2012
- B.Sc. Psychology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain. 2011
- Pharmacological profile of Novel Psychoactive Substances
- Biological mechanism of drug addiction
- Comorbidity between mental disorder and substance use
- Spanish Society for Neuroscience (SENC)
- Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
- Society for the Study of Addiction (SSA)
Raquel has published multiple articles in drug addiction studies. One of her main field of interest is the comorbidity between schizophrenia and cocaine abuse, particularly in the biological mechanism underlying the condition. She has also participated in a European project related with the Novel Psychoactive Substances, where she tested some legal highs with fast-scan cyclic voltammetry technique and her goal is to explore this field in depth.
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- Full list of publications and articles on CLoK
- Psychobiology of the drug Addiction, UNED, Psychobiology
- Neuropharmacology, at our Brain and Behaviour research centre
- Mechanisms underlying learning and memory in neurodegenerative diseases
- Neuropharmacology of legal highs (Novel Psychoactive Substances)
- Biological mechanisms psychostimulant dependence
- Comorbidity between schizophrenia and cocaine addiction in animal models
- Annual meeting Eu-Madness, 2016
- Spanish Society of Neuroscience (SENC), 2015
- IV International congress of dual pathology, 2015
- FarMadrid, 2015
Telephone:+44 (0) 1772 896216
Email: Email:Dr Raquel Santos
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