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Ligia Esperanza Díaz Prieto
Research technician
Research Groups: Grupo de investigación en inmunonutrición (INMUNONUTRICIÓN)
Department: Department of Metabolism and Nutrition
Short Bio
Dr. Ligia Esperanza Díaz Prieto is a Research Technician in the Immunonutrition Group. She graduated in Microbiology and Clinical Laboratory by Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca University, Colombia (1992). MSc in Tropical Parasitic Diseases, by the University of Valencia (2000) and Dietetics and Human Nutrition, by University of Cádiz (2010). PhD in Pharmacy in the Complutense University (2006). She worked in diagnosis of tropical diseases in the Amazonian trapezium (1993-1998). In 2001, she joined the Immunonutrition Group led by Prof. Ascensión Marcos, at the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Madrid, Spain. Her research lines include, the study of nutritional status and its relationship with health determinants, especially immunological biomarkers, nutritional study in populations at risk of malnutrition and eating disorders, and the immunomodulatory capacity of bioactive components.
- González-Zancada N, Redondo-Useros N, Díaz LE, Gómez-Martínez S, Marcos A, Nova E. Association of Moderate Beer Consumption with the Gut Microbiota and SCFA of Healthy Adults. Molecules. 2020 Oct 17;25(20):4772. doi: 10.3390/molecules25204772.
- Microbiota and Lifestyle: A Special Focus on Diet. Redondo-Useros N, Nova E, González-Zancada N, Díaz LE, Gómez-Martínez S, Marcos A. Nutrients. 2020 Jun 15;12(6):1776. doi: 10.3390/nu12061776.
- Redondo N, García-González N, Diaz-Prieto LE, Olmedilla-Alonso B, Martín-Diana AB, Asensio-Vegas C, Nova E. Effects of ewe’s milk yogurt (whole and semi-skimmed) and cow’s milk yogurt on inflammation markers and gut microbiota of subjects with borderline-high plasma cholesterol levels: a crossover study. Eur J Nutr. 2019 Apr;58(3):1113-1124. doi: 10.1007/s00394-018-1626-0.
- Redondo N, Nova E, Gheorghe A, Díaz LE, Hernández A, Marcos A. Evaluation of Lactobacillus coryniformis CECT5711 strain as a coadjuvant in a vaccination process: a randomised clinical trial in healthy adults. Nutr Metab (Lond). 2017 Jan 5;14:2. doi: 10.1186/s12986-016-0154-2.