Ana Belén Alcaide Ocaña

Ana Belén Alcaide Ocaña is a Physician Scientist at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Navarra, specializing in Internal Medicine. She contributes to clinical research and patient care at the University of Navarra Clinic (CUN) and the Cancer Center Clínica Universidad de Navarra (CCUN).

• Education: PhD in Medicine (2017) from University of Navarra, with a thesis on phenotypic characterization of smokers/ex-smokers with pulmonary emphysema without airflow obstruction.

Her research focuses on lung cancer screening, early detection, and biomarker identification, as evidenced by her involvement in the LUNGSEARCH research group. She collaborates on projects targeting novel therapeutic approaches for lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) phenotyping.