Carlos Alberto Flores Infante

Carlos Alberto Flores Infante is an External Researcher at the University of La Laguna (ULL), affiliated with the ITB Institute. He holds PhDs in Health Sciences, Industrial Engineering and Informatics, and Medical Sciences from the University of La Laguna. His research focuses on genetic epidemiology, pulmonary fibrosis, and infectious disease genetics, with an emphasis on genomic studies in critical illnesses such as sepsis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), and SARS-CoV-2. He has developed bioinformatics tools for genetic diagnosis and contributed to understanding polygenic risk factors in respiratory diseases. His work integrates genomic data with clinical outcomes to improve diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.

Key research areas include:

• Genetic variants in pulmonary fibrosis and their clinical implications
• Host genetics of severe SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccine response
• Bioinformatics workflows for viral genome sequencing
• Pharmacogenomic studies of drug-induced conditions

His collaborations span multiple disciplines, combining epidemiological studies with computational biology to address global health challenges. He has supervised doctoral research on genetic origins of Canary Island populations and continues to investigate admixture patterns in Mediterranean and North African populations.