Dr Daniel Prieto-Alhambra

1. Current Status, Position

Senior Clinical Research Fellow, leading musculoskeletal database/pharmacoepidemiology research within the Musculoskeletal Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology, and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), University of Oxford.

2. Education

• MD (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) in 1996-2002;
• Clinical Speciality in Family and Community Medicine (Institut Catala de la Salut – Sant Pau Hospital 2003-2006);
• MSc in Primary Care Research Methods (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona 2007-2009);
• PhD (European Mention) in Medicine (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona 2009-2011);
• MSc in Musculoskeletal Sciences (University of Oxford 2012-2013)

3. Research Area

As a clinician, he works as a specialist in fracture liaison and bone metabolism clinics.
As a researcher, he has an interest in the following research fields:
1.    Epidemiology of common musculoskeletal conditions (osteoporosis, osteoarthritis)
2.    Pharmaco-epidemiology: drug utilization, post-authorization safety studies, comparative effectiveness research using observational methods
3.    Database (routinely collected data) research