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Alfredo Corell Almuzara
Born (1963-01-19) January 19, 1963 (age 63)
Madrid, Spain
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid
OccupationsImmunologist, university professor, science communicator
Known forImmunology research and science communication
AwardsTriángulo Rosa Award (2019)
Scientific career
FieldsImmunology, science communication
InstitutionsUniversity of Seville, University of Valladolid (1999–2023)
ThesisCaracterización de un nuevo locus del sistema principal de histocompatibilidad humano: HLA-DRB6 (1992)
Antonio Arnaiz-Villena

Alfredo Corell Almuzara (born January 19, 1963)[1] is a Spanish immunologist, university professor, science communicator, and a member of the Spanish Society for Immunology.[2] He was named Spain’s Best University Lecturer in 2018 at the 2nd Educa Abanca Awards.[3]

Career

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Education and Research

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He earned a degree and a doctorate in biology from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM),[4] specializing in immunology. He completed his doctoral thesis at the Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre in Madrid.[5] He completed a postdoctoral stay at the Anthony Nolan Foundation in London and spent 18 years doing research and immunological diagnostic work in several hospitals.[6]

His work in the field of immunogenetics and histocompatibility includes the discovery of a pseudogene on human chromosome 6 within the HLA system: HLA-DRB6.[7] He has more than 60 scientific publications in journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, Immunology Today, and Mucosal Immunology.[8]

University Teaching and Management

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He began his teaching career as a Boy Scout leader at the age of twenty.[9] In 1999, he became a professor of immunology at the Universidad of Valladolid. His teaching methods include initiatives such as Tus defensas salen de cañas, an informal event he held once a year in a bar in Valladolid to explain different parts of the course material.[10] He became director of the Area of Continuing Education and Teaching Innovation at the University of Valladolid.[11]

In 2018, Corell participated in the seminar Immunology and Immunotherapy: Tools of the 21st Century at the Menéndez Pelayo International University.[12] Corell also trains other educators.[6] In February 2021, Corell became vice president of the non-profit association Paradigmia, a free online training platform for health science students in the Spanish-speaking world.[13] In 2022, he left the University of Valladolid to become a professor of Immunology at the University of Seville, linking his position to the possibility of practicing as a medical specialist at the Virgen del Rocío University Hospital.[14]

Science Communication

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Corell is the coordinator of the teaching innovation project Immunomedia, a digital platform involving professors from six Spanish universities and two foreign universities,[15] which has received both national and international recognition.[6] He became popular on social media thanks to his teaching methods, including initiatives such as Inmunopíldoras (“immune pills”), short YouTube videos designed to explain complex aspects of immunology in a simple way.[10]

Corell has organized various outreach activities with other professors and students, such as Tus defensas salen de cañas.[10] He has frequently collaborated with news television programs La Sexta Noche[16] and Horizonte: Informe Covid.[17] In 2016, he gave a TEDxValladolid talk on educational innovation.[18][19]

He leads a project that connects teaching and public outreach with the participation of students from the University of Valladolid. Under his supervision, new original images are contributed to Wikimedia Commons and existing immunology-related Wikipedia pages in Spanish are improved, updated, or created.[20]

Activism

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Corell has stated that he faced harassment at his university workplace because he is gay.[19][21] His commitment to the LGTBQ community has been recognized on several occasions, making him a reference figure for LGTBQ representation in science.[22][23]

Awards and Recognition

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In 2017, he won the Award for Best Innovative Initiative for the Immunomedia project at SIMO EDUCACIÓN.[24] The following year, he received the MEDES Award for the promotion of Spanish in science.[6] Also in 2018, Corell was recognized for his teaching abilities as Spain’s Best University Lecturer at the Goya Awards for education.[10]

In 2019, he received the Triángulo Rosa Award from the Fundación Triángulo of Castilla y León.[23] In 2021, he was awarded the ‘Personaje Único’ Prize by El Mundo's Innovadores supplement.[25] That same year, he received the CSIC–BBVA Foundation Award for Scientific Communication for his work during the pandemic.[26][25] He was also included in Forbes’ 2021 list of the 100 most creative Spaniards in the business world.[27]

In 2023, he received the Baeza Diversa Award in the education and science category for his career in education, research, and science communication, as well as for his activism and defense of LGBTQ+ rights.[28][29]

References

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  1. ^ "Curriculum vitae – Alfredo Corell Almuzara" (PDF). University of Alicante. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  2. ^ "Alfredo Corell Almuzara". La Noche de los Investigadores (Fundación Descubre). Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  3. ^ "El profesor de la UVa Alfredo Corell, elegido Mejor Docente de España 2018 en la categoría Universidad en los II Premios EDUCA ABANCA". University of Valladolid. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  4. ^ "Alfredo Corell". ARN Culture & Business Pride (in Spanish). 20 May 2021. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  5. ^ Doctoral thesis: Caracterización de un nuevo locus del sistema principal de Histocompatibilidad humano. HLA-DRB6 (in Spanish). ISBN 978-84-669-0890-0. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  6. ^ a b c d "Alfredo Corell". TEDxValladolid (in Spanish). Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  7. ^ Corell, A.; Martin-Villa, J. M.; Morales, P.; de Juan, M. D.; Vicario, J. L.; Martínez-Laso, J.; Varela, P.; Arnaiz-Villena, A. (1991). "The HLA-DRB6 locus defines an evolutionary supratypic group within the DRB family of genes". International Journal of Cancer. 47 (5): 708–713. doi:10.1002/ijc.2910470708. PMID 1676702. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  8. ^ "Alfredo Corell Almuzara (0000-0001-5797-7814)". ORCID. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  9. ^ ""Cuando el profesor consigue que el estudiante se enamore, eso es educar"". Tribuna Complutense (in Spanish). April 2, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2026. ...se debe a su formación scout.
  10. ^ a b c d "Así da clase Alfredo Corell, el mejor profesor de España: entre cañas y sobre el escenario". El Español (in Spanish). 4 February 2019. Retrieved May 12, 2026. Corell es profesor de Inmunología en la Universidad de Valladolid desde 1999
  11. ^ Carretero, Rodrigo (November 8, 2016). "La charla de un profesor de universidad que puso en pie a todo un auditorio". El HuffPost (in Spanish). Retrieved May 12, 2026. Corell, que también es director del Área de Formación Permanente e Innovación Docente de la UVa
  12. ^ "Alfredo Corell explica los efectos de la alimentación, el sueño y el deporte en el sistema inmunológico". UIMP (in Spanish). Retrieved May 12, 2026. Corell... ha participado en el seminario Inmunología e inmunoterapia: herramientas del siglo XXI de la Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP)
  13. ^ Iglesias, María José (May 13, 2021). "Alfredo Corell habla hoy de inmunidad y virus en un acto de Tribuna Ciudadana". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  14. ^ Calvo, Alicia (July 24, 2022). "Sevilla arrebata a la UVA a Alfredo Corell, uno de los inmunólogos más prestigiosos". Diario de Castilla y León (in Spanish). Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  15. ^ "Clases en bares y deberes en YouTube: los secretos del mejor profesor de España". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). January 23, 2019. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  16. ^ "La charla con la que el experto que arrasa en 'La Sexta Noche' puso en pie a todo un auditorio". El HuffPost (in Spanish). June 15, 2020. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  17. ^ "Iker JIménez pisa los talones a Pablo Motos con su especial sobre el Covid-19". El Plural (in Spanish). September 25, 2020. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  18. ^ "El inmunólogo viral". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). November 10, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  19. ^ a b "Investigan los insultos homófobos hacia un profesor de la Universidad de Valladolid". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). November 27, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  20. ^ "El proyecto Inmunomedia de la UVA, Premio Medes a la mejor iniciativa de uso del español para divulgación biomédica". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). November 13, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2026. Existe una línea para la creación de objetos de aprendizaje multimedia de la inmunología, en la que se encuadran las piezas audiovisuales, llamadas inmunopíldoras, y entradas en Wikipedia.
  21. ^ "La Universidad de Valladolid y la Policía investigan la distribución de octavillas con insultos homófobos contra un profesor". elDiario.es (in Spanish). November 28, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  22. ^ Gil, Lydia (June 22, 2020). "Alfredo Corell, especialista en Inmunología". Social Media en Investigación (in Spanish). Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  23. ^ a b "El profesor de la UVA Alfredo Corell, Premio Triángulo Rosa con motivo del Día del Orgullo LGTBi". Tribuna de Valladolid (in Spanish). June 27, 2019. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  24. ^ "SIMO EDUCACIÓN 2017 galardona a las 10 experiencias TIC más innovadoras del sector educativo". EDUCACIÓN 3.0 (in Spanish). October 11, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2026. 4. Mejor Experiencia Innovadora: Immunimedia: enseñando, aprendiendo y divulgando Inmunología, de Alfredo Corell Almuzara
  25. ^ a b "Gabinete de Comunicación de la Universidad de Valladolid". Universidad de Valladolid (in Spanish). Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  26. ^ "Alfredo Corell Almuzara". Fundación BBVA (in Spanish). Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  27. ^ "Los 100 españoles más creativos del mundo de los negocios 2021". Forbes España (in Spanish). Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  28. ^ "Alfredo Corell, Premio Baeza Diversa en 'educación y ciencia'". University of Seville (in Spanish). Retrieved May 12, 2026.
  29. ^ "BaezaDiversa 2023 reconoce a Alfredo Corell, Jaime de los Santos y Manolita Chen por su trabajo a favor de la diversidad". El Confidencial (in Spanish). October 29, 2023. Retrieved May 12, 2026. En la modalidad de "educación y ciencia", Alfredo Corell Almuzara... recibió el galardón "en base a su reconocida labor educativa, investigadora, científica y divulgativa, así como su defensa y activismo a favor de los derechos del colectivo LGTBIQ+"
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