What is Ángel Carracedo?
{{Infobox person| | name = Anxo Carracedo | image = Ángel_Carracedo_Álvarez.jpg | nationality = Galician, Spaniard | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|11|12}} | birth_place = [[Galicia]] }} '''Ángel María Carracedo Álvarez''' (also known as '''Anxo Carracedo''',<ref>[http://galegos.galiciadigital.com/gl/anxo-carracedo-alvarez ''Anxo Carracedo Álvarez'' no GaliciaDigital.com]</ref>; born in Santa Comba, [[Galicia]] on November 12, 1955<ref>Na web do concello se indica o 25 de novembro.</ref>) is a Professor of [[Forensic science|Forensic Medicine]] and an international expert in [[genetics]] . == Trajectory == He holds a degree in Medicine from the University of [[Santiago de Compostela]] (1978) and a Doctorate in Medicine from the same USC (1982), both with an extraordinary award. Professor of Forensic Medicine since 1989 and Director of the USC Institute of Forensic Medicine (from 1994 to 2012). Director of the Galician Public Foundation for Genomic Medicine (SERGAS-[[Xunta de Galicia]]) (since 1999), Director of the National Center for Genotyping-ISCIII (since 2002). Group leader of the CIBER of rare diseases (CIBERER) and of the Institute of Sanitary Investigation of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS). The Genomic Medicine group he coordinates consists of 10 research groups, several technology platforms and about 100 people working there. He has published 12 books and more than 600 articles in international journals (SCI), including articles in [[Nature]], [[Science (journal)|Science]], NatureGenetics, as well as major journals in medical genetics, cancer, and forensic medicine. According to [[Thomson Reuters]] (Web of Knowledge) the Genomic Medicine Group he leads is the first in the world in citations in the field of Forensic Medicine in the 2001-2011 decade, and he is the author with more articles, more citations and more [[H-Index|H-index]] in the area. His current lines of research include the genetics of childhood cancer and psychiatric illness, and pharmacogenomics. President of the ''International