Dr. Bertran obtained her Degree in Veterinary Medicine from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and her PhD from the Research Center for Animal Health (CReSA) in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Her research focuses on viral diseases of birds, especially zoonotic avian influenza. She has worked on pathobiology, transmission at the animal-animal and animal-human interface, and vaccines at renowned international centers like the OIE Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease (Padova, Italy), the Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory USDA (Athens, Georgia, USA) and the National Veterinary School of Toulouse (France). She has published more than 40 scientific articles and has presented her work at numerous international symposia. She is currently a researcher of the Avian Virus group at IRTA-CReSA in Barcelona.