Professor Natalia Ojeda Del Pozo will be officially appointed nominated Academician of the Royal Academy of Medicine of the Basque Country (RAMPV) in a ceremony to be held on October 14th, Friday, at 18:00h at the University of Deusto.
The Professor of Psychiatry of the University of the Basque Country, Miguel Gutiérrez Fraile, will act as her godfather at the ceremony which will be chaired by the Hon. Rector Magnificent from the University of Deusto, Mr. José María Guibert, and the Hon. President of the RAMPV, Mr. Javier Aranceta, among other academics of the RAMPV.
This is the first time that the Royal Academy of Medicine of the Basque Country grants such an appointment to a psychologist, and the second time to a woman. Dr. Ojeda's professional career has been developed to the professional medical world, which, among others, has shown its respect and recognition of her professional and scientific work with this appointment.
In 2021, Dr. Natalia Ojeda was also elected Director of the World Development Committee of the International Society of Neuropsychology (INS), and she is currently participating in the electoral process as candidate for the presidency of the referred society, a process that to be completed in December of this year. Dr. Ojeda is running as a candidate for the presidency together with Dr. David Loring from the USA and Dr. Roy Kessels from the Netherlands. It is the first time that a Spanish candidate qualifies for this presidency.