Docente curso violencia de género, salud pública, investigador social

WORK EXPERIENCE-PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 

Temporary external researcher (since 02/12/2019) 
Government Delegation for the National Drugs Plan / Spanish Ministry of Health

Main activities:
-A review of the evidence/literature on barriers and facilitators to substance use treatment among women
-Drafting the national report on barriers and facilitators to substance use treatment
among women
-Recommendations to improve access to substance use treatment among women: a mixed
methods study

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International Consultant/ Consultant services (23/10/2019- 02/05/2020)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Main activities:
-Drafting, in collaboration with other authors, the UN-WHO report on the protocol on treatment for comorbid psychiatric and medical disorders. 
-Delivering the regional training to relevant professionals form Central Asia countries on the introduction of the protocol on treatment for co-morbid psychiatric and medical disorders. The training (two days) was held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in November 2019.  


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Postdoctoral Fellow (15/04/2018– 15/04/2019) 
Division of Global Public Health
School of Medicine, University of California San Diego (UCSD), San Diego, USA. 
Supervisor: Dan Werb

Functions: 
-Topics: Substance use disorders, intimate partner violence, psychiatric comorbidities, persons who inject drugs (PWID)
-Project coordination: I was in charge of the coordination of specific research actions during the whole one year project, addressing three management levels, including the operational (scientific actions performance), the coordination level and the decision level (where choices affecting the running of the project at the technical level are discussed).
-Quantitative and qualitative data collection from San Diego, Vancouver and Tijuana cohorts.
-Conducting high-level quantitative statistical analysis
-Conducting qualitative analysis
-Drafting high-quality scientific documents/publications in English.
-Participating in project meetings, training sessions, seminars at UCSD
-Oral communications at the Division, at national and international conferences and drug treatment centers.
-Supervision of Master and PhD students: I was in charge of coordinating research projects conducted by degree students (final grade theses) and PhD students.

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Postdoctoral Researcher (17/04/2015 - 30/04/2018)
Neuroscience Programme
Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
Supervisor: Marta Torrens

Functions: 
-Topics: Mental health, psychiatric comorbidities, intimate partner violence, blood borne infectious diseases, vulnerable population (female, PWID), harm reduction, psico-social interventional strategies

-Project coordination
-Grant writing/ fellowships writing
-Adaptation, development and evaluation of psico-social interventional strategies (evidence-based interventions) 
-Monitoring a randomized controlled trial
-Quantitative and qualitative data collection 
-Conducting high-level quantitative statistical analysis
-Conducting systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
-Conducting qualitative analysis
-Developing national clinical guidelines 
-Psychometric instruments validation
-Drafting high-quality scientific documents/publications in English.
-Participating in project meetings, training sessions, seminars at IMIM
-Oral communications at the Division, at national and international conferences and drug treatment centers.
-Supervision of Master and PhD students: I was in charge of coordinating research projects conducted by degree students (final grade theses) and PhD students.
- Monitoring drug and mental health information systems at the work institution, the Neuropsychiatry and Addiction Institute of Parc de Salut Mar (PSMAR)

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PhD Candidate (01/10/2010-17/04/2015)
Neuroscience Programme
Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
Supervisor: Marta Torrens

Functions: 
-Topics: Mental health, substance use, intimate partner violence, psico-social interventional strategies
-Conducting a systematic review and meta-analyses
-Design and monitor a randomized controlled trial 
-Quantitative data collection from Barcelona
-Conducting quantitative statistical analysis
-Drafting high-quality scientific documents/publications in English.
-Participating in project meetings, training sessions, seminars at IMIM



Staff Psychologist/ Clinical assistance (01/06/2008-31/05/2010)
Outpatient Drug Treatment center (CAS-Extracta La Mina- Parc de Salut Mar (PSMAR)).

Functions: 
- Substance use diagnosis and psychiatric diagnosis of patients
-Clinical assessment of patients with substance use disorders
-Clinical diagnosis of patients with substance use disorders and dual diagnosis.
-Individual and group treatment (counseling, CBT, relapse prevention) and treatment follow up.
-Psychometric exploration/assessment
-Family counseling
-Coordination with the different resources/services and professionals involved in the treatment of patients (detoxification unit, dual diagnosis unit, social resources).
-Patient's reports

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Psychologist (01/03/2008-01/06/2008). 
Telephone attention at “Líniaverda”. Departament de Salut. Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona.

Functions:
Providing families and substance users initial orientation and information around addiction and mental health treatment services in Catalunya.