Madrid Team

 

Principal Investigator

Manuel Franco. MD, PhD

Manuel Franco. MD, PhD

Group’s Coordinator

Associate Professor Division of Epidemiology and Public Health School of Medicine Universidad de Alcalá Tel (34) 91 885 2522 – Fax (34) 91 855 4874 email: mfranco@uah.es

Adjunct Associate Professor Department of Epidemiology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health email: mfranco@jhsph.edu

Staff

 
María Urtasun

María Urtasun

Project Manager

email: maria.urtasun@uah.es

Interested in how social and physical environment can affect people’s health, especially vulnerable individuals such as those with chronic mental or physical conditions. On the next few years I will focus on the study of social epidemiology and the application of its results to public policies.

Natalia Sanz

Natalia Sanz

Administrative support

email: natalia.sanzs@uah.es

Graduated in Geography and History. Interested on how social determinants of health contribute to disparities and how the physical environment can affect people’s health.

Health Environment research Team

 
Xisca Sureda

Xisca Sureda

Co-investigator | Assistant Professor at Universidad de Alcalá

email: francisca.sureda@uah.es

Interested in epidemiological methods, and social epidemiology, specifically the impact of neighborhood and social environment on health. My research lines have been focused on the evaluation of the impact of tobacco smoke free policies on people attitudes and behavioral changes, smoking patterns and second-hand smoke exposure.

Andrea Pastor

Andrea Pastor

Doctoral Student at Universidad de Alcalá

email: andrea.pastor@uah.es

Interested in urban health. My research is focused on the alcohol environment including how the availability and accessibility of alcohol products and its promotion can influence alcohol drinking behaviours.

Julia Díez

Julia Díez

Doctoral Student and research assistant at the Universidad de Alcalá

email: julia.diez@uah.es

Interested on how food environment factors -proximity and access to (un)healthy, affordable foods- influence food choices and diet quality.

Pedro Gullón

Pedro Gullón

Post-doctoral research fellow

email: pedro.gullon@edu.uah.es

Interested in social inequalities, urban health and the use of mixed methods. My research focus is the effect of the built environment on physical activity and how to shape health inequalities through urban policies.

Luis Cereijo

Luis Cereijo

Graduated in Sport Science, MSc. Doctoral Student at Universidad de Alcalá and RMIT University (Australia)

email:luis.cereijo@edu.uah.es

Interested in the role of the Sports Science to reduce inequalities and improve access to physical activity. My research focus is the study of physical activity facilities and the development of sports policies to shape health inequalities.

Primary Care research Team

 
Angelica Bonilla

Angelica Bonilla

MD, MPH, PM&PH professional. Predoc Research Fellow at Universidad de Alcalá. Doctoral Student at Universidad de Alcalá.

email: angelica.bonilla@uah.es

Interested in a better understand how social determinants acts in the development of health inequalities, and in the strategics that contribute to reduce them. My focus areas are the immigration and the chronic diseases.

Isabel del Cura

Isabel del Cura

Co-Investigator | Professor at URJC. Primary Care Research Unit. Gerencia de Atención Primaria-Madrid. Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas REDISSEC-ISCIII

email:isabel.cura@salud.madrid.org

Interested in evaluating the effectiveness of strategies and interventions in primary care exploring the needs, perceptions and preferences of both patients and health professionals. Her current work focuses on the evaluation of the effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions, no commercial drugs, implementation of clinical practice guidelines, chronic disease epidemiology, quality of life and health services use.

Esperanza Escortell

Esperanza Escortell

Co-Investigator | Primary Care Research Unit. Gerencia de Atención Primaria-Madrid. Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas REDISSEC-ISCIII

email:eescortell@salud.madrid.org

My work focuses in the evaluation of the effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions, no commercial drugs and validity and qualitative studies within the primary health care setting. I am very interested in translational research, evaluation of the effectiveness of interventions aimed to vulnerable groups and maximizing the use of electronic medical records.

Mariano Casado

Mariano Casado

Co-Investigator | Primary Care Research Unit. Technical Department of Health Information Systems.

Luis Sánchez Perruca

Luis Sánchez Perruca

Co-Investigator | Primary Care Technical Management of Health Information Systems. Gerencia de Atención Primaria-Madrid. Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas REDISSEC-ISCIII

email:luis.sanchez@salud.madrid.org

My work is focused on facilitating standardized data from electronic health records for proposals in primary care research. I am mainly interested in engaging healthcare professionals in research and that its results have a direct impact on the improvement of clinical practice.

Geography Team

 
Francisco Escobar

Francisco Escobar

Co-investigator | Professor at UAH.

email: francisco.escobar@uah.es

Francisco Escobar’s research interests lie on geospatial information analysis and visualization. His work focuses on social applications of GIS and geospatial dynamic modeling.

Alba Cebrecos Eguren

Alba Cebrecos Eguren

Post-doctoral Research Fellow and Data Manager at Universidad de Alcalá

email: alba.cebrecos@uah.es

Graduated in Environmental Sciences, with a Master degree in Geographic Information Technologies, my research interest is focused on Health Geography. Within the HHH project, I am studying the mobility patterns of the people through different urban environments using GIS and geographical analysis.

Roberto Valiente Borox

Roberto Valiente Borox

Doctoral student at Universidad de Alcalá

email: roberto.valiente@uah.es

Graduated in Geography and Spatial Planning and Master in Geographic Information Technologies. My studies are focused on the analysis about the impact of the image of the city in urban behaviours. Geography of Perception supported by cartography and the latest GIS Technologies represent new ways to research in Public Health.

Enviroment Team

 
Mario Fontán

Mario Fontán

Doctoral Student at Universidad de Alcalá

 

Interested in urban environment and health inequalities associated with class or gender. My research focus is how the design of urban parks and green cities  have an impact on physical activity levels and their relationship with urban dynamics such as gentrification.

Carlos Fernández

Carlos Fernández

MD MPH. Doctoral student at Universidad de Alcalá

email: c.fernandez@isciii.es

Interested in the effects of food policies (prices, marketing, labelling, etc.) on the promotion of healthy diets and the prevention of non-communicable diseases

Sociology Team

 
María Sandín

María Sandín

Co-investigator | Professor at UAH

Marta Gutiérrez Sastre

Marta Gutiérrez Sastre

Co-investigator | Professor at USAL

email: magusa@usal.es

My research lines focuses on social inequality in regards to health, gender, immigration and social classes, throughout qualitative methods.

Jesús Rivera Navarro

Jesús Rivera Navarro

Co-investigator | Professor at USAL

email: jrivera@usal.es

My research interest is the study of social problems in chronic disease -specially in aging-, quality of life in persons affected by several diseases and informal caregivers.

Paloma Conde

Paloma Conde

Doctoral Student at Universidad de Alcalá

email: p.conde@uah.es

My lines of research are focus on Sociology of Medicine and Health with special interest in qualitative methods. Concepts such as social determinants of health and the social construction of illness are part of my theoretical and empirical interest

Qualitative Team

 
Ignacio de Loyola González

Ignacio de Loyola González

Doctoral Student at Universidad de Salamanca

I am graduated in Sociology and I hold a master in Demography. I am doing a phD in Social Science and working as a researcher in training in the HHH Qualitative project with a FPI scholarship granted by the Science, Innovation and Universities Ministry. My research interests are focused on sociology of health, qualitative methods and demography. My ongoing research focuses on perceptions of tobacco and alcohol consumption in three neighbourhoods from Madrid with different socioeconomic status.

Multimedia and Communication Team

 
César García Ruiz

César García Ruiz

Graphic Designer

web: www.cegaru.com

I’m interested in visual communication. My task is to provide graphic identity to the project and develop the pieces needed for communication.

Victor G. Carreño

Victor G. Carreño

Photographer

email: vicocoplay@hotmail.com

As a photographer, I am intrigued by people, food and cities. HHH is thus a perfect fit. I am also working on a project intended to capture how climate change will affect different ecosystems.