Primary Health Care, Prevention, and Chronic Diseases Research Group at Biobizkaia Health Research Institute.
Research line:
Person-centred care, physician-patient communication, mental health.Treasurer of the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians (WONCA) International Working Party on Mental Health; Member, World Health Organization (WHO) Mental Health Coalition; Member of the Board of Directors of the European Implementation Collaborative (EIC).
Previous research experience in Spain (University of Deusto, Severo Ochoa Hospital), United States (Virginia Commonwealth University, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University) and China (Institute for Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases in Beijing).
PhD in Medical Psychology in 2008 from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.