Urban Health Centres Europe
Polibienestar Research Institute
JORDI GARCÉS is a full Professor at UVEG; Director of Polibienestar; visiting professor at the University of Innsbruck and the Erasmus University in Rotterdam; and visiting researcher at the Universities of Washington, Oxford and Cambridge. His research has been focused on Comparative Social Policy, especially on ageing, social innovation and the efficiency of long-term care policies. He is an author/co-author of 25 books and more than 100 scientific papers.
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ESTRELLA DURÁ is a PhD in Psychology. She works as a Professor at the Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment at UVEG. She has made research stays at U.S., UK, Portugal, Austria, and Netherlands.
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FRANCISCO RÓDENAS is a PhD in Sociology. He is a researcher at Polibienestar and lecturer at the Faculty of Social Science. He leads a research line on efficiency and quality of health and social systems for long-term care.
JOSÉ LUÍS ALFONSO is full professor at the Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the UVEG and Head of the Preventive Medicine and Quality Service at the University General Consortium. He has a PhD in Medicine and in Applied Economics.
CLAUDIA GRAU is PhD in Psychology and has experience in research with people with chronic brain damage, mental retardation and cancer.
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IRENE MONSONÍS PAYÁ has a degree in Law and Master in Sustainability. She participates in European projects related to the provision of sustainable Social and Health care services