Manuel Herrera-Usagre, with a double degree in Political Science and Sociology, holds a PhD in Sociology and an Official Master’s Degree in the direction and management of social programs. He has more than 13 years of experience in numerous competitive calls for R+D+i projects and contracts, mainly in projects related to the sociology of culture, social mobility, health organizations, and health technology assessment, both at the international level (DG SANTE-EC, H2020, 7FP) and at the national and regional level.  

He has written many technical reports, scientific-technical reports, advisory, dissemination, or policy papers. He has extensive advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of a wide range of working procedures and practices related to the synthesis of evidence and the evaluation of health technologies or services. He has extensive work experience (> 10 years) in medical/applied science and evidence synthesis, data interpretation, systematic literature reviews, and critical appraisal of scientific literature. This activity has resulted in more than 40 articles and other scientific products, more than 60% of which have been published in high-impact journals (JCR and SCOPUS), including systematic reviews.  

From its participation in calls for proposals, +20 R&D projects and contracts (mainly in health and evaluation of health services) have been completed. In the H2020 INCASI project (4 years), he participated as a researcher and co-manager of the University of Seville team with Universities from England, Holland, France, and Italy, among others. During the ERN Assessment contract with the EC (3 years), he participated, first as a collaborator in the formulation of the technical proposal and then as a Training Officer contributing to the selection and management of the training of the evaluators of the European reference networks for the treatment of rare and low prevalence diseases (ERNs). He holds an official BULLATS certificate with a C1 in English, which allows him to present results clearly and accurately in written and oral format in both English and Spanish. 

Now, he lectures in the Department of Sociology at the University of Sevilla, focusing his research in the intertwining of Arts and Science, and serves as an Independent Expert for the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) of the European Commission in charge of the evaluation and review of research projects under the Horizon Europe Call.