Graduated (1988) and PhD (1992) in Psychology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona-UAB. She was a University Professor in the Psychobiology Unit of the same University between 1998 and 2021, and since 2021 she has been a University Professor. She is a researcher at the Institute of Neurosciences of this University, and a professor in its Master’s and Doctorate programs. She has carried out several research stays at Universities such as Wake-Forest in North Carolina (1996-97), California in San Francisco (2000), Colorado in Boulder (2010) and British Columbia in Canada ( 2013).
She has participated in more than 100 publications in international journals and directed 13 doctoral theses, plus 2 in progress. She has been a researcher at ICREA Acadèmia (Generalitat de Catalunya) in the Behavioral Sciences category (2015-2019) and Deputy Director of the Neuroscience Institute (2010-2016). She belonged to the Addictive Disorders Network (Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 2003-2017) and is currently a member of CIBERSAM (Centre de Recerca Biomédica en Xarxa en Salut Mental, Instituto de Salud Carlos III), of the TECSAM Network (Generalitat de Catalonia), of the Spanish Stress Research Network (Ministry of Science and Innovation) and of the Mixed Translational Neuroscience Unit INc-UAB/Taulí. She has participated in different international, national and regional projects, as IP or team member. She is currently the coordinator of the consolidated research group of the Generalitat de Catalunya (SGR) “Neurobiología de l’estrés y vulnerabilidad a la psicopatología”, and is the IP of 3 projects (Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Fundació La Marató de TV3 and Fundación Alicia Koplowitz). She has co-organized different congresses or conferences, highlighting the Congress of the FENS (2012, “Public Awareness” Committee) and a B-Debate (Biocat and Fundació Obra Social La Caixa, 2016). In 2019, she was included in the “Las Top 100 Mujeres Líderes en España” ranking awarded by “Women and CIA” in the academic category.
In addition to teaching and research, she has been involved in science transfer and dissemination activities, as well as initiatives to promote gender equality and activism in mental health. Much of her career has been devoted to the field of Neurobiology of stress in preclinical models, being particularly interested in the role of early experiences and their relationship with vulnerability and resilience, as well as in the field of individual differences. . Recently, she has been redirected towards the study of biomarkers related to the vulnerability to develop trajectories of externalizing behavior in boys and girls, including the response to stress.
Contact:
roser.nadal@uab.cat
School of Psychology (Psychobiology Unit)
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Cerdanyola del Vallès, 08193, Spain
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