Excellence Research Networks
Xarxa d’Innovació de Noves Tecnologies en Salut Mental (TECSAM). 2021XARDI00005. Fundació Sant Joan de Déu (SJD). Secretaria d’Universitats i Recerca del Departament d’Empresa i Coneixement – Generalitat de Catalunya. 2023-25. CO-IP in the group “Person-Environment Interaction in Risk and Resilience in Mental Health”
Recognition as a Consolidated Research Group: Person-Environment Interaction in Risk and Resilience for Mental Health – (SGR 2021). 2021SGR01010. Agencia de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) – Generalitat de Catalunya. 2022 – 24. Principal investigator.
Recognition as a Consolidated Research Group: Person-Environment Interaction in Risk and Resilience for Mental Health – (SGR 2017). 2017SGR1612. Agencia de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) – Generalitat de Cataluña. 2018 – 2021. Principal investigator.
Consolidated Research Group: Person-Environment Interaction in Psychopathology, Suport als Grups de Recerca – Modaliat Consolidada (SGR 2014). 2014SGR1070. Agencia de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) – Generalitat de Cataluña. 2014 – 16. Principal investigator.
Research Group – Emergent Modality: Person-Environment Interaction in Psychopathology, Suport als Grups de Recerca (SGR 2009). 2009SGR672. Agencia de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) – Generalitat de Cataluña. 2009 – 14. Principal investigator.
Acciones de Dinamización “Redes de Excelencia”: Investigacion en Procesos, Mecanismos y Tratamientos Psicologicos para la Promoción de la Salud Mental (PROMOSAM). PSI2014-56303-REDT. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (Programa de Fomento de la Investigación Científica y Técnica de Excelencia). 2014 – 17.
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red – Salud Mental (CIBERSAM) (Spanish Biomedical Research Network on Mental Health), Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Ministerio de Sanidad (Health Ministry). Researcher in the Group CB/07/09/0037 “Genetics of Mental Disorders Research Group” since 2007
As Principal Investigator
Testing the Shift from a ‘Disease Risk’ to a ‘Differential Susceptibility’ Conceptualization of Person-Environment and Gene-Environment Interactions in the Psychosis Continuum. PID2020-119211RB-I00. Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Plan Nacional de I+D+i (National Plan of R+D+i). 2021 – 24.
A New Approach to the Concept and Study of Risk in Psychosis. PSI2017-91814-EXP. Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, Plan Nacional de I+D+i (National Plan of R+D+i), “Science Explora” Call. 2018-21
Trajectories of Risk and Resilience to Psychosis: Integrative study of Gene-Person-Environment Interactions across the Extended Psychosis Phenotype. PSI2017-87512-C2-00. Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO), Plan Nacional de I+D+I (National Plan of R+D). 2018-21
Ecological, Clinical, Psychometric and Longitudinal Trajectories Assessment of Psychosis-Proneness across the Extended Psychosis Phenotype. PSI2014-54009-R. Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Plan Nacional de I+D+i. 2015-18.
A Follow-Up Integrative Study of Gene-Person-Environment Factors and their Interactions Underlying Symptom Formation and Outcome across the Nonclinical and Clinical Continuum of Psychosis. PSI2011-30321-C02-00. Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO), Plan Nacional de I+D+I (National Plan of R+D). 2012-15.
The Interaction between Daily-Life Stressors and Subjective Appraisals of Psychotic-Like Symptoms in the Psychosis Prodrome during One Year Follow-up: Ecological and Dynamic Evaluation with the Experience Sampling Methodology and Analysis of Gene-Environment (Stress) Interactions. 091110. Fundació La Marató de TV3 (Mental Health); Scientific Assessment: Catalan Agency for Health Information, Assessment and Quality. 2010-15.
Association between Early Environmental Adversity and Schizotypy: Mechanisms of Attachment, Stress-sensitivity, Cognition, and Role of Genetic Variability in Non-clinical Individuals. PSI2008-04178. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Plan Nacional de I+D+i. 2009 – 12.
Person, Enviroment, Genes and their Interaction in the Genesis of Depressive and Psychotic Symptoms in a Non-clinical Population. EME2007-25. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona – Programa de Grupos de Investigación Emergentes. 2007 – 09.
Early Detection of Psychotic Disorders of Early-onset in Adolescence. AATM-17E/99. SENY Foundation Approved by the Scientific Comitte “Agencia de Evaluación de Tecnologías Médicas (AATM) de la Generalitat de Cataluña – AATRM). 2000-03.
As a Site Coordinator in an International Multi-site Project
European Network of National Schizophrenia Networks Studying Gene-Environment Interactions (EU-GEI)
European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement No. HEALTH-F2-2010-241909 (Project EU-GEI). General Project Coordinator: Prof. Jim van Os. Barcelona site coordinator WP5: Prof. Neus Barrantes-Vidal (incoporated to the project on November 2011). 2010 – 15.
As a Researcher
Prevention and community literacy in mental health to improve early detection of serious mental disorders, reduce stigma and promote the search for timely professional care. Ref. 3205. Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de México (CONACYT). 2020-24.
Emotional reasoning in persecutory delusions: process interventions and neurological basis. Ref. PSI2014-61744-EXP. Plan Nacional I+D+i del MINECO, Spanish Goverment. 2015-2017.
Study of neuropsychological profiles in a general population sample sociodemographically stratified in repect to a sample of schizophrenia patients and their relatives: Extension of the project conceded by the Fundació La Marató de TV3. Ref. 014430/31. Fundació Seny. 2006-2008.
Study of predictive factors of the treatment response in depression and their correlates with the linfocitarian genetic expression pattern for candidate genes (NCS and HHA axis). Ref. SAF 2005-07852-C02-01. Ministry of Education and Science, Spanish Goverment. 2006 – 2008.
Psychoeducation and early detection of psychotic disorders of early-onset in adolescence. Follow-up Phase 2. Ministry of Science and Technology. 2003-2006.
Audovisual approach to the teaching of psychopathology. Catalan Agency of University Grants for Research (Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca). 2003-2005.
Psychoeducation and early detection of psychotic disorders of early-onset in adolescence. Ref. 163868. Marato TV3 Research Foundation. 2001-2004.
Identification of risk genotypes for schizophrenia and other psychoses: psychopathological redefinition of the phenotypes and approach to current aetiopathogenic models. Ref. 014430/31. Marato TV3 Research Foundation. 2001-2004.
Prospective study with SPECT of the changes in the regional blood flow and their neuropsychological correlates in type I bipolar disorder. Ref. FIS 00-1069. Ministry of Health, Spanish Government. 1999-2002.
Study of neurocognitive deficit and genetic disfunctions related to the development of the CNS and the neuronal adoptosis as an aetiopathogenic model of some types of schizophrenia. Ref. 99-111-00. La Caixa Foundation. 1999-2002.
Psychobiological risk markers and early detection of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Phase III. Ref. FIS96-0899 DGESIC PB98-0908. Ministry of Education and Culture, Spanish Government. 1999 – 2002.
Psychobiological risk markers and early detection of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Phase II. Ref. FIS96-0899. Ministry of Health, Spanish Government. 1996-1998.
Psychobiological risk markers and early detection of schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Phase I. Ref. DGICYT PM92-00691995-1997. Ministry of Health, Spanish Government. 1995-1997.
Epidemiological study of mental health in Formentera Island. Ref. PB-94/1171. Ministry of Education and Science , Spanish Government. 1994 – 1995.
Efficacy of the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of chronic schizophrenia. Hospital Clinic i Provincial de Barcelona. 1996.
