Caregiver-Centric Innovations in Intensive Home-Treatment for Acute Mental Illness: A Comprehensive Approach

Research project description A PhD position is available at the Institut de Recerca Sant Pau under the supervision of Ana Martin Blanco (psychiatrist) and Jeroen Spijker (demographer). The successful candidate will be enrolled in the Psychiatry doctoral programme at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in the framework of the TOUCH project. TOUCH (“Towards the […]

Prevention, follow-up and management of post-ICU sequelae based on digital health tools

Research project description A PhD position is available at the Institut de Recerca i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT) under the supervision of Sol Fernández Gonzalo (cognition and mental health ICU researcher) and Guillem Navarra Ventura (psychiatry / technology transfer researcher). Medical advances have increased the survival rates in Intensive Care Units (ICUs), but have highlighted […]

Modelling circular inference, from the general population to psychotic experience

Research project description A PhD position is available at the Centre de Recerca Matemàtica (CRM) under the supervision of Alexandre Hyafil (computational neuroscientist) and Neus Vidal Barrantes (clinical psychologist). The successful candidate will be enrolled in the Mathematics doctoral programme  at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in the framework of the TOUCH project. TOUCH […]

Mental health and mortality in the context of ageing societies

Research project description A PhD position is available at the Health and Ageing Research group (HEALTHAGE) from the Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED) under the supervision of Sergi Trias-Llimós   (Demographer) and Enrique Acosta (Sociologist). The successful candidate will be enrolled in the Demography doctoral programme  at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in the framework of […]

Mental health and multimorbidity in Catalonia

Research project description A PhD position is available at the Health and Ageing Research group (HEALTHAGE) from the Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED) under the supervision of Iñaki Permanyer (Demographer) and Jeroen Spijker (Demographer). The successful candidate will be enrolled in the Demography doctoral programme  at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in the framework of […]

Body, Space, and Care: Philosophical and Literary Interventions in Mental Health Determinants

Research project description A PhD position is available at the Body and Textualities: authors and subjectivities in construction research group – Department of Philosophy from the Universitat Autònoma Barcelona under the supervision of Begonya Sáez and Carme Font Paz. We are looking for a highly motivated candidate that will investigate how built environments, such as […]

Social Media Use and Young People’s Mental Health: A Quantitative Social Science Approach

Research project description A PhD position is available at the Families, inequality and social change (Department of Sociology from the Universitat Autònoma Barcelona – Centre for Demographic Studies) in collaboration with Trinity College Dublin – Trinity Centre for Global Health under the supervision of Pablo Gracia and Alina Cosma. We are looking for a highly […]

Urban Design, Mental Health, and Maternal Wellbeing

Research project description A PhD position is available at the Geography department from the Universitat Autònoma Barcelona in collaboration with the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology under the supervision of Oriol Marquet and Ioar Rivas. We are looking for a highly motivated candidate that will investigate how the built environment and urban design influence […]

Brain cell types and neuromodulators in fear memory models

Research project description A PhD position is available at the Institute of Neuroscience from the Universitat Autònoma Barcelona in collaboration with Institute of Bioengineering of Catalonia under the supervision of Raul Andero and Silvia Pittolo. We are looking for a highly motivated candidate that will investigate brain cell types and neuromodulators in fear memory models. […]