About us
Group leader:
Cristina O’Callaghan Gordo
Degree in Biology (University of Barcelona), master’s degree in Epidemiology (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), doctoral degree in Medicine (University of Barcelona). Principal investigator of BITAL. Associate professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences and director of the Master’s Degree in Planetary Health (UOC). Associate researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).
Leader of the research line:
Margarita Triguero-Mas
Degree in Environmental Sciences (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), master’s degree in Public Health and doctoral degree in Biomedicine (Pompeu Fabra University). Ramon y Cajal senior researcher at the Faculty of Health Sciences and member of teaching staff on the Master’s Degree in Planetary Health (UOC). Associate researcher at the Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability (BCNUEJ, ICTA-UAB) and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).
Members of the group:
Ariadna Moreno Gay
Degree in Chemical Engineering (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya), master’s degree in Management and Innovation (Uppsala University, Sweden) and currently studying for a master’s degree in Medical Anthropology and Global Health (Universitat Rovira i Virgili). Project Manager at the Centre for Studies on Planetary Wellbeing at Pompeu Fabra University and research assistant for the CATA-Earth project at the UOC’s Faculty of Health Sciences. Former Planetary Health project manager at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).
Carola Domènech Panicello
Degree in Biomedical Sciences (University of Barcelona), master’s degree in Public Health (Pompeu Fabra University). Former research specialist in environmental epidemiology in the BrainChild group at ISGlobal. Currently a research technician at BITAL, working on the GreenME project on nature and equity in mental health.
Guilherme Queiroz
Degree in Medicine (University of Coimbra), specialist in Preventive Medicine and Public Health (Portugal), master’s degree in Public Health (NOVA University, Lisbon). Currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Biomedicine at the Pompeu Fabra University, and INPhINIT fellow as part of the IndiLead project.
Guillem Rius Taberner
Degree in Environmental Biology (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona), master’s degree in Sustainable Development (Utrecht University). Currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Biomedicine at the Pompeu Fabra University, and INPhINIT fellow as part of the IndiLead project.
Mireia Llimós
Degrees in Political and Administration Sciences (Pompeu Fabra University) and Humanities (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya). Postgraduate degree in Cultural Management (IDEC-UPF) and diploma in Public Health (UPF Barcelona School of Management). Master’s Degree in Planetary Health (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Pompeu Fabra University). Currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Biomedicine (Pompeu Fabra University). Academic coordinator of the master’s degree in Public Health (UPF-UAB).
Nacho Sánchez-Valdivia
Degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (Pompeu Fabra University, Autonomous University of Madrid, and Carlos III University of Madrid). Master’s degree in Urban and Metropolitan Studies (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) and Master’s degree in Public Health (Pompeu Fabra University). Currently working as a technician for the Childhood Obesity Prevention Program in Catalonia (POICAT) at the Public Health Agency of Catalonia (ASPCAT), and as a course instructor on the Master’s Degree in Planetary Health (UOC). Formerly worked as an analyst in science-to-public-policy transfer in planetary health at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), and as a public health technician at the Barcelona Public Health Agency (ASPB).
Shannon Leigh O’Brien
Degree in Gender and Environmental Sciences (Loyola Marymount University), master’s degree in Public Health (Pompeu Fabra University). Currently a predoctoral fellow of the Health and Psychology programme at the UOC and associate researcher at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) as part of the IndiLead project.
External collaborators:
Carme Carrion Ribas
External collaborator of BITAL
Doctoral degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (UB), master’s degree in Biotechnology (UB, UAB and UPC), Master’s Degree in Conflictology (UOC) and future graduate of the Master’s Degree in Planetary Health (UOC). Currently associate professor and associate dean for research in the UOC Faculty of Health Sciences, as well as leader of the eHealth-TransLab Research Group (2021 SGR 00578). Part-time member of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Girona (UdG).
Josep Maria Antó
External collaborator of BITAL
Senior Research Professor at ISGlobal, Professor Emeritus of Medicine at Pompeu Fabra University in Spain, co-chair of the Lancet Countdown in Europe, founder and co-director of the Master’s Degree in Planetary Health (UOC) and member of the Advisory Board on Sustainable Development (CADS).
Paula de Prado-Bert
Degree in Human Biology (Pompeu Fabra University), master’s degree in Public Health and doctoral degree in Biomedicine (Pompeu Fabra University). Predoctoral researcher (2018-2022) at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). Currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability (BCNUEJ, ICTA-UAB). She has also joined the GreenME project with a Juan de la Cierva award.