Research and knowledge transfer projects
Capacity-building for Higher education to Accelerate Next-Generation Education in Planetary Health (CHANGE-PH) (Erasmus + Programme, 2026-2029)
Implementing planetary health education courses in climate vulnerable regions.
Study of the placental transcriptome and its impact on prenatal and postnatal neurodevelopment: understanding mechanisms and developing early biomarkers (PERGOLA) (Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 2025-2027)
Identifying placental transcriptional signatures associated with early mental health indicators and neurodevelopmental outcomes.
Towards precision paediatrics: placental biomarkers of Neurodevelopment (BRAIN & BEHAVIOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION, 2025-2026)
Identifying placental DNA methylation signatures associated with early neurodevelopmental and mental health outcomes.
Addressing Intersecting Crises: Climate, Housing, and Compounding Health Vulnerabilities for Senior Tenants (HEAT) (NFRF Project, 2024-2027).
Studying the indoor environments of senior tenants’ homes and fostering equitable climate action in Barcelona city.
Advancing Greencare in Europe: an integrated multi-scalar approach for the expansion of nature-based therapies to improve Mental health Equity (GreenMe) (Horizon Europe, 2023-2027).
Identifying ways in which effective nature-based therapy and a broader green care framework can be scaled-up to improve adult mental health and wellbeing equity while contributing to multiple socio-ecological co-benefits.
“Subsistence hunting with lead-based ammunition in tropical rainforests and health risks for global indigenous people (IndiLead)” (Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, 2023-2026)
To determine blood lead levels in indigenous hunting communities of the Western Amazon and the rainforests of Central Africa and South-East Asia and to assess whether Pb-based ammunition is the main source of Pb exposure for indigenous people that rely on subsistence hunting in the tropical rainforests of the world.
“Catalysing Transformative Change in Planetary Health Education (CATA-Earth)” (Erasmus+ programme, 2023-2026)
To build capacity for designing and delivering innovative community-driven planetary health education in climate-vulnerable regions in Bangladesh and Indonesia.
Planetary Health: challenges and opportunities in the Northern Bolivian Amazon (Catalan Agency for Cooperation, 2022-2024)
Develop the capacity for teaching and research in Planetary Health in the northern Amazon region of Bolivia to promote environmental and health rights and the connections between them.