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Monica Ubalde López

Investigadora Post-doctoral

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)

Barcelona, España

Líneas de Investigación


Epidemiología, espacios verdes, contaminación del aire, ambiente urbano, planificación urbana.

Educación

  •  Biomedicina, UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA. España, 2016
  •  Salud Ocupacional, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2011
  •  Ciencias biológicas, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1997

Experiencia Académica

  •   Profesora Part Time

    UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA

    Bioinformatica

    Barcelona, España

    2018 - A la fecha

  •   Profesora Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COSTA RICA

    San José, Costa Rica

    2017 - A la fecha

  •   Profesora Part Time

    UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA

    Barcelona, España

    2015 - 2019

  •   Profesora Part Time

    UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA

    Barcelona, España

    2014 - 2014

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Investigadora post doctoral Full Time

    Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).

    Barcelona, España

    2019 - A la fecha

  •   Investigadora post doctoral Full Time

    Universitat Pompeu Fabra

    Barcelona, España

    2016 - 2019

  •   Invited and affiliated post-doctoral researcher Other

    Stockholm University

    Estocolmo, Suecia

    2017 - 2019

  •   Investigadora Full Time

    Hospital del Mar

    Barcelona, España

    2015 - 2017

  •   Investigadora invitada Full Time

    University Medical Center Groningen

    Holanda

    2014 - 2014

  •   Director Full Time

    department in an agri-food and public health laboratory

    Barcelona, España

    2010 - 2011

  •   Director. Emergency Service Unilabs Laboratory Full Time

    Guttmann Hospital and University Institute for Neurorehabilitation

    Barcelona, España

    2002 - 2008

  •   Técnico Full Time

    Unilabs-Barcelona clinical analysis laboratory

    Barcelona, España

    2001 - 2002

  •   Analista biológica Full Time

    Unilabs-Barcelona clinical analysis laboratory

    Barcelona, España

    1997 - 2002

Formación de Capital Humano


2019
Amaia Ayala García. Degree: Master´s in Public Health. Thesis title: The relationship between early working life patterns, in public and private owned companies, and the course of future sickness absence due to mental disorders. Role: Co-director

Mireya Jaramillo Degree: Master´s in security and health at work: working risk prevention. Thesis title: Análisis de la exposición a riesgos psicosociales y su relación con la salud en Ecuador [Analysis the relationship between the exposure to psychosocial risks factors and health in Ecuador]. Role: Director.
2018
Andrew March. Degree: Master´s in Public Health. Thesis title: Incapacidad temporal por contingencia común relacionada al embarazo en trabajadoras residentes en Cataluña, 2012- 2014 [Pregnancy-related sickness absence among working women living in Catalonia,2012-2014]. Role: Co-director

Maximiliano Rodríguez Giménez. Degree: Master´s in security and health at work: working risk prevention. Thesis title: Evolución de las lesiones por accidente de trabajo y enfermedades profesionales en la República de Argentina, 1997-2015 [The course of occupational injuries an diseases in Argentina, 1997-2015]. Role: Co-director.
2017
Ana Lear. Degree: Master´s in Public Health. Thesis title: Trayectoria laboral después de un episodio de incapacidad temporal por neoplasia en una cohorte de trabajadores residentes en Cataluña, 2012–2013 [Labor trajectory after a sickness absence episode due to neoplasm in a cohort of workers in Catalonia, 2012-2013]. Role: Co-director.
2016
Adriana Vivero Bass. Degree: Master´s in security and health at work: working risk prevention. Thesis title: Conciliación de la vida laboral y familiar, comparación de las políticas en Ecuador, España y Noruega [Reconciling Work and Family life, a comparision of policies in Ecuador, Spain and Norway]. Organization: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), University of Barcelona (UB). Role: Co-director

2015
Joaquim Pascual Cubí. Degree: Master´s in Public Health 2014-2015. Thesis title: Incapacidad temporal por trastorno mental en una muestra de trabajadores de empresas sanitarias en España [Sickness absence due to mental disorders among health care professionals in Spain].
Organization: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). Barcelona, Spain. Role: Co-director
2013

Guillermo Murcia López. Degree: MOH, 2012-2013. Thesis title: The impact of the Spanish economic crisis on the duration of sickness absence. Organization: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). Barcelona, Spain. Role: Co-director.

Dissertations/Thesis supervisor in progress
2016-present
Julio Cesar Hernando. Degree: Doctoral Thesis. Dissertation Title: Influencia de la trayectoria laboral en el curso de la incapacidad laboral y la mortalidad prematura [The influence of labor trajectory on the course of work-ralted disability and early mortality]. Role: Supervisor


Difusión y Transferencia


Peer- reviewed Journals
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Clinical Epidemiology
BioMed Research International
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
BMC Family Practice
International Journal of Neurology
Archivos de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales. Sociedad Catalana de Salud Laboral
[Archives of Occupational Risk Prevention. Catalan Society of Occupational Health]
Others
Spanish Society of Epidemiology (SEE) Scientific Meeting


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Trainee Grant

    EUROPEAN UNION

    España, 2018

    Modern Methods in Occupational Epidemiology

  •   Postdoctoral fellowship “José Castillejo”

    EUROPEAN UNION

    Chile, 2017

    International mobility stays for postdoctoral researchers


 

Article (20)

Incapacidad permanente y mortalidad prematura en una cohorte de afiliados a la Seguridad Social en España, 2004-2015
A hospital occupational diseases unit: an experience to improve the identification and recognition of occupational disease
Evolución de las lesiones por accidentes de trabajo y enfermedades profesionales en la República Argentina, 1997-2015
Labor market situation after an episode of sickness absence due to malignant neoplasia. Evidence from a Spanish cohort
Sickness absence trajectories following labour market participation patterns in Catalonia, 2012-2014
Trajectories of sickness absence among salaried workers: evidence from the WORKss cohort in Catalonia (Spain), 2012-2014
6.Q. Skills building seminar: Using trajectory analyses of longitudinal data in studies of work disability: methodological aspects
Examples of results from studies using trajectory analyses
How to interpret the results from trajectory analyses?
Labor market situation after an episode of sickness absence due to malignant neoplasia
Methodological approach to compare available software to deal with trajectory analysis
Beyond Return to Work: The Effect of Multimorbidity on Work Functioning Trajectories After Sick Leave due to Common Mental Disorders
The effect of multimorbidity on sickness absence by specific diagnoses
Has the Spanish economic crisis affected the duration of sickness absence episodes?
Measuring multimorbidity in a working population: the effect on incident sickness absence
Occupational diseases treated at Parc de Salut Mar (Barcelona, Spain), 2010-2014
Sickness absence among health workers in belo horizonte, brazil
Response: Return to work after musculoskeletal disorders: a systematic review of good practices guidelines
Cross-national comparisons of sickness absence systems and statistics: towards common indicators
Influence of New Secondary Diagnoses on the Duration of Non-Work-Related Sickness Absence Episodes

ConferencePaper (4)

Aggregation of work-related health problems throughout working-life in a population-based sample of women.
Employment and health of working parents: a joint effort to uncover hidden treasures in birth cohorts
Patterns of labor market participation and its association with the sickness absence course.
La duración de los episodios de ITcc varía con los co-diagnósticos aparecidos en su transcurso

ConferencePoster (1)

Working life trajectories in young working people with sickness absence due to mental disorders
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Monica Ubalde

Investigadora Post-doctoral

Air pollution and Urban Environment Progamme. Urban Planning, Environment and Health Initiative

Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)

Barcelona, España