Carmen Vives Cases
Professor in the area of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the University of Alicante (since 2018). PhD and Bachelor's degree in Sociology (2004 and 1998 respectively). Master of Public Health from the Miguel Hernández University (2005). Vice Dean of Research, Postgraduate and Internationalization of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Alicante (2016-2021). Director of the Equality Secretariat of the UA since 2021. President of the Spanish Society of Epidemiology (2016-2018). Member of the CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health since its creation in 2006. Principal Investigator in the Projects funded in public calls for the National R&D&I Plan and European projects. Most of her research activity focuses on the study of social inequalities in health by gender, migratory status or ethnicity, age. It is worth highlighting her dedication to the issue of gender violence from a public health perspective, consolidated by her participation and leadership in different national and European projects. She has more than a hundred scientific publications of recognized quality with three six-year research periods and one transfer period granted by the National Commission for the Evaluation of Research Activity. In October 2019, she was named Doctor Honoris Causa by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Umëa (Sweden).