Autor: Zbigniew Kadziola

Josep Maria Haro, psychiatrist and Ph D in Public Health, is the Research and Innovation Director of Saint John of God Health Park in Barcelona, Spain, and associate professor of medicine at the University of Barcelona. After his medical studies, he was trained in Epidemiology and Public Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. Later, he got his specialization in psychiatry at the Clinic Hospital of Barcelona. During the past 25 years he has worked both in clinical medicine and in public health research and has published more than 500 scientific papers. He has been included in the list of Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers in 2017 and 2018. Dr. Haro is principal investigator of one of the groups of the CIBERSAM network. In 2011, he received the award of best researcher from the Spanish Society of Biological Psychiatry. In 2018, he received the award of professional excellence of the Barcelona Medical Association. He is currently the European coordinator of the EU-funded project ATHLOS and SYNCHROS and was coordinator of the Roadmap for mental health and well-being research in Europe (ROAMER).