Josep Maria Haro Abad
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Josep Maria Haro, a psychiatrist and doctor in public health, is the director of research and teaching at the Sant Joan de Déu health park in Barcelona, Spain and an associate professor of medicine at the University of Barcelona.
Following his medical studies, he studied epidemiology and public health at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health (Baltimore, MD, USA). Later he specialized in psychiatry at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. For the past 25 years, he has worked in both clinical medicine and public health research and published more than 300 scientific papers.
His areas of research have been the epidemiology of mental disorders and the analysis of treatment results. As a researcher in the epidemiology of mental disorders, he has conducted studies on the prevalence and impact of disorders on the general population and the treatment of mental disorders in primary care. His latest studies focus on the determinants of healthy ageing, analyzing both the impact of physical and mental comorbidity and the effect of social and environmental aspects. In health outcomes, he has been interested in the consequences of mental disorders on patients' functioning and quality of life and on their impact on society at large.
Dr Haro is a lead researcher on one of the CIBERSAM network groups. In 2011, he was awarded the prize for the best researcher of the Spanish Society of Biological Psychiatry.
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Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu Last Publications
- Zhang Y, Folarin AA, Dineley J, Conde P, de Angel V, Sun S, Ranjan Y, Rashid Z, Stewart C, Laiou P, Sankesara H, Qian L, Matcham F, White K, Oetzmann C, Lamers F, Siddi S, Simblett S, Schuller BW, Vairavan S, Wykes T, Haro JM, Penninx BWJH, Narayan VA, Hotopf M, Dobson RJB and Cummins N Identifying depression-related topics in smartphone-collected free-response speech recordings using an automatic speech recognition system and a deep learning topic model. JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS . 355: 40-49.
- Mortier P, Gemma Vilagut Saiz, García-Mieres H, Alayo I, Ferrer M, Amigo F, Aragonès E, Aragón-Peña A, Asúnsolo Del Barco Á, Campos M, Espuga M, González-Pinto A, Haro JM, López Fresneña N, Martínez de Salázar AD, Molina JD, Ortí-Lucas RM, Parellada M, Pelayo-Terán JM, Pérez-Gómez B, Pérez-Zapata A, Pijoan JI, Plana N, Polentinos-Castro E, Portillo-Van Diest A, Puig T, Rius C, Sanz F, Serra C, Urreta-Barallobre I, Kessler RC, Bruffaerts R, Vieta E, Pérez-Solá V and Alonso J Health service and psychotropic medication use for mental health conditions among healthcare workers active during the Spain Covid-19 Pandemic - A prospective cohort study using web-based surveys. PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH . 334: 115800-115800.
- Kostev K, Oswald S, Frajerman A, Haro JM and Jacob L. Trends in burnout and related sick leave duration in working-age adults followed in general practices in Germany between 2012 and 2022. JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH . 172: 52-58.
Projects
- Project name:
- Contratos predoctorales de formación en investigación en salud. Beneficiari: Leticia González
- Leader
- Josep Maria Haro Abad
- Funding entities:
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
- Code
- FI23/00015
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2024 - 2028
- Project name:
- Sara Borrell_beneficiari: Andrea Miranda
- Leader
- Josep Maria Haro Abad
- Funding entities:
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
- Code
- CD23/00010
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2024 - 2027
- Project name:
- INTEGRATE-LMedC_Concept development for a research infrastructure to manage, integrate and sustain large medical cohort studies
- Leader
- Josep Maria Haro Abad
- Funding entities:
- European Commission
- Code
- 101131809
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2024 - 2026
News
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A study has revealed an association between mental disorders and premature mortality in the Catalan population
A research team from the Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu · Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu analyses the link between experiencing a mental disorder and the risk of premature death in the Catalan population.
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EDIT-B Consortium validating innovative blood diagnostic test for bipolar disorder
Dr. Josep Maria Haro (IRSJD) and his research group participating in EDIT-B Consortium, supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for Health (EIT Health). This newly formed European public-private partnership aims at advancing precision psychiatry by introducing biology into clinical routine.
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Josep Maria Haro and Ai Koyanagi among the most influential researchers worldwide
According to the ranking of the innovation company Clarivate Analytics, Dr. Ai Koyanagi and Dr. Josep Maria Haro are among the hundred most prominent experts who work in the Spanish State and lead projects with an international impact.