Antoni Serrano Blanco
Jefe de Grupo Senior
Dr. Antonio Serrano has a degree in medicine from the University of Barcelona in 1997, is a specialist in Psychiatry from the Spanish Ministry of Health since 2002, a PhD in Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology from the University of Barcelona in 2006 and has a Master's degree in Health Management from ESADE Business School since 2015.
The years 2007 and 2009 he made two stays at the King's Health Economics (King's College London) and the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Since 2008 he has directed the Introductory Course on the Economic Evaluation of Health and Social Services. He is also a professor in the Postgraduate Course on Quality and Safety and Legal Assistance at the University of Barcelona.
Since 2004 he heads the PRISMA group, recognized by the Generalitat de Catalunya (SGR1515). From 2007 to 2017 he was the principal investigator of the SJD group of the Research Network on Preventive Activities and Health Promotion (redIAPP).
He is currently an associate editor of The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics and a reviewer of several prestigious international scientific journals.
Since 2018 he works as an assistant in the Directorate of Mental Health of the Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu (Sant Boi de Llobregat)
Since 2018 he has been principal investigator of group 58 of the Spanish Consortium for Epidemiology and Public Health Research (CIBERESP) and he is the coordinator of Program 6 (Evaluation of services) of the CIBER.
His research has been based on the evaluation of health services, focusing on the economic evaluation, participating in the analysis of the efficiency of different interventions in Primary Care to prevent and treat major depression, epidemiological studies and evaluation of interventions against the stigma and planning of services for people with mental disorders, among others.
Professional network profiles
Last Publications
- Peñarrubia-María MT, Maria Montserrat Gil Gribau, Maria del Carmen Gallardo González, Aznar-Lou, Ignacio, Serrano-Blanco A, Mendive Arbeloa JM, Garcia-Cardenas, Victoria, Sanchez-Vinas, Alba and Rubio-Valera M Non-initiation of prescribed medication from a Spanish health professionals' perspective: A qualitative exploration based on Grounded Theory. HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE IN THE COMMUNITY . 30(1): .
- Farrés J, Ruiz JL, Mas JM, Arias L, Sarrias MR, Armengol C, Cardona PJ, Munoz-Moreno JA, Vilaplana M, Arranz B, Usall J, Serrano-Blanco A and Vilaplana C Identification of the most vulnerable populations in the psychosocial sphere: a cross-sectional study conducted in Catalonia during the strict lockdown imposed against the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Open . 11(11): 52140.
- Arias-de la Torre J, Vilagut G, Ronaldson A, Serrano-Blanco A, Martín V, Peters M, Valderas JM, Dregan A and Alonso J Prevalence and variability of current depressive disorder in 27 European countries: a population-based study. LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH . 6(10): .
Projects
- Project name:
- NHoA – Never Home Alone
- Leader
- Antoni Serrano Blanco
- Funding entities:
- Ministerio de Economía Y Competitividad (MINECO)
- Code
- PLEC2021-007868
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2021 - 2024
- Project name:
- Evaluación de la adherencia a antipsicóticos a partir de datos de la práctica clínical real
- Leader
- Antoni Serrano Blanco
- Funding entities:
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
- Code
- PI19/00111
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2020 - 2022
- Project name:
- Genetic and metabolomics screening towards the precision medicine in cancer prevention
- Leader
- Antoni Serrano Blanco
- Funding entities:
- Fundación Científica de la Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (AECC)
- Code
- Grupos Traslacionales AECC 2018
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2018 - 2023
News
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More than 6% of Europeans suffer from depression
Dr. Antoni Serrano (Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu) participates in a study led by King's College London and the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute where the prevalence of depression among the population of more than 27 European countries has been studied.
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Research identifies six groups in the population more susceptible to the impact of the pandemic
Dr. Belén Arranz, Dr. Judith Usall i Rodié and Dr. Antoni Serrano from the Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu participate in the project COM-COVID, leds by Dr. Cristina Vilaplana from the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute.