Marta Amor is an assistant lecturer in the Department of Physiotherapy. She holds a degree in Physiotherapy from the University of A Coruña, where she graduated with honours. She is currently enrolled in the specialised Master's Degree in Paediatric Physiotherapy at UIC Barcelona and worked previously as a physiotherapist in Santiago de Compostela.

Dr Miguel Baena is an assistant lecturer (PhD) in the Department of Basic Sciences. He holds an undergraduate degree in Biology and a Master's degree and PhD in Biomedicine from the University of Barcelona. He wrote his thesis on the possible metabolic effects induced as a result of long-term consumption of sweetened beverages in animal models. He also conducted post-doctoral research in the University of Barcelona's Faculty of Pharmacy, during which time he analysed the potential role of fructose as a hepatic carcinogen in rodents, as well as the potential protective effect of resveratrol against this physiopathological process.

Dr Bernhard Knapp is a collaborating lecturer in the field of Bioinformatics in the Department of Basic Sciences. He studied Bioinformatics and Computational Immunology in Hagenberg, Heidelberg and Vienna. Before joining UIC Barcelona, he worked as a researcher at Oxford University. His research deals with molecular modelling and simulations of essential parts of the human immune system, such as, for example, T-cell receptors and anti-bodies.

Dr Mireia Llauradó is a tenure-track lecturer in the Department of Nursing. She holds a PhD in Critical Care Nursing from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili. For a number of years she worked as an intensive care nurse and research nurse at the Joan XXIII Hospital in Tarragona and Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona, as well as as an adjunct lecturer in the Faculty of Nursing at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Her research focuses on patient safety in intensive care settings. She is an elected member of the Nursing & Allied Health Professionals Section of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and coordinator of the Catalan Society of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine's Infercritics Work Group.

Dr Felipe Macías is an assistant professor (PhD) in the Department of Medicine. He holds an undergraduate degree in Medicine from the Pontifical Xavierian University in Colombia and a Master's Degree in Public Health and Healthcare Management from the University of Copenhagen, University of Granada and Andalusian School of Public Health. He has a PhD in Biomedicine from Pompeu Fabra University. After completing his studies in Medicine, his academic focus turned to public health and biomedical research. In the education field, he has worked as a lecturer in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics of the Faculty of Medicine at the Pontifical Xavierian University in Colombia and as head of the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine. He recently completed a stint at the Barcelona Public Health Agency's Health Information Systems Service. His thesis addresses social inequality in health and his main lines of research include chronic non-communicable diseases, tobacco use and inequality.

Nuria Matilla is a research assistant in Biostatistics in the Department of Basic Sciences. She holds a degree in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Barcelona and a Master's Degree in Public Health from Pompeu Fabra University. She is currently completing her doctoral thesis in Biostatistics under the supervision of Dr Jose M. Martínez-Sánchez.

Almudena Medina is an assistant lecturer in the Department of Physiotherapy. She holds a degree in Physiotherapy, with a specialisation in Neurological Physiotherapy, from Ramon Llull University. She also has a Master's Degree in Translational Research in Physiotherapy from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. For the past three years, she has collaborated as a physiotherapist at the Pere Virgili Healthcare Park, gaining clinical experience and carrying out a pilot project on stroke patients in the subacute stage of recovery. She is currently completing her doctoral thesis in Health Sciences and is developing a balancing protocol for stroke patients in the subacute stage of recovery.

Helena Muley is a research assistant in the Department of Basic Sciences. She holds an undergraduate degree in Pharmacy from the University of Barcelona and a Master's Degree in Basic Research and Biomedicine from UIC Barcelona. The basis of her research consists of studying the role of the protein carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1C (CPT1c) in ceramide metabolism.

Dr Carmen Peralta is a collaborating lecturer in the Department of Basic Sciences. She is a senior researcher at the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute, and her research focuses primarily on physiopathology and pharmacological and surgical strategies that protect organs, tissues and cells against damage when conserved ex vivo for therapeutic or research purposes, including transplantation, cell therapy and toxicity studies. She has published roughly one hundred articles in high impact journals and taken part in over 100 national and international congresses. She has been involved in 36 publicly financed national and international R&D projects, as well as 10 highly significant R&D agreements with companies and/or public authorities. She has 3 patents, for which she has entered into licensing agreements with companies to ensure their application in the healthcare sector. She is also the founder of the spin-off company Transplant Biomedical. She has been accredited as a Tenure-Track Lecturer by AQU. She has directed 13 doctoral theses and evaluates research projects financed by a number of national and international bodies. She is an editorial member and regular reviewer for SCI-indexed journals of great relevance and impact factor and has been a member of various international committees and delegations.

Laia Wennberg is an assistant lecturer in the Department of Nursing. She holds a degree in Nursing from the University of Barcelona, as well as a Master's Degree in Public Health from Pompeu Fabra University and a Master's Degree in Community Health and Wellbeing from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. She is completing a PhD in Psychology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. She has worked in the Oncology Unit at Hospital del Mar and emergency care at Granollers Hospital.