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17/10/2024
Dietary habits improve with nutrition education, according to a study led by Dr Toni Mora
A study carried out among more than a thousand participants by the Research Institute for Evaluation and Public Policies at UIC Barcelona and the Red Cross found that education is the most effective strategy for promoting healthy eating habits.Delivering workshops on nutrition is more effective than sending an SMS with nutritional information, although both are more important than providing a financial incentive. 
21/06/2024
Toni Mora working on the FLASH European project to improve the efficiency of healthcare systems
The director of IRAPP attended the annual meeting of the European FLASH project in Catania (Italy) to present the progress of his work in the analysis of the cost-effectiveness of the La Meva Salut app
20/07/2023
Manuel Flores participates in the NBER International Social Security Conference in Stockholm (Sweden)
14/07/2023
Toni Mora participates in the publication of an article on differential healthcare costs for the non-adult ADHD population in Catalonia
The article, published in Springer Nature, collects data on more than one million individuals in Catalonia from different healthcare providers such as emergency services, general practitioners, mental health day centres or hospitalisations
17/03/2023
Dr Manuel Flores publishes an article analysing the links between early life health with later life health
The article, which has been published in the prestigious journal Demography, investigates the links and influence of diseases in early ages on life course health
26/10/2021
One study found that the Dual FP course (a vocational training course) improves academic performance and the probability of obtaining a qualification
The report analysed administrative data from vocational training courses between 2015 and 2019 and included 263.487 students from 457 training centres/schools
13/05/2020
The FBA Fellows programme launches with a view to attracting scientific talent to UIC Barcelona and BIST
The Bosch Aymerich Foundation is launching their new FBA Fellows programme, which aims to attract scientific talent to the initiative’s two beneficiary organisations, the first being UIC Barcelona and the second, the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST). Each organisation will hire three fellows to work as researchers and teachers over the next three years.
26/07/2019
A study by UIC Barcelona shows how overall economic conditions affect the relationship between health and wages
The paper by lecturer Manuel Flores was published in the journal Oxford Economic Papers.
21/06/2019
Toni Mora, new president of the Health Economics Association (AES)
Toni Mora, vice-rector for Research, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer at UIC Barcelona, has been appointed president of the Spanish Health Economics Association (AES), following the reappointment of two board members.
07/06/2019
Online methodology represents significant cost savings for the teaching of basic life support courses
This is the main conclusion of the study performed by researchers from the Nursing Department and the Research Institute for Evaluation and Public Policies (IRAPP) at UIC Barcelona, published in the first quartile journal, Resuscitation
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