Associate professor
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She has a degree in Politics Sciences and Sociology and a PhD, from the University of Barcelona in the Doctoral Program in Philosophy, Ethics and Politics; She has a degree in Nursing with the specialty of Midwife.
Full University Professor in the Department of Public Health, Mental Health and Perinatal at the University of Barcelona. She is also a professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, of the same University, in the Doctorate in Citizenship and Human Rights.
She is Coordinator of the PhD Program in 'Nursing and Health' and a member of the Academic Committee of the 'PhD Program in Citizenship and Human Rights' of the University of Barcelona. She is a member of the Quality Commission and the Management Committee of the Doctoral School of the same University. Academic Secretary of the ADHUC-Theory, Gender, Sexuality Research Center of the University of Barcelona and member of the UNESCO Chair 'Women, Diversity and Cultures'.
Her research experience has been linked to women's sexual and reproductive health care from an ethical and gendered perspective and always with a vision of health as a social phenomenon. The results of her research work have been published in journals and books in the field of health and human and social Sciences and she has been recognized by the CNEAI and the AQU with a positive evaluation of her research activity (2 six-year period). She received the Bioethics Research Award from the Victor Grifols i Lucas Foundation in the 2010 edition for her PhD Thesis: 'Women and Procreation: Ethics of Healthcare Practice and the Care Relationship in pregnancy and childbirth'.
She has led several competitive research projects; she is currently the Principal researcher of the Projects 'Vulnerability in Women's Philosophical Thought. Contributions to the debate on present emergencies' (MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033) and 'Giving birth in times of the COVID-19 pandemic: Ethical implications of maternity health care' (Victor Grifols i Lucas Foundation) and she is a researcher at the international project: 'CA18211 - Perinatal Mental Health and Birth-Related Trauma: Maximizing best practice and optimal outcomes'. Director of the MUSAS Journal (Research Magazine on Women, Health and Society) (University of Barcelona).
More Information: https://www.ub.edu/donasalutetica/