Anna Casellas-Grau holds a degree in Psychology, a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychopathology in Children and Adolescents and a Master’s degree in Research in Health Psychology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), as well as a Master’s degree in Psychosocial and Spiritual Care for People with Advanced Illness from the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC). She earned her PhD in Health and Sport Psychology at UAB, with an International Doctorate distinction and an Extraordinary Doctoral Award.
She is a full-time Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), where she is a member of the Methodology, Methods, Models and Outcomes of Health and Social Sciences (M3O) research group. She also works as a researcher and coordinator of the Observatory of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), and is affiliated with the Psycho-Oncology and Digital Health research group at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL).
Her research focuses on health psychology and psycho-oncology, particularly psychological adjustment to cancer, emotional well-being, quality of life, resilience and posttraumatic growth. Her work examines psychosocial needs across the cancer trajectory and evaluates interventions aimed at improving care for patients and their families.
She has contributed to research on early supportive care for people participating in phase I cancer trials, psychosocial care in cancer survivorship, and communication skills training for healthcare professionals. Her research also includes interventions and psychosocial well-being among people with skeletal dysplasias and their families.
Her main research interests include psycho-oncology, positive psychology, psychosocial adjustment to chronic illness and disability, and the integration of person-centred psychosocial care into healthcare services. Alongside her research, she teaches psychology and research methods and supervises undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral research.