Research line 1: Global Nursing, Advanced Care, Simulation & Wellbeing.

Coordinated by Sergio Cazorla Calderón

This research line is intended to evaluate person-centered care and to provide evidence to improve management outcomes and clinical practice. It’s integrated by 40 members and 3 external collaborators, mainly from nursing sciences but also from other disciplines like computing sciences.

Research line 2: SHAPE. Social connection, Humanities and Arts, Public health and Ethics

Coordinated by Sergi Blancafort Alias

The research line “Social and emotional wellbeing, bioethics, arts and humanities” is formed by M3O researchers based at UVic-UCC with expertise in those different topics, hence finding bridges and synergies among these areas.

  • Social and emotional wellbeing: in this area we focus on understanding what generates wellbeing at an emotional and a social level, as well as on promoting it along the life course through interventions at micro (intrapersonal), meso (interpersonal) and macro-level (community). Research in this area includes mental health, loneliness and social connection, nature as a source of wellbeing and social policy.
  • Arts in health: This is an emerging research line in Arts in Health, focusing on the integration of artistic practices into healthcare and wellbeing contexts. This initiative aims to explore the impact of the arts on physical, mental, and social health through interdisciplinary collaboration. Among its core activities, the research team offers support and expertise in the design, implementation, and evaluation of Arts in Health initiatives, fostering evidence-based approaches and innovative methodologies.
  • Humanities: in this area we are exploring the intersections between medicine, culture, and the human experience, integrating insights from cinema, TV series, literature, history, and philosophy, to enhance empathy, communication, and ethical understanding in healthcare; aiming for an interdisciplinary approach that enriches health sciences education and fosters holistic care. 

Podcast related to loneliness: “A la recerca de la soledat“, enriched with music and film recommendations.

Research line 3: PCBE. Clinical and Health Psychology, Cognition, Well-being and Spirituality

Co-coordinated by Laia Briones Buixassa and Borja Aguado Ramírez

This research line is an interfaculty and interdisciplinary space that brings together researchers and professionals interested in advancing knowledge and developing projects related to clinical and health psychology, mental health, cognition, neuropsychology, well-being, spirituality, and other related areas. The line promotes collaboration across disciplines and perspectives, fostering innovative approaches to complex health and psychological challenges. Its members are mainly affiliated with the Faculty of Education, Translation, Sports and Psychology (FETEP) and the Faculty of Health Sciences and Welfare (FCSB), while also welcoming collaborators from diverse academic and professional backgrounds.
The line fosters research that contributes to a better understanding of psychological functioning across the lifespan, the promotion of mental health and well-being, the psychosocial process of illness, the study and assessment of cognitive processes, the relationships between nature and health, and the role of spirituality in health and human development. Through this broad and integrative approach, the line aims to generate evidence-based knowledge with scientific, social, and clinical impact.

Research line 4: Healthy Ageing and Functional Diversity

Coordinated by Javier Jerez-Roig

This research line studies Healthy Ageing and Functional Diversity from a multidisciplinary and integrated point of view. It consists of 14 members and 6 collaborators from different disciplines: physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nursing, odontology, medicine and psychology. At the present, this group of researchers have obtained 4 predoctorate or posdoctorate grants for research stages and are conducting several research projects. Among the latter, it is worth highlighting its participation in 3 projects funded by the Catalan Board of Physiotherapists and 1 Industrial Doctorate funded by the Government of Catalonia.