Ageing and the promotion of personal autonomy. Reorientation of the tourism sector towards new consumers of products with special needs. Economic, environmental and social challenges of urban areas and their interrelationship, from an integrated and multidisciplinary approach.
Assessment and improvement of advanced clinical simulation to improve the training of nursing students.
Assessment of the body composition, the nutritional status and the effectiveness of substances that increase sports performance. Assessment and development of products aimed at ergogenic aid and high competition.
The main goal of this line is the development of bibliometric indicators useful in the evaluation of scientific activity that allow the easurement of research results and the performance of science, thus enabling public research policies to be better adapted.
Study of the implications of caring for people with chronic conditions on the health of caregivers. Variables of vulnerability and protection. Application of intervention programmes for caregivers to prevent or improve their health.
Nutritional assessment/intervention:
- Study of the functionality of bioactive compounds in patients with certain pathologies and/or treatments; retrospective and prospective population studies.
- Design and development of food products targeted to selected population groups.
Characterisation of cognitive impairment, its relationship with the frailty syndrome and searches for diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers. Study of effective interventions to prevent or delay the progression of cognitive impairment in vulnerable people.
Study of the neurobiological bases of cooperation and empathy, as well as the relationship between both and their social applications and inclusion in intervention programmes at different levels.
Legal analysis of the regulation on the end of life and dignified death.
Research on frailty sydnrome, a syndrome that appears as a response to different stressful situations and that can serve as a conceptual and experimental framework to explain some of the different pathways that lead to disability and dependence in elderly or vulnerable patients. Study of effective interventions to prevent or delay the progression of the frailty syndrome.
Analysis of all legal implications related to health protection.
Analysis of health-related psychosocial factors that have an impact on people's quality of life. Prevention and treatment protocol for chronic patients. Especially in the areas of oncology, infertility and ageing.
All types of health technology evaluation, taking into account the broad concept of health technology ranging from medicines and procedures to health technology and techniques.
Molecular characterisation of Trematode Fasciolidae parasites of humans and animals from human endemic areas in Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia and of Lymnaeidae molluscs transmitting Fascioliasis.
Assessment of scientific activity and analysis of the sharing of raw research data in the health sciences.
Study of injuries in the work environment (health and non-health), and action for their prevention through physical exercise programmes.
Integration of different omics (genomics, metabolomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, metabolomics, proteomics) with environmental factors for the study of gene-diet interactions in different health-disease phenotypes.
Study of the biological bases of violent and criminal behaviour, with its applications at diagnosis, prevention and intervention levels in violence.
Study of the biological bases of happiness. Application of neurosciences to Positive Psychology. Intervention, prevention and other applications.
Analysis and study of the level of training of nursing staff and strategies for improvement.
Through the design of specific physical exercise programmes, the effect on the musculoskeletal system of elderly people is investigated, as well as the promotion of active ageing in this population.
The psychological aspect of frailty includes clinical (cognitive and emotional), functional and socio-familial aspects as well as different demographic and lifestyle variables. The aim is to research and define the profile of these variables in different population groups.
This research line studies the effects of the psychophysiological response to stress on behaviour, emotions and cognition, taking into account the adaptive/maladaptive value of these changes and their relationship with health/illness.
Molecular characterisation of vectors: sequence analysis, phylogenies, population genetics and haplotyping using ribosomal and mitochondrial markers; influence of human migrations; analysis of potential risk of transmission.
To contribute to the body of knowledge on human behaviour and social interaction by collecting data of interest from different social sectors and decision-makers in the public and private spheres, as well as from research personnel.
Functionality and bioavailability tests in cell cultures and in-vitro. Metabolomic analysis (LC-MS) and interpretation of results (Foodomics), Characterisation of bioactive compounds, Evaluation of stability in matrices, Bioavailability in vitro of bioactive compounds.
Study of the abdominolumbar musculature (also called core musculature) and its muscular activation, by means of specific exercises for this purpose.
The topics of research and development are very broad and include epidemiological studies, accident research, causes of accidents, risk factors, risk groups, vulnerable users, driver behaviour, basic psychological processes, attitudes, motivations and values underlying behaviour, the special case of offenders and repeat offenders, as well as autonomous driving.
In addition to the human factor, the subject of study includes the roads (with special attention to black spots and accident hotspots, as well as signage, which is particularly variable), vehicles, and the condition of all of them.
