Fitxa persona

José Antonio Giménez Costa has a degree (1997) and a PhD (2011) in Psychology from the University of Valencia. He has been a professor at the UNED (2001-2003) and an Associate Professor at the UOC (2013-2024). From 2002 to 2015 he combined different contracts as an associate professor in the Department of Basic Psychology, with the direction of the Community Prevention Unit of Addictive Behaviors of the Mancomunidad de la Canal de Navarrés (Valencia). He is currently a Associate Professor (2019) in the Department of Basic Psychology of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Valencia. He teaches both in the Psychology and Speech Therapy degrees, as well as in the Official Master's Degree in Drug Dependencies: Research, Treatment and Associated Pathologies (DITPA) of the UV. He has directed and participated in TFG and TFM tribunals, has directed and participated in teaching innovation projects and in agreements with public and private entities. At the research level, he is a member of the APPrAd research group: Psychosocial Aspects of the Addictive Process (GIUV 2021-504). His research career has focused on the study of the specific psychosocial factors that are at the base of the addictive process in order to improve their evaluation and detection and to be able to develop effective prevention and intervention strategies. These analyses have been applied to the study and evaluation of Binge Drinking, as well as the development and evaluation of preventive programs on the consumption of alcohol, vapers/tobacco and cannabis in young people. He has participated in research projects funded in regional and state calls, and has been a member of the Technical Committee for the Prevention of Drug Dependencies of the Ministry of Health of the Generalitat Valenciana (2008-2018). He has carried out research stays at the National University of Córdoba (Argentina) and at the Miguel Hernández University of Elche, and has published several scientific papers and presentations at conferences. He currently has two six-year research periods. In the field of university management, he has been Coordinator of External Internships of the Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy of the University of Valencia (2016-2021) and since September 2024 he has been the Coordinator of the Degree in Psychology of this same Faculty.