Mercè Balasch i Bernat holds a degree in Physiotherapy (2007), an Official Master's Degree in Physiotherapy in the Ageing Process: Social and Healthcare Strategies (2009), and a PhD in Physiotherapy (2014). She is currently an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Physiotherapy at the University of Valencia, affiliated with the Department of Physiotherapy. Her teaching and research activities focus on health promotion and prevention, with a special interest in chronic musculoskeletal pain. She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses and coordinates the Musculoskeletal Conditions track of the Master’s Degree in Functional Recovery in Physiotherapy. She is also known for her work in health outreach aimed at the general public, having delivered over 40 courses on healthy lifestyle habits and the prevention of highly prevalent, low-disability conditions. She is a member of the PTinMotion research group at the University of Valencia and the Spanish Society of Physiotherapy and Pain (SEFID). She has numerous scientific publications in the field of pain and physiotherapy and has participated in funded research projects in collaboration with national and international universities.