Meet the Team
Learn more about the InCaSym team
The ambition of InCaSyM is to advance the co-design, development, implementation and evaluation of a new model of integrated care for the adaptive management of chronic complex patients.
The new model will facilitate interactions between health professionals and citizens.
Digital Health tools, embedded in cost-effective integrated care services, providing intelligent support for early diagnosis, risk assessment and stratification, patient monitoring and self-management, decision sharing along patient journey, and ultimately prevention and quality of life improvement.
Dr. Josep Roca
Systems Medicine.
Professor of Medicine at the University of Barcelona, Senior Consultant at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and Senior Researcher at IDIBAPS, Barcelona (ES). Adjunct Professor of Innovative Medical Technologies at CIMT – University of Southern Denmark, Odense (DK). Josep Roca is author of more than 300 original articles in peer-reviewed journals and several book chapters, review articles and books. He is executive board member of the EASyM (European Association of Systems Medicine) and of the ICDA (International Care Delivery Alliance). He has clinical expertise in Respiratory Medicine. His main field of interest in research is ICT-supported integrated care services and systems medicine for chronic patients. Dr.Roca has been coordinator of several EU projects.
Dr. Carme Hernandez
Integrated Care Services.
PhD, MSc, RN, FERS. She has authored more than 40 articles, reviews and editorials, over 15 book chapters and guidelines, and she has participated in several European projects. Currently she is a collaborator of the EU H2020 projects SELFIE and CONNECARE, and the regional project RIS3Cat NEXTCARE. Her research lines focus on integrated chronic care models, patient stratification and complex patients.
Dr. Isaac Cano
Digital Health Transformation.
BSc in Computer Science and MSc in Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence. PhD from the University of Barcelona (2014). Currently, he is applying predictive analytics and machine learning in the context of Digital Health Transformation at HCB-IDIBAPS. He has participated in several research projects funded by the Catalan and Spanish governments and the European Community. He also has an extensive teaching experience as an associate professor at the University of Barcelona, faculty of Medicine. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Health Circuit SL, a spin-off company from Hospital Clínic Barcelona (www.healthcircuit.es).
Collaborators
Graciela Martinez-Palli
Md-PhD of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Barcelona
Is a senior consultant, Head of the Anesthesiology, Resuscitation and Pain Treatment Department of the Hospital Clinic. From 2015, she leads the Prehabilitation Program. This initiative started through several studies on the impact of prehabilitation in high-risk patients undergoing elective major surgeries. As per result of evidences generated, a successful two years pilot was implemented at the Unit. From 2017, her current work focuses on the application of the program towards a mainstream prehabilitation service, the creation of a roadmap for regional deployment of the service and the monitoring of a long-term cost-efficacy system. Dr. Martínez-Palli has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed papers.
Marta Cascante
Professor of Biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of Barcelona.
Her work focuses on the research and the study of cancer and metabolic diseases and the development of tools for the analysis of the control and regulation of biochemical systems with biotechnological or biomedical purpose. She promotes the internationalization of the research that is done in Catalonia in this field. She advises the European Commission on the priorities in the area of health research and innovation program and is an active member of various international groups working in the field of biology and medicine of systems. He has published more than 200 scientific articles.
Carmen Herranz
Graduated in Clinical Psychology by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Master’s Degree in Public Health by the Universitat de Barcelona.
Is a specialized nurse working in CAPSBE (Consortium of primary health care of Barcelona) where she acts as Research Coordinator. She has participated in several studies and European projects linked to her areas of expertise: the integrated care models for multi-morbidity and telehealth services.
