Research

Positive body image, chronic pain, digital health and psychometric validation

Research Lines

Positive body image

Study of positive body image and functionality appreciation as protective factors in chronic health conditions.

Chronic pain

Psychological mechanisms and interventions for chronic low back pain and other chronic pain conditions.

Virtual reality in health

Design and evaluation of virtual-reality-based interventions and assessment tools for health and body image.

Suicide prevention

Suicide stigma, literacy and prevention in Spanish-speaking populations.

Psychometric validation

Validation and cross-cultural adaptation of psychological assessment instruments (measurement invariance, differential item functioning).

Research Projects & Contracts

Funded research projects I have been part of

DALIA
Data-driven personalization of a digital health solution to support family caregivers of children with chronic conditions
Adhera Health · Valencia, Spain
Since February 2026
Postdoctoral researcher
CLEVER
Changing Low Back Pain Employing Virtual Enhanced Reality: Analyzing the Appreciation of Body Functionality and Plasticity of Body Schema
PI: Rosa Mª Baños Rivera
Universitat de València · Ministry of Science and Innovation
November 2022 - August 2025
Team member (FPU)

Research stays

International research mobility

Université du Québec en Outaouais
Gatineau, Canada

International research stay carried out during doctoral training, within the framework of the CLEVER project on virtual-reality-based interventions for chronic low back pain.

3 months
FPU 2023 complementary mobility grant
Universidade Lusófona – Centro Universitário de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal

International research stay carried out during doctoral training, within the framework of the CLEVER project on virtual-reality-based interventions for chronic low back pain.

3 months
FPU 2024 complementary mobility grant

Grants & awards obtained

Competitive research funding

4Grants obtained
100%Competitive funding
Training grants for university faculty (FPU)
Completed
Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities

Competitive predoctoral grant for training of university teaching and research staff, within the CLEVER project.

Predoctoral
FPU20/05798Dec 1, 2021 – Nov 30, 2025 (4 years)
FPU complementary mobility grant 2023
Completed
Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities

Funding for the international research stay at Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada.

International mobility
Sep 13, 2023 – Dec 12, 2023 (3 months)
FPU complementary mobility grant 2024
Completed
Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities

Funding for the international research stay at Universidade Lusófona, Lisbon, Portugal.

International mobility
2025 (3 months)
University department research collaboration grant
Completed
Ministry of Education and Vocational Training

Undergraduate research collaboration grant for the project "Validation of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) in a clinical neuropsychological sample," during the Master's Degree in General Health Psychology.

Research collaboration
2019/2020 academic year

All predoctoral training and research stays were funded through nationally competitive FPU calls (Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities).