Beatriz Guzman PhD

Beatriz Olaya is a clinical psychologist, European doctor, and MSc in Methodology and Statistics. She has been working for FSJD-PSSJD since 2010 as a post-doctoral researcher and has been involved in several national and international projects about the epidemiology of mental health. She is the co-leader of the “Impact, risk and prevention of mental disorders” research group at PSSJD and has published more than 70 scientific papers.

Her main research interest has been focused on analyzing trajectories of health and mental health, especially associated with the aging process, cognitive functioning, and mental disorders (depression and anxiety). Her interest now is also focused on the prevention of common mental disorders in the general population and the use of new technologies.

She is the WP leader of the SYNCHROS project (an H2020-funded study) to create a European agenda to optimize the harmonization of clinical and population-based health cohorts. She is the principal investigator of two nationally awarded scientific projects (“Understanding mental health and disease in Spain: determinants and trajectories in a population cohort for 9 years” and “Mortality associated with mental disorders and the impact of physical comorbidity: Analysis based on “big data” and a representative longitudinal sample of adults”).