Department: Psychology and Educational Sciences Department

Unit: Digital health, health, well-being

Research group: BDLab Behavioural Design Lab

Email: mpousada@uoc.edu

Doctor by the Universitat de Barcelona with the thesis Aportaciones de la medicina legal española al problema de la enajenación mental. Un estudio histórico (1783-1874) 1997. Supervised by Dr. Ma. del Carmen Giménez Segura.

The R&D activities of researcher Modesta Pousada Fernández has as its main mission the study of psychological aspects linked to the use of ICT with regard to people's health and quality of life. Her current lines of work are linked to the online promotion of health among different groups and states of health, literacy in health, and the relationship between cognitive processes and technology systems. She participates in different activities and projects in collaboration with other institutions and research centres, both national and international, and the results of its research contribute not only to improving people's quality of life, but also to guiding institutions on the use of ICT to promote health, in the widest sense. She is a member of the UOC's PSiNET (Psychology, Health and Network) R&D group.