Maria Blanca Salinas Roca

Maria Blanca Salinas Roca is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics and Pharmacy at the Blanquerna School of Health Sciences, Universitat Ramon Llull. She is part of the GRoW (Global Research on Wellbeing) group and actively contributes to research on nutrition, public health, and health inequalities. Her work focuses on topics such as food insecurity, dietary patterns, obesity-related comorbidities, and metabolic dysfunction.

She has been involved in several research projects, including Tool4MEDLife (2023–2026), which develops educational toolkits for a sustainable Mediterranean lifestyle, and Abordatge de la Inseguretat Alimentària Post-COVID (2020), exploring food insecurity in urban and rural areas. Her interdisciplinary approach integrates epidemiological studies, cohort analyses, and clinical research to address health disparities.

Her recent publications (2024–2025) highlight studies on the Mediterranean diet’s impact on sleep apnea, the concordance of invasive and non-invasive liver disease diagnostics in obesity, and food security during the pandemic. These contributions underscore her commitment to advancing evidence-based strategies for public health improvement.

Professionally, she is funded by grants from the Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) and has collaborated on projects addressing diet-related health inequalities and metabolic disorders.