Daniel Jesus Catalan Matamoros

Daniel Jesus Catalan Matamoros is a Professor at Carlos III University of Madrid, serving as Vice Dean of the Degree in Journalism. He leads the Analytics, Media and Public Engagement research group within the UC3M MediaLab.

His research focuses on Health Communication, Media Studies, and Public Health, with specific interests in vaccine hesitancy, telemonitoring systems, digital disinformation, and physiotherapy communication. His work spans interdisciplinary domains including communication theory, public health policy, and digital media analysis.

Recent publications analyze media framing of health issues, social media discourse around vaccines, and telehealth systems for cardiac patients. He has secured major grants including Pseudociencia, teorías conspirativas, fake news y alfabetismo mediático en la comunicación en salud (COMSALUD) from AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION.

He supervises research on health journalism, patient communication, and media impact on public health systems, with projects covering Spain, Portugal, Brazil, and international comparative studies.