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Elena Carrillo Alvarez is an Associate Professor at the Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics and Pharmacy within the Blanquerna School of Health Sciences at Ramon Llull University. Her research focuses on public health nutrition, health inequalities, sustainable diets, and food security. She leads the Global Research on Wellbeing (GRoW) initiative and has coordinated multiple projects addressing aging, food affordability, and healthcare student well-being. Notable projects include the Tool4MEDLife program promoting Mediterranean dietary practices and the B-Care project addressing body image issues among adolescents.
Her work combines methodological rigor with interdisciplinary collaboration, evidenced by contributions to systematic reviews on dietary strategies for athletes and cross-sectional studies on clinical training environments. She has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles and secured grants from institutions like the Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR). Her current efforts emphasize developing tools like the SALSA Questionnaire to assess barriers in sustainable eating behaviors and advancing policy frameworks for healthy aging.
Elena holds an h-index of 11 with 535 citations, reflecting impactful contributions to nutrition science and public health policy. Her research frequently intersects with social determinants of health, including neighborhood effects on obesity and gender perspectives in nursing diagnoses.