Jaime Barrio Cortes

Jaime Barrio Cortes is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Health of Camilo José Cela University (UCJC) and director of its Master's Degree in School Health. He combines academic work with clinical research at the Primary Care Biomedical Research and Innovation Foundation (FIBAAP) and the Primary Care Research Unit in Madrid. His career spans medicine, public health, and medical education with particular focus on geriatrics, chronic disease prevention, and health promotion.

• Doctor of Medicine (Complutense University of Madrid 2004-2011)
• Specialist in Family and Community Medicine (2012-2016)
• Master in Public Health (Instituto de Salud Carlos III 2019-2021)
• Accredited mentor in Spain's mentoring network (2018-2019)

His research explores health services utilization by chronic patients, frailty assessment in elderly populations, and multimorbidity management. He has led European projects like HARMONICSS (Sjögren's Syndrome stratification) and POSITIVE (home monitoring of elderly patients). His scientific output includes 20+ publications in journals like BMC Geriatrics, PLOS One, and Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Scientific Recognition:

• ULYSSES National Research Awards (2010)
• Juliana Fariña Innovation Award (2017)
• SEK Social Commitment Award (2018)
• UCJC Interdisciplinarity Award (2019)
• Best Communication/Experience Prize (SoMaMFyC 2021)

As advisor to the Io Foundation and member of several research networks including RICAPPS and RICOR, he develops projects in travel medicine and global health. He teaches in UCJC programs for Nursing, Physiotherapy, and Emergency Intervention Studies while supervising master's theses in nursing.