Juan Ignacio Rico Becerra

Juan Ignacio Rico Becerra is a Professor at the University of Murcia's Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Social Health Care. He is affiliated with the Noesis research group, focusing on interdisciplinary studies at the intersection of nursing, cultural anthropology, and health policy.

• Doctorate from Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (2007)
• Email: juan.rico@um.es

His research spans historical health practices, migration's impact on healthcare systems, critical anthropology of health, and sociocultural dimensions of pandemics. He has explored pandemic-induced changes in home care labor, medical heritage, and transnational biographies of engineers and migrants.

Recent publications analyze historical healthcare institutions in Spain, gendered labor dynamics during the pandemic, and the cultural legacy of foreign professionals in Murcia. His work often combines archival research with ethnographic methods.