Lorena Garcia Fernandez

Lorena Garcia Fernandez serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine at Miguel Hernández University of Elche, where she specializes in psychiatric medicine and clinical interventions across multiple healthcare disciplines.

Her research focuses on the intersection of mental health with medical practice, criminology, and emergency response:

• Primary expertise in diagnostic and therapeutic psychiatry within general medicine
• Specialized research in violent crime intervention strategies and victimological approaches
• Emergency psychiatric protocols for urgent care settings
• Health psychology applications in clinical environments
• Pathology education spanning medical, pharmaceutical, and podiatric contexts

She actively teaches across seven academic programs:

• Bachelor's in Medicine: Coordinates Psychiatry while teaching Integrated Workshops IV and Psychiatry Rotation
• Bachelor's in Pharmacy: Delivers Clinical Pathology I instruction
• Bachelor's in Podiatry: Teaches General Pathology
• Master's in Clinical Medicine Research: Leads Application of Scientific Evidence to Medicine and supervises Final Projects
• Master's in Criminological Intervention: Instructs Violent and Property Crime Intervention courses
• Master's in Emergency Medicine: Coordinates Psychiatric Urgencies and Emergencies curriculum
• Master's in Health Psychology: Teaches Psychology in Health Context courses

Office hours are held Thursdays 13:00–15:00 by prior email appointment, with departmental operations centered at the university's Sant Joan d'Alacant campus.