UAM is an outstanding public higher education institution internationally renowned for the quality of its teaching and research. According to the QS University Ranking, it is the first Spanish institution and the third European university of the World’s Top 50 Universities under 50 years old. It has two campuses, Cantoblanco and the Medical School.
UAM has 67 departments, more than 30,000 students and 3,000 academics and researchers. The University has an office in Brussels aimed at increasing internationalization activities at the European level. UAM is one of Spain’s leading universities in research. It has a large number of high-quality multi- and inter-disciplinary projects in a variety of areas. For instance, the Cantoblanco campus houses 12 research institutes.
The Department of Psychiatry is located at the Medical School Campus and has 4 affiliated hospitals in Madrid. The core clinical facilities for Psychiatry include the following hospitals: Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Hospital Universitario Majadahonda/Puerta de Hierro and, the Fundación Jiménez Díaz. The Department of Psychiatry is part of the National Network for mental health research (CIBERSAM). In 2012, the Department was designated as a World Health Organization Collaborative Center for Research and Training in Mental Health Services and its designation has since been renewed.
Project Staff
Jose Luis Ayuso Mateos
Group Leader
Jose Luis Ayuso Mateos is a Professor in Psychiatry and Director of the Collaborating Center of the World Health Organization for Research and Training in Mental Health Services at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. He is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of nosology, epidemiology, and management and prevention of mental disorders and suicidal behaviour.
He has extensive experience in cohort studies and their implementation in the general and clinical population. He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the revision of the Mental and Behavioral Diseases chapter of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) and he is currently part of the WHO Advisory Group on Training and Implementation for ICD-11 MBND.
Kerry Rodriguez-McGreevy
Postdoctoral Researcher
Kerry Rodríguez McGreevy holds a degree in Psychology and a PhD in Neuroscience from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). She has extensive experience in research, particularly in the fields of Psychology and Neuroscience.
She has worked as a researcher in the Adult Neurogenesis research group at the Cajal Institute of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid, within the Department of Translational Neuroscience. Her research primarily focused on learning and memory mechanisms related to adult neurogenesis and their modulation through physical activity, enriched environments, and stress.
Currently, Kerry works in the Department of Psychiatry at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid as a Project Manager and Researcher, contributing to European research projects. Her current work focuses on identifying mental health challenges in priority populations and developing and adapting psychological interventions to meet their needs.
Roberto Mediavilla Torres
Postdoctoral Researcher
Roberto Mediavilla has a Doctorate in Psychology from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). He has worked as a researcher at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and the Research Institute of La Paz University Hospital in Madrid (IdiPAZ). He has been visiting researcher at the University of Southampton in the UK and at the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research in Germany. His research focuses on identifying mental health problems in vulnerable populations, understanding their determinants, and developing scalable, accessible psychological interventions. Since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, he mainly conducts epidemiological and intervention studies aimed at informing policies to improve the wellbeing of health and care workers.
Katya Barros March
Predoctoral Researcher
Katya B. March holds a degree in Psychology from UNED and a Master’s in Initiation to Mental Health Research, obtained from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). During her training, she actively participated in a project focused on first-episode psychosis in Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, which consolidated her expertise in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders. Her professional experience includes significant collaboration at the Hospital Universitario de La Paz (IdiPaz), where she was part of the SURVIVE consortium, focused on suicide prevention, and the AGES-CM consortium, formed by leading schizophrenia research groups from the Comunidad de Madrid (CM).
Currently, Katya B. March works as a pre-doctoral researcher in the Department of Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, contributing to the European Project Modular Mental Health Toolbox (MentBox). Her career reflects a continuous commitment to research and advancement in the field of mental health.