Researcher profile

Covadonga M. Díaz-Caneja

Medical Doctor (2005), Specialist in Psychiatry (2011), PhD in Medicine (2019), with specific training in psychosis and high-risk populations in Spain, Germany, and the UK. Psychiatrist at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (HGUGM), Health Research Institute Gregorio Marañón (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón; IiSGM), Spanish Network for Research in Mental Health (CIBER de Salud Mental; CIBERSAM), since June 2011. Current clinical activity in the specific outpatient clinic for people at genetic and clinical high risk for psychosis and other mental disorders. Areas of expertise: assessment, diagnosis and intervention in psychosis and high-risk populations, coordination and implementation of multicentre research projects and clinical trials in these populations. Main areas of scientific interest: psychotic disorders, high-risk populations, preventive interventions, and developmental neuropsychopharmacology, with participation in more than 80 related publications and more than 25 research projects in the past ten years. Coordinator of the research unit at the Institute of Psychiatry and Mental Health at Hospital Gregorio Marañón since June 2014. Co-principal Investigator of CIBERSAM group CB/07/09/0023 since 2017.