Medical Doctor, PhD in public health, specialist in preventive medicine and public health and in family and community medicine. She works at the Public Health Agency of Barcelona since 1986 (at present as executive director). Associate Professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Director of the Spanish journal Gaceta Sanitaria (journal of public health). Her area of research is the study of  social determinants of health, leading 3 research groups on this topic, having lead many national and international projects and having published many scientific articles. She has been the principal investigator of the European Union 7th framework project SOPHIE (http://www.sophie-project.eu/).