About me

Prof. Dr. Josep Roca is Senior Researcher at IDIBAPS, Professor of Medicine at the University of Barcelona, Senior Consultant at the Institut Clinic del Tòrax (ICT) Hospital Clínic (Barcelona), Coordinator of BioHealth Computing Erasmus Mundus in Barcelona and senior researcher at IDIBAPS. Author of more than 300 original articles in peer-reviewed journals and several book chapters, review articles and books. His two main fields of interest are Chronic diseases: integrated care, systems medicine, predictive medicine, information and communication technologies (ICT); and, O2 pathway – cell bioenergetics relationships: biological mechanisms and impact at system level, non-invasive assessment, exercise, rehabilitation and wellness. Dr.Roca has been coordinator of several EU projects and is cu

Featured publications

Featured Projects

  • PAPRIKA: Patient empowerment for major surgery preparation @home

    Principal investigator: Anael Barberan Garcia, Graciela Martinez Palli, Josep Roca Torrent
    Funder: EIT Health
    Code: EIT-Health-IBD-19365
    Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021
  • Smart - PITES: modelos predictivos para el soporte a la gestión de casos en un marco de salud digital

    Principal investigator: Jose Roca Torrent
    Funder: IDIBAPS, Hospital Clínic (Sede o evento); Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad ; Universitat de Barcelona (Participante)
    Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021
  • NEXTCARE: Atenció personalitzada del malalt crònic en un marc de salut digital

    Principal investigator: Isaac Cano Franco Josep Roca Torrent (IP)
    Funder: IDIBAPS, Hospital Clínic (Sede o evento); Comunitat Europea - Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional FEDER ; UB, IDIBAPS (Participante)
    Code: COMRDI15-1-0016
    Duration: 15/10/2016 - 14/10/2019
  • CONNECARE: Personalised Connected Care for Complex Chronic Patients

    Principal investigator: Josep Roca Torrent
    Funder: IDIBAPS, Hospital Clínic (Sede o evento); European Commission ; Hospital Clinic de Barcelona (Participante)
    Code: H2020-GA689802
    Duration: 01/04/2016 - 30/09/2019
  • SELFIE: Sustainable intEgrated care modeLs for multi-morbidity: delivery, FInancing and performancE

    Principal investigator: Jose Roca Torrent
    Funder: Hospital Clinic de Barcelona (Sede o evento); Unió Europea ; Institut D'investigacions Biomediques August Pi i Sunyer (Idibaps) (Participante)
    Code: H2020-GA634288
    Duration: 01/09/2015 - 31/08/2019