Jose Maria Valderas Martinez
Professor Jose Maria Valderas Martinez
Faculty & Department
Education
Master of Public Health & Tropical Medicine, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
Lic. Med. y Cir., University of Barcelona, Spain
PhD (Life Science), Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
Bio
I trained as a Family Physician (2003) and completed my PhD in Health Services Research and Masters in Public Health at Hospital del Mar Research Institute and Pompeu Fabra University, Spain (2005). I started my independent research career at the Department of Health Policy & Management at Johns Hopkins University (2006) with the late Barbara Starfield. I then joined the National Primary Care Research & Development Centre at the University of Manchester (2007-10) and subsequently to the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford to set up and lead the Health Services & Policy Research Group (2010-13). From 2013-2021 I held the Chair in Health Services & Policy Research at University of Exeter, before relocating to Singapore in 2021. I have had visiting appointments at the London School of Economics (2010-13), the WHO European Observatory for Health Systems & Policies (2010-13), and the Universities of Sydney (2011) and Paris (2021).
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I am interested in research for understanding of health systems can optimize healthcare to deliver best outcomes for patients.
I am head of Departament of Family Medicine at NUHS and Director of the Centre for Research in Health Systems Performance at NUS. I am a Family Physician with over 20 years of clinical experience, expertise in Health Services Research and experience in conducting research on health systems in the UK (Oxford, Manchester, Exeter, London School of Economics), US (Johns Hopkins), Spain (IMIM-Hospital del Mar), Australia (Sydney), France (Paris) and more recently, Singapore (NUS).
I have particular expertise and interest in the elicitation and evaluation of patient experiences and outcomes and in quality and safety. I have conducted research in collaboration with and as funded by the World Heath Organization, the Organization for the Economic Cooperation and Development, the National Health Service in UK, among others. I have conducted accreditation of family practices for the World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA), where I am the lead for Quality & Safety.
I welcome expression of interest of prospective PhD students in all areas of health systems research and healthcare delivery.
My research builds up on sound theoretical and methodological principles for improving health system performance and outcomes with a focus on:
the use of patient reports on their health and care (PROMs and PREMs) for health policy decision-making and clinical practice
the evaluation and improvement on quality, safety, and outcomes of Primary Care
clinical evidence and models of care that meet the needs of patients with multimorbidity
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I have received personal, project and programme oriented funding from public bodies, charities and private  donors in the UK, Singapore, Spain, and Norway and from the OECD. I have led or participated in ca. 100 research projects and authored over 400 scientific publications and communications (h-Index: ISI WoS 50, Scopus 54, Google Scholar 69). I am Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher in Psychiatry and Psychology (2023). Â
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I have served in a number of editorial boards of scientific journals, including as Associate Editor for Qual Life Res (2009/13) and Eur J Gen Pract (2010/18). I am founding Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Health Services (since 2021).Â
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