Dr Alberto Pertusa

Training & Education

I finished my Medical studies (LMS or MD) to become a Medical Doctor in Spain in 2001. I then completed my training in psychiatry (CCT equivalent) at Bellvitge Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, in 2006.

I completed a Master’s degree (MSc) in Affective Neuroscience at Maastricht University (Netherlands), specializing in Anxiety, Depression, and related disorders, and another Master’s degree in Research Methodology in Health Sciences at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 2007.

I completed my Ph.D. thesis at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, in 2010.

Research

I have published over 30 scientific articles (including book chapters) in international peer-reviewed scientific publications. I have been an Associate Editor of the Spanish Journal of Psychology, edited by Cambridge University Press as well as an independent reviewer for a range of scientific journals including Archives of General Psychiatry. I have been the Research & Development Lead for Cambian Healthcare from 2013 to 2016.