Prof. Dr. Pablo Hernández‑Marrero obtained his Ph.D. in Health Services Research: Health Services Organization and Management from the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto (UofT), Canada, 2006; with a minor in Management in the Doctoral Program in Management from the Rotman School of Management at UofT.
His Ph.D. is recognized in Portugal (UM) and Spain. He has a post‑doctorate (3‑years) in Bioethics from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP). In 2009, he received accreditation as Associate Professor (Research) in Spain. Pablo has a MHSc: Health Administration, UofT (Canada); a Master of Public Health and Health Administration, Andalusian School of Public Health ‑ University of Granada (Spain); a Specialty in Occupational Health, Carlos III Health Institute (public research agency from the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain); a Specialty in Primary Care, Spanish Ministry of Health (Spain) and a Bachelor in Nursing, Universidad de La Laguna (Spain).
Pablo has broad international experience combining education, research, management, consulting and clinical work. He worked in Portugal, Spain, Canada, Poland, Denmark, Bolivia, Mexico, Chile and other countries. In Canada, he acquired over ten years of experience in multiple national and international research projects and organizations. He has extensive executive management experience within the continuum of services in community, long‑term care and large university teaching hospitals, both in Canada and Spain. He also worked as an international consultant and team leader in national and international health services projects (e.g., reorganization and design of services, strategic planning, organizational development and change, and leadership).
He has worked in undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate education. For instance: Invited Professor in post‑graduate, master and doctorate programs in health services research, healthcare management, organizational theory and behaviour, public health, palliative care, bioethics and research methods in several countries; Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain; Visiting Professor, Europubhealth+: European Public Health Master (ERASMUS+ Program), Jagiellonian University Medical College, Institute of Public Health, Krakow, Poland; Visiting Professor, Europubhealth+: European Public Health Master (ERASMUS+ Program), University of Copenhagen, Department of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark; Professor, Andalusian School of Public Health ‑ University of Granada, Spain; Visiting Professor, Europhamili‑ManaHealth (EU Leonardo da Vinci program), National School of Public Health ‑ Rennes, France; Visiting Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, University of New Brunswick, Canada; Professor and Coordinator of the MBA: Health Administration, MBA Business School, Spain.
Pablo has participated in and led international interdisciplinary teams and coordinated academic and research activities. He supervised bachelor students and supervised and chaired the jury of more than forty master and Ph.D. candidates (public health, healthcare management, organization sciences and management, health sciences and bioethics) in Canada, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Denmark, France and Poland.
Pablo has coordinated, as Principal and Co‑PI, more than ten competitive projects in Spain, Canada and Portugal. He has also been involved in around fifteen international projects. As part of his regular work, he has participated in the writing of competitive grant applications, either as PI, Co‑PI or WP leader.
Pablo is involved in research combining the areas of health services research; health policy, management and evaluation; bioethics and palliative care; establishing micro‑meso‑macro linkages with justice and inequities. His background in health policy, management and evaluation allows him to bring together management, economics, policy and healthcare research, combining an understanding of the healthcare system mandate with business structures and processes to make healthcare organizations and systems more effective, efficient, ethical and sustainable. Pablo is a scientific reviewer and advisor for international funding agencies and associations. He has participated as member of organizing and scientific committees internationally and collaborates with top‑leading journals.
The quality of his work has been widely recognized by his peers in scientific events, where he has received various awards. Through his scientific and professional path, working with individuals and teams who had real‑world experience as himself, Pablo developed the expertise to fully realize the potential of new knowledge embedded in research to improve clinical practice, outcome measurement and performance, quality initiatives, new management and organizational practices, and provide quality data and information to inform policies.