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Head of the Cardiology Department at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and researcher at the National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) and at the August Pi Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS)

Neurologist at the Hospital Clínic in Barcelona

Head of Microbiology at Hospital Clínic in Barcelona, associate professor at the University of Barcelona, and researcher at ISGlobal Barcelona

Psychiatrist and researcher at the Bipolar and Depressive Disorders Unit of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona

Head of the Arrhythmias and Physical Activity research group at IDIBAPS, cardiac electrophysiologist at Hospital Clínic Barcelona, associate professor of Medicine at the University of Barcelona and researcher at CIBERCV.

Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Barcelona, Head of the Psychiatry and Psychology Department at Hospital Clínic in Barcelona, and researcher at the Biomedical Research Centre in Mental Health (CIBERSAM)

Psychiatrist and researcher at the Depressive and Bipolar Disorders Unit of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona

Assistant Doctor of Psychiatry and postdoctoral researcher at the Bipolar and Depressive Disorders Unit of the Psychiatry and Psychology Department of the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.

Professor of Medicine at the University of Barcelona and coordinator of the Central Sensitisation Unit at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona.

Research Professor at IDIBAPS-Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and Scientific Director of CIBEREHD - Carlos III Health Institute

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