Professor Jose Maria Valderas is the Head of the Department of Family Medicine and Director for the Centre of Health Services Research at NUHS. He has worked as a General Practitioner in the UK, Spain and in a variety
of environments, including developing countries for very brief periods (Tindouf
and The Gambia). As an Academic General Practitioner, with a commitment to
research that is relevant for decision making in clinical practice and health
policy, he has held substantive appointments at the Universities of Exeter,
Oxford, Manchester and Johns Hopkins and visiting appointments at the London
School of Economics and the Universities of Paris and Sydney. He has received
funding from OECD, and public funding bodies and charities in the UK, Spain and
Norway, participated in ca. 70 research projects and authored over 200
publications. He is Field Chief Editor for Frontiers in Health Services and has
served on multiple editorial boards and committees. He is devoted to
undergraduate and postgraduate teaching that meets the needs of the future
health and research workforce. He has provided expert advice to the World
Health Organisation (WHO) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation &
Development (OECD). He has been elected by his peers as chairman of the Working
Party on Quality & Safety, World Organisation of Family Doctors (WONCA) and
previously as President of the International Society for Quality of Life
Research (2017-2019).