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Estefanía Herrera Ramos

PhD in Health Sciences specializing in Human Genetics and Immunology within the Public Health program (2008–2010). Bachelor's Degree in Biology with specializations in Healthcare, and Molecular and Cellular Biology (2008), Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitude (2009), Expert in Health Services and Chronic Diseases Research (2018) and Specialization in Drug and Health Technology Assessment in the Spanish National Health System (2026).
She has been a researcher at the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Canarias (IISC) – Fundación Canaria Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Canarias (FIISC), affiliated with the Evaluation Service of the Canarian Health Service (SESCS) since 2016. She is a member of the Knowledge Management group and coordinates the Documentation and Dissemination area. She contributes to the development of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) reports, Clinical Practice Guidelines, and other clinical decision support tools, collaborates on methodological aspects as an information specialist, focusing her work at SESCS on the design and implementation of complex search strategies across biomedical bibliographic databases.
She has over 15 years of experience in health research. She participates in regional and national research projects, and has provided support to several European projects as well as other HTA agencies. She is part of the Spanish Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment and Services of the National Health System (RedETS), the Research Network on Chronicity, Primary Care and Health Promotion (RICAPPS), the International Guidelines Network (GIN) and Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi).

Projects

  • Diabetes tipo 2 de inicio Temprano: diagnóstico de salud, impacto de la Obesidad y Plan de intervención (D2Top)

    Principal Investigator: Ana María Wägner Fahlin

    Funding entity: (2026 - 2027)

  • Evaluación de la eficiencia en el tratamiento y seguimiento de pacientes con trastornos mentales utilizando datos de la vida real: adherencia, variabilidad y costes

    Principal Investigator: Del Pino Sedeño, Tasmania María

    Funding entity: (2024 - 2026)

  • Intervenciones sanitarias para reducir inequidades e ineficiencias en regiones insulares: revisión y aplicación en Canarias

    Principal Investigator: Lidia García Pérez

    Funding entity: (2026 - 2026)

  • Trayectorias asistenciales de pacientes con diabetes en Canarias: efectividad y costes económicos y ambientales basados en datos de la vida real

    Principal Investigator: Carmen Guirado Fuentes

    Funding entity: (2026 - 2026)

Recent publications

  • Fuster-Casanovas A, Melero SM, Cabutto D, Carrion C, Vidal-Alaball J, Herrera-Ramos E, Barcons C, Duarte-Díaz A. Exploring digital health tools for depression management in primary health care: Systematic review and meta-analysis.. J Affect Disord. 2025 Jul;381:494. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2025.03.187. Epub 2025 Apr 09. PMID:40203968.

  • del Pino-Sedeño T, Abrante-Luis A, González de León B, González-Hernández Y, García Hernández M, López Rodríguez JA, Herrera-Ramos E, Vázquez Díaz JR. Effectiveness of Interventions to Optimize Transitional Care Coordination for People Living With Multimorbidity: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis. International Journal of Clinical Practice. 2026 01;2026:. doi:10.1155/ijcp/6650910.

  • Álvarez-Pérez Y, Duarte-Díaz A, Rivero-Santana A, Abrante-Luis A, Carreras B, Infante-Ventura D, Ramos-García V, Torres-Castaño A, Herrera-Ramos E, Marrero Gómez JL, Perestelo-Pérez L. Effectiveness of psychological interventions for parents of children eligible for paediatric palliative care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. Front Psychol. 2026 ;17:1775937. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1775937. Epub 2026 Mar 03. pmc:PMC12992277. PMID:41853834.

  • Álvarez-Pérez Y, Duarte-Díaz A, Rivero-Santana A, Abrante-Luis A, Carreras B, Infante-Ventura D, Ramos-García V, Herrera-Ramos E, Marrero Gómez JL, Torres-Castaño A, Perestelo-Pérez L. Effectiveness of psychological interventions for children eligible for pediatric palliative care: systematic review and meta-analysis.. BMC Pediatr. 2026 Feb;26:. doi:10.1186/s12887-026-06589-w. Epub 2026 Feb 05. pmc:PMC13036924. PMID:41645150.

  • Hernández-Yumar A, González-Hernández Y, Del Pino-Sedeño T, Valcárcel-Nazco C, de Armas-Castellano A, Herrera-Ramos E, Portero Navarro J, Carmona-Rodríguez M, Rojas-Reyes MX, Trujillo-Martín MM. Genicular artery embolization for knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review with meta-analysis and cost-analysis.. Gac Sanit. 2025 ;39:102459. doi:10.1016/j.gaceta.2025.102459. Epub 2025 Feb 17. PMID:39965462.

  • León-Salas B, Infante-Ventura D, Hernández-Yumar A, Linertová R, Herrera-Ramos E, Torres-Castaño A, González-Pacheco H, Abt-Sacks A, García-García J, Quirós-López R, Trujillo-Martín MM. Conduction system pacing using electro-anatomical mapping-guided system vs. fluoroscopy: a systematic review, meta-analysis and economic evaluation.. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2024 ;11:1519127. doi:10.3389/fcvm.2024.1519127. Epub 2025 Jan 14. pmc:PMC11796619. PMID:39911843.

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