Groups
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Groups
Contact information
Alvaro Sanchez Pérez
Álvaro Sánchez Pérez is Principal Investigator at the Bizkaia Primary Care Research Unit (UIAPB) of the Sub-Directorate for Primary Care Coordination of the Osakidetza General Directorate, Principal Investigator of the Basque Country group of the Research Network on Preventive Activities and Health Promotion (redIAPP, EXP: RD16/0007/0002), Principal Investigator of the Bizkaia group of the Research Network on Chronicity, Primary Care, and Health Promotion (RICAPPS, EXP: RD21/0016/0003; RD24/0005/0017), and Principal Investigator of the Bizkaia Biocruces Collaborating Group of the Predictive Medicine Platform - IMPaCT (EXP: IMP/00021). He is Coordinator of the Primary Health Care, Prevention, and Chronic Diseases Area at the Biocruces Bizkaia Health Research Institute, where he is Principal Investigator of the Research Group on Dissemination and Implementation Sciences in Health Services in the area of Primary Health Care, Prevention, and Chronic Diseases, whose objective is to generate valid scientific knowledge to design, apply, and evaluate implementation strategies to transfer proven effective interventions to routine clinical practice in a rapid, feasible, widespread, and sustainable manner; and/or to promote the abandonment of those of low or no value. He holds a PhD in Psychology and an Advanced Diploma in Clinical Research Methodology, and has extensive experience in the design and coordination of clinical trials, follow-up studies, and implementation trials in the context of Primary Health Care. He has been the principal investigator for several projects funded by the Carlos III Health Institute and the Basque Government's Department of Health, and co-investigator in many other projects funded by the same institutions.
Projects
Cohorte Euskadi (Euskohorte), infraestructura de medicina de precisión y de base poblacional
Principal Investigator: Rafael Rotaeche del Campo
Funding entity: (2026 - 2027)
Cohorte IMPaCT Euskadi: Infraestructura de Medicina de Precisión asociada a la Ciencia y Tecnología.
Principal Investigator: Sanchez Pérez, Alvaro
Funding entity: (2022 - 2025)
Crisis Asmática en Pediatría: Impacto de una Ruta Asistencial en Atención Primaria y Hospitalaria.
Principal Investigator: Montejo, Marta
Funding entity: (2022 - 2024)
Crisis Asmática en Pediatría: Impacto de una Ruta Asistencial en Atención Primaria y Hospitalaria.
Principal Investigator: Marta Montejo Fernandez
Funding entity: (2026)
De-implementación de prescripciones farmacológicas de escaso valor: proyecto DE-imFAR
Funding entity: (2018 - 2023)
De-implementación de prescripciones farmacológicas de escaso valor: proyecto DE-imFAR.
Principal Investigator: José Ignacio Pijoan Zubizarreta
Funding entity: (2026)
Recent publications
Serrano-Pejenaute I, Astigarraga I, López-Bayón J, Sánchez Echaniz J, Sánchez Pérez Á. Pediatric complex chronic and life-limiting conditions in the Basque public health system: cross-sectional prevalence study.. World J Pediatr. 2025 Feb;21:174. doi:10.1007/s12519-025-00879-6. Epub 2025 Feb 11. PMID:39934525.
Sanchez A, Pijoan JI, Sainz de Rozas R, Lekue I, San Vicente R, Quindimil JA, Rotaeche R, Etxeberria A, Mozo C, Martinez-Cengotitabengoa M, Monge M, Gómez-Ramírez C, Vivanco L, Martin V, Merino-Inda N, Llarena M, Gonzalez Saenz de Tejada M, Garcia-Alvarez A. Comparative effectiveness of non-reflective and reflective strategies to favor de-implementation of low-value prescribing for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in primary care: the DE-imFAR cluster randomized implementation trial.. Implement Sci Commun. 2026 May;:. doi:10.1186/s43058-026-00968-1. Epub 2026 May 22. PMID:42174713.
Montejo M, Paniagua N, Pijoan JI, Saiz-Hernando C, Castelo S, Martin V, Sanchez A, Rueda-Etxebarria M, Benito J. Improving management of acute asthma in children through an integrated care pathway.. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2026 Feb;10:. doi:10.1136/bmjpo-2025-004105. Epub 2026 Feb 09. pmc:PMC12887489. PMID:41663148.
Serrano-Pejenaute I, Astigarraga I, Sánchez Pérez Á. Impact of complex chronic diseases and life-limiting condition status on paediatric hospitalization: observational study.. Eur J Pediatr. 2025 May;184:378. doi:10.1007/s00431-025-06227-0. Epub 2025 May 31. PMID:40447966.
Montejo M, Paniagua N, Sanchez A, Rueda-Etxebarria M, Pijoan JI, Saiz Hernando C, Martin V, Vázquez Ronco MA, Santiago Burruchaga M, García Urabayen D, Pérez Llarena G, Castelo S, Benito J. Improving the management of acute asthma in children through an integrated care pathway: an implementation study protocol.. Front Pediatr. 2025 ;13:1646499. doi:10.3389/fped.2025.1646499. Epub 2025 Aug 19. pmc:PMC12403179. PMID:40904739.
Bolibar Ribas B, Llobera-Cànaves J, García-Ortiz L, Bellón JÁ, Ramos R, García-Campayo J, Sánchez-Pérez Á, Claveria A, Martínez V, Vicens E, Minué C, Gil-Guillen V, Berenguera A, Moleras-Serra A. [The Research Network on Preventive Activities and Health Promotion (redIAPP): a reference network and promoter of primary care research]. Aten Primaria. 2023 Jul; 55(11):102694. doi:10.1016/j.aprim.2023.102694. Epub 2023 Jul 21. Spanish. PMID:37481824.