Retrat de Gemma Tarafa

PhD in Molecular Biolog

Councillor for Health, Ageing and Care at Barcelona City Council. Degree in Biology and Biochemistry, PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Barcelona and post-doctorate from Yale University. She has been a researcher at the Catalan Institute of Oncology and deputy director of the Research Group on Health Inequalities (GREDS-EMCONET) at Pompeu Fabra University.

She is the co-author of the books La sanidad está en venta. Y también nuestra salud [Health Is on Sale. And So Is Our Health] (2012); Com comercien amb la teva salut. Privatització i mercantilització de la sanitat a Catalunya [How They Trade With Your Health. Privatisation and Commodification of Healthcare in Catalonia] (2014); and Sin trabajo, sin derechos, sin miedo. Las reformas laborales y sus efectos sobre el trabajo y la salud [No Job, No Rights, No Fear. Labour Reforms and Their Effects on Work and Health] (2014), all three published by Icaria.

Last Update: May, 2020

Articles by Gemma Tarafa

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The city after the pandemicThe new city emerging: a public health perspective

The spring of 2020 will be remembered as the spring of Covid-19, a time that has forced us to stop, to take preventive measures and to live alone in a connected world. The lockdown has...

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