CURRICULUM VITAE

Alarcos Cieza is the leader of the working group "ICF Core Set Development for Chronic Conditions" at the ICF Research Branch, WHO FIC Collaborating Center (DIMDI), IHRS located at the University of Munich, Germany. She was born in 1970 in Ciudad Real, Spain. She received her diploma in Psychology in 1994 from the University "Pontificia Comillas" in Madrid, Spain, and her doctorate from the Department of Medical Psychology at the University of Munich working in the fields of neuropsychology and health-related quality of life. She also obtained a master's degree in public health at the University of Munich. Her main research interest is the development of patient-oriented tools and concepts to optimize outcomes for patients with chronic conditions.
She is a lecturer in Medical Psychology at the University of Munich and in Rehabilitation Sciences at the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Munich and at the UniSpital in Zurich.