• Category: OPIK researcher⎥Juan de la Cierva postdoc
• Office: 3.31
• Telephone number: 946015167
• e-mail: amaia.ayala@ehu.eus

• ORCID: 0000-0002-0415-8177

Amaia Ayala García, PhD in Biomedicine (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2023). Her thesis, Work trajectories after a sickness absence due to cancer in Catalonia, examines the impact of cancer on work trajectories after recovery from both quantitative and qualitative perspectives. She is interested in a variety of topics in the field of occupational health, but especially those related to vulnerable populations, such as those affected by the climate crisis, child penalty, gender inequalities and job insecurity. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the OPIK research group at the University of the Basque Country (EHU), where she studies the inequalities in access to healthcare that arise as a result of the increasing digitalization of the healthcare system.

• Ayala-Garcia, A; Serra L; Ubalde-Lopez, M. 2021. Association between early working life patterns, in publicly and privately owned companies, and the course of future sickness absence due to mental disorders: a cohort study in Catalonia (Spain).” BMJ Open. 11(2):e040480. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-040480.
• Ayala-Garcia, A; Serra, L; Hernando-Rodriguez, JC; Benavides, FG. 2021. Returning to work after a sickness absence due to cancer: a cohort study of salaried workers in Catalonia (Spain). Nature Scientific reports. 11(1):23953. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-03368-8.
• Silva-Peñaherrera, M; Ayala-Garcia, A; Alferez, E; Sabastizagal-Vela, I; Benavides, FG. 2022. Informal Employment, Working Conditions, and Self-Perceived Health in 3098 Peruvian Urban Workers. International journal of environmental research and public health. 19(10):6105. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19106105.
• Utzet, M; Ayala-Garcia, A; Benavides, FG; Basagaña, X. 2023. Extreme temperatures and sickness absence in the Mediterranean province of Barcelona: An occupational health issue. Frontiers in public health. 11:1129027. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1129027. 
• Ayala-Garcia, A; Benavides, FG; Serra, L. 2023. Labour market participation after sickness absence due to cancer: a dynamic cohort study in Catalonia (Spain). BMC Public Health. 23(1):2477. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-17321-z.
• Ayala-García, A; Serra, L; Rodriguez-Arjona, D; Benavides, FG; Utzet, M. 2024. et al. Understanding return to work after a cancer-related sickness absence. Perceptions of barriers and facilitators among all relevant stakeholders. Psycho-Oncology. 33(12):e70036. doi: 10.1002/pon.70036.
• Utzet, M; Llorens-Serrano, C; Ayala-Garcia, A; Esteve-Matalí, L; Navarro-Giné, A; Bacigalupe,  A. 2024. Women working as cleaners in Spain: working conditions and use of psychotropic drugs. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 81(9):433-438. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2024-109456.
• Benavides, FG; [...] Ayala-Garcia, A; [...] Garcia, AM. 2024. Salud y bienestar del personal sanitario: condiciones de empleo y de trabajo más allá de la pandemia. Informe SESPAS. Gaceta Sanitaria. 38 Suppl 1:102378. doi: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2024.102378.