• Category: Associate Professor
• Office: 4.181
• Phone: 94 601 2321
• Email: unai.martin@ehu.eus
• ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8937-2115 
• Twitter: @unaimr

University Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Social Work of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), PhD in Sociology (UPV/EHU) and PhD in Biomedical Research and Public Health (UAB). Lecturer at the UPV/EHU since 2005 and member of the OPIK-Social Determinants of Health and Demographic Change research group. Affilated to BioBizkaia Health Research Institute. He previously worked as a researcher at the Department of Health of the Basque Government and BIOEF.

His main research areas are social inequalities in health and the social determinants of health, as well as the analysis and monitoring of population health. He teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses on Sociology of Health, Demography, research methods, and Public Health. He supervises PhD students in these same research areas. He currently directs the UPV/EHU’s Master’s degree in Health Promotion and Community Health.

In addition, he works together with government administrations and social organizations in different research projects as well as promoting social transfer, especially those related to the development of health policies. He also participates in scientific communication activities and collaborates with media in order to spread knowledge on demography and social inequalities in health to the broad public.

Martinez-Mendia X, Bacigalupe A, Martin U, Barbuscia A (2023): Desigualdades de género en el consumo de ansiolíticos e hipnosedantes por parte de adolescentes en España: un estudio transversal. Revista Espanola de Salud Publica, Vol. 97: e1-e15.

Jiménez Carrillo, M., Martín, U., Bacigalupe, A. (2023): Gender Inequalities in Publications about COVID-19 in Spain: Authorship and Sex-Disaggregated Data, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20: 2025, 1-10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032025

Urtaran-Laresgoiti, M; González-Rábago, Y; Martín, U; Rivadeneyra-Sicilia, A; Morteruel, M. (2022): Health and health inequalities impact assessment for non-clinical measures to control COVID-19 in the Basque Country and Navarre (Spain), Journal of Public Health Research, 11 (3): 1-14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/22799036221110020

Bacigalupe A, Martín U, Franco M, Borrell, C. (2022): Desigualdades socioeconómicas y COVID-19 en España. Informe SESPAS 2022. Gac Sanit. 36 Suppl 1:S13-S21. doi: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2022.01.011.

Valero E, Martin U, Bacigalupe A, Utzet M. (2021): The impact of precarious jobs on mental health: a gender-sensitive literature review. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 94(4):577-589. doi: 10.1007/s00420-020-01605-7.

Martín, U., Bacigalupe, A.; Jiménez Carrillo, M. (2021):  COVID-19 y género: certezas e incertidumbres en la monitorización de la pandemia, Revista Española de Salud Pública. 95-1: e1-e11.

Martín U, González-Rábago Y. (2021):  Soledad no deseada, salud y desigualdades sociales a lo largo del ciclo vital, Gaceta Sanitaria, 35(5): 432-437. DOI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0213911120301977

Bacigalupe, A., Martín, U. (2021):  Gender inequalities in depression/anxiety and the consumption of psychotropic drugs: Are we medicalising women's mental health? Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 49 (3): 317-324. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494820944736

Mosquera I, Mendizabal N, Martín U, Bacigalupe A, Aldasoro E, Portillo I (2020): Inequalities in participation in colorectal cancer screening programmes: a systematic review. Eur J Public Health. 1;30(3):416-425. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz236.

Cabezas-Rodríguez A, Bacigalupe A, Martín U. (2020): Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in Spain: Are There Gender Inequalities? Int J Environ Res Public Health. 10;17(24):9232. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17249232

Morteruel, M; Rodríguez-Álvarez, E; Martín, U; Bacigalupe, A. (2018): Inequalities in health services usage in national health system scheme: the case of a Southern social European region, Nursing Research, 67 (1): 26-34. DOI: doi.org/10.1097/NNR.0000000000000256

Bacigalupe A, Shahidi FV, Muntaner C, Martín U, Borrell C. (2016):  Why is there so much controversy regarding the population health impact of the Great Recession? Reflections on three case studies, International Journal of Health Services, 46 (1): 5-35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0020731415611634

Martín, U.; Esnaola, S. (2014):   Changes in social inequalities in disability-free life expectancy in Southern Europe:  the case of the Basque Country, International Journal for Equity in Health, 13 (74): 1-7. DOI: equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-014-0074-6 

Bacigalupe, A; Esnaola, S; Martin, U; Borrell, C. (2013): Two decades of inequalities in smoking prevalence, initiation and cessation in a Southern European region: 1986-2007, European Journal of Public Health, 23 (4): 552-558. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/cks104

Bacigalupe, A; Esnaola, S; Martin, U; Zuazagoitia, J.   (2010):   Learning   lessons   from   past   mistakes:   how   can   Health   in   All Policies    fulfil    its    promises? Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health BMJ, 64 (6): 504-505. DOI: https://jech.bmj.com/content/64/6/504

• Nuevas tecnologías y modalidades de consulta en la Atención Primaria: impacto en el acceso y las desigualdades en el acceso al Sistema Sanitario Público en el País Vasco. Convocatoria de Proyectos de I+D+I en Salud de la AES del Ministerio de Ciencia Innovación y Universidades
• Salud mental, medicalización y género. Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital (MINECO):  MINECOR. Researcher. 2019-2022.
• Fairer Active Ageing in Europe. MINECO: Proyecto europeo coordinado. Reseracher. 2016-2018.
• Crisis, salud y desigualdades sociales en salud en España. MINECO: Retos de Investigación I+D+i. Principal Investigator. 2014-2017.
• Evaluating the Impact of Structural Policies on Health Inequalities and their Social Determinants, and Fostering Change (SOPHIE). European Union. Researcher. 2011-2015.
• Revisión metodológica de los indicadores de mortalidad integrando la perspectiva de género y estudiando su adecuación para la descripción y monitorización de la mortalidad total y por grupos socioeconómicos en la CAPV. Basque Government, Health Department. Principal Investigator. 2009-2012.

Participation in research contracts of special relevance with companies and/or administrations:

• Elaboración del III Plan de salud de Vitoria-Gasteiz. City Council of Vitoria-Gasteiz. Convenios. Principal Investigator. 2022-2023.
• Evaluación del Impacto en Salud de las medidas adoptadas para la gestión y control de la crisis del COVID-19 en Navarra. Government of Navarre. Researcher. 2020.
• Active Ageing Index for EU28 countries. United Nations. Investigador. 2018-2019.
• Elaboración y redacción del Primer Plan de Salud del Ayuntamiento de Bilbao (2019-2023). City Council of Bilbao. Principal Investigator  2017-2018.
• Observatorio sobre el derecho a la salud y privatización sanitaria en Euskadi. Medicus Mundi. Principal Investigator.  2017-2020.
• Participation at the Semana de la Ciencia and Noche Europea de Investigadoras activities. Monologo Zientza Astea. UPV/EHU, several editions.