María Victoria Roqué Sánchez
PhD in Theology from the University of Navarra (1982) and PhD in Philosophy from the University of Barcelona (2005).
She trained in Bioethics at the Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia “A. Gemelli”, dell’Università Cattolica (Rome).
Since 1980, she has attended the first International Theology Symposia at the University of Navarra, where she learned the importance of interdisciplinary dialogue. She was involved in the early days of the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC) and was part of the Pedagogical Commission that developed the University’s Educational Project.
Professor of Philosophical Anthropology, Ethics, and Bioethics in Health Sciences at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC). Professor at the Institute of Neurological and Gerontological Sciences at UIC.
Professor of University Master’s Programs: Physiotherapy and Scientific Evidence, Nursing Sciences, Basic Research in Dentistry and Biomedicine, Bioethics, and Marriage and Family Sciences.
Director of the Bioethics Studies Center at UIC.
President of the Ethics Committee and a member of the Plenary of the Permanent Governing Board at UIC. President of the 10th Congress of the Spanish Association of Bioethics and Medical Ethics. Founding member, representing the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, of the International Federation of Personalist-Inspired Bioethics (FIBIP).
She has participated in numerous national and international research projects. She is the author and co-author of numerous interdisciplinary scientific articles, has supervised doctoral theses, and has authored several books: Médico y paciente: el lado humano de la medicina (2006) (Doctor and Patient: The Human Side of Medicine), El sentido del morir en el vivir (2013) (The Meaning of Dying in Living), Cuidar el cuerpo vulnerable, perfeccionar lo humano (2016) (Caring for the Vulnerable Body, Perfecting the Human).
Her academic career has been marked by the search for original and distinctive proposals in the design of educational and research objectives in university training, such as the inclusion of transversal subjects (anthropology, professional ethics, bioethics) in degree programs related to Health Sciences.
