Profile

Francisco Javier Domingo Espiñeira is a health-sciences researcher, pharmaceutical executive and university professor with a multidisciplinary background in health sciences, industrial and chemical engineering, business strategy and applied data analysis.

Within JADIH, he is responsible for scientific direction, editorial policy, development of the international scientific structure, methodological standards and the independence and quality of editorial decision-making.

Current positions

Academic background

• PhD in Health Sciences, Cum Laude — Universidad de Alcalá, 2025.
• MBA — IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra, 2018.
• Industrial Engineer, Industrial Organisation — Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, 2014.
• MSc in Energy and Fuels for the Future — Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2012.
• Master's Degree in Teacher Training — Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, 2011.
• Chemical Engineer — Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2010.

Professional experience

Research interests

• Artificial intelligence in decision-making in the pharmaceutical industry.
• Social perception of psychiatric and neurological disorders and analysis of digital discourse.
• Health outcomes, mental-health stigma and data-driven analysis of social-media information.
• Member of the UDIMA HOPES research group (Health Outcomes from Psychology and Education for Equality and Suicide Prevention).

Selected publications

• Analysis of public discourse and sentiment around mental illness on X / social media, The European Journal of Psychiatry (2025).
• Comparative analysis of public discourse on dementia and neurological disorders, Frontiers in Neurology (2024).
• Public perception of psychiatry, psychology and mental-health professionals, Frontiers in Psychiatry (2024).
• Social perception of neurological disorders through topic modelling and unsupervised analysis, Information (2024).