Dr Caritat Bagur, member of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences’ Department of Physiotherapy and director of the University Master’s Degree in Paediatric Physiotherapy, will be appointed professor in the area of Physiotherapy.

Dr Xavier Bonfill Cosp, professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and director of the Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health Service at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona, will be charged with reading Dr Bagur’s merits.