Graduated in Medicine, PhD and masters’ degree in Science Communication. She is an Associate Professor at the Department of Medicine and Life Sciences at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). Gema is also the director of the Science, Communication and Society Studies Centre (CCS-UPF) and the director of the Master’s Degree in Scientific, Medical and Environmental Communication at UPF – Barcelona School of Management. Her lines of research include: Social perception of science, Science and health communication and journalism and Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). Her research has been published in Nature Biotechnology, Science Communication, JAMA, JCOM, Nanoethics, Medicina Clinica and Gaceta Sanitaria, among others.