{"id":16126,"date":"2026-06-08T11:49:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icoprevencio.cat\/uct\/new-phd-in-the-tobacco-control-unit-judith-saura-successfully-defends-her-doctoral-thesis-on-cannabis-and-tobacco-use-patterns-and-abstinence\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:49:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:49:36","slug":"new-phd-in-the-tobacco-control-unit-judith-saura-successfully-defends-her-doctoral-thesis-on-cannabis-and-tobacco-use-patterns-and-abstinence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icoprevencio.cat\/uct\/en\/new-phd-in-the-tobacco-control-unit-judith-saura-successfully-defends-her-doctoral-thesis-on-cannabis-and-tobacco-use-patterns-and-abstinence\/","title":{"rendered":"New PhD in the Tobacco Control Unit: Judith Saura Successfully Defends Her Doctoral Thesis on Cannabis and Tobacco Use Patterns and Abstinence."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tobacco Control Unit researcher <strong>Judith Saura<\/strong> defended her doctoral thesis, entitled <em><strong>\u201cCharacterization of the pattern of cannabis and tobacco consumption and its withdrawal syndrome in people who initiate treatment for cannabis use disorder in Catalonia\u201d<\/strong><\/em> , on June 1 at the Bellvitge Campus of the University of Barcelona. The thesis was awarded an <strong>excellent<\/strong> grade. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La recerca s\u2019ha centrat en la caracteritzaci\u00f3 dels patrons de consum i de la s\u00edndrome d\u2019abstin\u00e8ncia associats al consum dual de c\u00e0nnabis i tabac en persones amb trastorn per consum de c\u00e0nnabis que inicien un tractament de deshabituaci\u00f3. Els resultats contribueixen a ampliar el coneixement sobre les caracter\u00edstiques i necessitats d\u2019aquest col\u00b7lectiu, amb l\u2019objectiu de millorar les estrat\u00e8gies d\u2019abordatge i tractament. Aquest treball s\u2019emmarca en l\u2019estudi <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/icoprevencio.cat\/uct\/en\/ducata\/\">DuCATA<\/a><\/strong>, finan\u00e7at pel Pla Nacional sobre Drogues.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The thesis was supervised by <strong>Dr. Esteve Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong> , Secretary of Public Health of the Department of Health and former head of the Tobacco Control Unit, and by <strong>Dr.<\/strong> <strong>Cristina Mart\u00ednez<\/strong> , current head of the unit. The evaluation panel was formed by <strong>Dr. Manuel Isorna<\/strong> , the  <strong>Dr. Miren Idoia Pardavila Belio<\/strong> and the <strong>Dr. Montserrat Puig.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the Tobacco Control Unit we congratulate Dr. Judith Saura for this academic milestone and for her contribution to research in the field of addictions and public health. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"wp-block-uagb-image-gallery uagb-block-ca21c9df     \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery spectra-image-gallery__layout--masonry spectra-image-gallery__layout--masonry-col-3 spectra-image-gallery__layout--masonry-col-tab-3 spectra-image-gallery__layout--masonry-col-mob-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-wrapper--isotope\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spectra-image-gallery__media-wrapper\" data-spectra-gallery-image-id=\"16010\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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