Francisco Diez-Canseco, MPH
Principal Investigator (Peru)
Universidad Científica del Sur
Francisco Diez-Canseco is a researcher at Universidad Científica del Sur. He is a psychologist graduated from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, and has a master’s degree in Public Health from University of Granada, through the Erasmund Mundus Scholarship Program.
Francisco has ample experience in the design, implementation and evaluation of complex health interventions. His interests center around mental health, chronic diseases, stigma and mobile health.
In the COLMA project, Fracisco is a co-principal investigator, leading the project in Peru, as well as leading the Work Package 1 activities.
Recent publications:
- Vilela-Estrada AL, Lazo-Porras M, Bernabe-Ortiz A, Priebe S, Bird VJ, Ariza-Salazar K, Sureshkumar DS, Godoy-Casasbuenas N, Gómez-Restrepo C, Olivar N, Madero S, Brusco LI, Diez-Canseco F. Association between comorbid anxiety and depression symptomatology, quality of life, social support and use of mental health services in youth from Bogota, Buenos Aires, and Lima. J Affect Disord. 2026 Jan 15;393(Pt A):120305. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.120305. Epub 2025 Sep 10. PMID: 40939997
- Seward N, Loh WW, Miranda J, Diez-Canseco F, Garcia Claro H, Rossi Menezes P, Fernandes IFAL, Araya R. Understanding how digital mental health interventions can be optimised to improve longer term sustainability: Findings from a causal mediation analysis of the CONEMO trials. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025 Jul 1;5(7):e0004537. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004537. PMID: 40591626; PMCID: PMC12212485.
- Araya R, Menezes PR, Claro HG, Brandt LR, Daley KL, Quayle J, Diez-Canseco F, Peters TJ, Vera Cruz D, Toyama M, Aschar S, Hidalgo-Padilla L, Martins H, Cavero V, Rocha T, Scotton G, de Almeida Lopes IF, Begale M, Mohr DC, Miranda JJ. Effect of a Digital Intervention on Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Comorbid Hypertension or Diabetes in Brazil and Peru: Two Randomized Clinical Trials. JAMA. 2021 May 11;325(18):1852-1862. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.4348.
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Francisco Diez-Canseco is a researcher at Universidad Científica del Sur. He is a psychologist graduated from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, and has a master’s degree in Public Health from University of Granada, through the Erasmund Mundus Scholarship Program.
Francisco has ample experience in the design, implementation and evaluation of complex health interventions. His interests center around mental health, chronic diseases, stigma and mobile health.
In the COLMA project, Fracisco is a co-principal investigator, leading the project in Peru, as well as leading the Work Package 1 activities.
Recent publications:
- Vilela-Estrada AL, Lazo-Porras M, Bernabe-Ortiz A, Priebe S, Bird VJ, Ariza-Salazar K, Sureshkumar DS, Godoy-Casasbuenas N, Gómez-Restrepo C, Olivar N, Madero S, Brusco LI, Diez-Canseco F. Association between comorbid anxiety and depression symptomatology, quality of life, social support and use of mental health services in youth from Bogota, Buenos Aires, and Lima. J Affect Disord. 2026 Jan 15;393(Pt A):120305. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.120305. Epub 2025 Sep 10. PMID: 40939997
- Seward N, Loh WW, Miranda J, Diez-Canseco F, Garcia Claro H, Rossi Menezes P, Fernandes IFAL, Araya R. Understanding how digital mental health interventions can be optimised to improve longer term sustainability: Findings from a causal mediation analysis of the CONEMO trials. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025 Jul 1;5(7):e0004537. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004537. PMID: 40591626; PMCID: PMC12212485.
- Araya R, Menezes PR, Claro HG, Brandt LR, Daley KL, Quayle J, Diez-Canseco F, Peters TJ, Vera Cruz D, Toyama M, Aschar S, Hidalgo-Padilla L, Martins H, Cavero V, Rocha T, Scotton G, de Almeida Lopes IF, Begale M, Mohr DC, Miranda JJ. Effect of a Digital Intervention on Depressive Symptoms in Patients With Comorbid Hypertension or Diabetes in Brazil and Peru: Two Randomized Clinical Trials. JAMA. 2021 May 11;325(18):1852-1862. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.4348.
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