Dr. M. Flores Vizcaya-Moreno has been a Full Professor in the Department of Nursing at the University of Alicante since April 2025. Prior to this, she served as an Associate Professor (May 2002–April 2025) and Assistant Professor (October 1997–May 2002).

She holds a PhD in Health Sciences from the University of Alicante (2005), a Bachelor's degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology from Miguel Hernández University (2001), a Specialist Certificate in Nephrourology Nursing (1997), and a Diploma in Nursing from the University of Alicante (1995).

Dr. Vizcaya-Moreno is the Director of the Clinical Nursing research group at the University of Alicante and a member of the Innovation in Nursing Care group at the Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL). She is also affiliated with the University Institute for Computer Research at the University of Alicante, and the Jordi Gol i Gurina Primary Health Care Research Institute (Barcelona). Additionally, she is a member of the European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS).

She currently coordinates the Doctoral Programme in Health Sciences at the University of Alicante and has three recognized research activity periods (sexenios) accredited by ANECA (National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain).

Throughout her career, she has participated as principal investigator or collaborator in 44 competitive research projects funded by international, national, and regional agencies. She has also contributed to two R&D&I transfer projects involving both public and private institutions.

Dr. Vizcaya-Moreno is the author of more than 80 scientific articles in national and international journals, 51 of which have been published in JCR-indexed journals. She has co-authored four multi-authored volumes in collaboration with international institutions, acting as principal investigator or research partner in projects funded by the European Commission, serving as the lead national signatory in all cases.

She has supervised 26 doctoral dissertations (all awarded cum laude) and 27 undergraduate and master's theses (TFG/TFM). Currently, she supervises 11 PhD candidates across various Spanish universities. Her academic contributions include three monographs and 67 book chapters.

She has presented more than 100 papers, oral communications, and posters at national and international conferences, seminars, and symposia. She has been invited as a speaker at high-profile international webinars and multiplier events, including those organized by the European Forum of National Nursing and Midwifery Associations & WHO-Europe, and the European Federation of Nurses Associations (January 2023), as well as by the European Federation of Educators in Nursing Science (June 2021).

Her international academic activity includes a six-month predoctoral research stay at Northumbria University (UK, 1999), and multiple short-term research visits between 2001 and 2020 to institutions such as the University of California (USA), Karolinska Institute (Sweden), University of Genoa (Italy), Ostfold University College (Norway), University of Eastern Finland (Finland), University of Maribor (Slovenia), University of Oulu (Finland), and Age Concern Birmingham (UK).