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Supporting research in Alzheimer's disease and rela- Advisory Committee has significant participation of
ted disorders has been and is one of the working the CIEN Foundation Scientific Director, Drs. Jesús
priorities of the Queen Sofia Foundation since 2002, Avila.
the year that promoted the construction of the
Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer Center (CAFRS, The Research Strategy designed by JPND provides a
for its acronym in Spanish), and from which it has framework for future investments and shows that the
continued to support the work of the institutions re- research effort within the European Union can be le-
lated to this dementia, both financially as well as veraged to improve care on prevention, diagnosis
with the invaluable drive and personal interest of and treatment of patients suffering from these dise-
Queen Sofia. In this context, in recent years CIEN ases.
Foundation together with the Network Center for
Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Disea- To achieve impact there is a need to encourage
ses (CIBERNED, for its acronym in Spanish) has given novel as well as multidisciplinary approaches, and to
a boost to its relations with international organiza- strengthen and extend existing capabilities across
tions in the area of research in neurodegenerative the full spectrum of basic, clinical, health and social
diseases such as the EU Joint Programme for Rese- care, and translational research. To that end, a num-
arch in Neurodegenerative Diseases (JPND) and the ber of priority areas for future research have been
Network of Centers of Excellence in Neurodegene- identified: The origins of neurodegenerative disea-
ration (COEN), among other initiatives. These ses; Disease mechanisms and models; Disease defi-
and other internationalization activities carried nition and diagnosis; Treatment and prevention;
out during 2015 by CIEN Foundation are detailed Health and social care.
below.
This Research Strategy also provides a framework of
5.2. EU Joint Programming on opportunities for countries involved in JPND and wi-
Neurodegenerative Disease lling to participate in joint actions, which will be im-
Research (JPND) plemented through co-operative activities that
realign or link national investments to achieve incre-
The EU Joint Programming for Research in Neurode- ased impact, and the provision of new funding. A
generative Diseases (JPND) is an innovative colla- guiding principle for its delivery will be that the rese-
borative research initiative created to address the arch to be supported is of the highest scientific qua-
growing challenges posed by these disorders. The lity.
JPND is a pioneering example of joint programming
for the promotion of research within the European In this regard, during 2011 took place the first call for
Union aimed at scientific challenges requiring a res- European research projects JPND. Under the theme
ponse that exceeds the capacity of a single "Optimization of biomarkers and harmonization of
country, based on the alignment of national rese- their use in the clinic", four transnational projects
arch programs devoted to these challenges. were awarded for the period 2012-2015, one of
which has the participation of CIEN Foundation:
Its objective is to enhance the impact of research by
aligning existing national research programs and the DEMTEST: Biomarker based diagnosis of rapid pro-
identification of common objectives whose scope gressive dementias-optimisation of diagnostic pro-
would benefit from joint action. The JPND Scientific tocols.
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