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7. SOCIAL OUTREACH

▄▀ 7.1. Dissemination activities
One of the founding goals of the CIEN Foundation is Dr. María Ascensión Zea, a researcher in the Neuro-
to translate to society in an easy and accessible logy area of the CIEN Foundation, participated on
manner the advances and progress made in the re- June 7 in an important meeting on Innovations in De-
search in neurological diseases. mentia organized by Sanitas since, according to
Pedro Cano, Director of Medical Innovation and
In this sense, the CIEN Foundation department heads Management System in Sanitas Mayores, “in de-
have organized, as every year, various activities that mentias it is essential to be able to offer all possible
allow the dissemination of the research work carried tools to people living with the disease”. On that oc-
out by its professionals. This allows them to bring the casion, Dr. Zea participated in the Round Table
scientific field to society in a kinder way, while trans- “New trends in medical innovation”, where some of
lating results and relevant information on the various the innovations provided by new digital technolo-
neurological diseases under study. During 2018 the gies and improvements in treatment, diagnosis and
CIEN Foundation has continued to develop dissemi- prevention to improve the quality of life of this peo-
nation actions of different types, among which we ple were discussed.
highlight the following.
In December 2018, Dr. Miguel Ángel Fernández Bláz-
Educational talks quez, coordinator of the neuropsychology area of
the CIEN Foundation, gave a conference on “Con-
With the aim of contributing to the welfare of society, tributions of neuropsychology to early detection of
from the CIEN Foundation, we want to raise aware- Alzheimer's disease” at the State Center for Alzhei-
ness, through the translation of a series of funda- mer's Reference (CRE, for its acronym in Spanish) in
mental aspects in the fight against Alzheimer's Salamanca, in which he disserted in detail about the
disease, of the importance of its prevention, the importance of early diagnosis, the different types of
value of donation of tissues for research, or the latest disease markers, the neuropsychological tools for
achievements obtained from the study of this con- the early detection of Alzheimer's disease, as well as
dition. the Vallecas Project of the CIEN Foundation for the
identification of early markers of Alzheimer's disease
That is why CIEN Foundation professionals, in addi- and finally discussed about future challenges. The
tion to communications of a purely scientific nature lecture, aimed at professionals, caregivers and pe-
in congresses or seminars, annually schedule infor- ople interested in Alzheimer's disease and other de-
mative talks in hospitals, nursing homes or other insti- mentias, aimed to disseminate the latest advances
tutions in different parts of the Spanish geography. related to the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease,
Good examples of this are two of the lectures deli- with special emphasis on cognitive markers. This in-
vered by Prof. Jesús Ávila, Scientific Director of the formative action could also be followed in live stre-
CIEN Foundation and CIBERNED, the first of them at aming through the CRE Alzheimer's website.
the Academy of Science of the Region of Murcia in
January, which was entitled "Alzheimer's disease: Meetings with Associations of relatives
cure, prevent or delay" and, in the month of No- of Alzheimer’s patients and other
vember participated in the Lecture Series "What do neurodegenerative disorders
we know about ...?" organized by the CSIC with
"How to cure, prevent or delay Alzheimer's disease", During 2018, CIEN Foundation organized and parti-
held at the Museum of Science in Valladolid. cipated in a series of meetings with associations of

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