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7. SOCIAL OUTREACH

pared by researchers at the UMA, we wanted to titutional visits, with the aim of showing and dissemi-
show the clinical and neurological aspect of this nating the work carried out in it. For example, on July
type of dementia, counting on the vision of the pa- 19, we were honored to receive the Executive Di-
tient, the caregivers and also their relatives. The ex- rector of the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute in New
hibition made a visual tour of Alzheimer's disease, York, Mrs. Patrice Degnan, who attended with the
starting from the moment of diagnosis, to the effects Secretary of the Queen Sofia Foundation, Mr. José
it produces on the patient. The objective of this ex- Luis Nogueira. Also accompanied by the Manager
hibition was to present this disease to society, consi- of the CIEN Foundation, Mrs. Mª Ángeles Pérez, Deg-
dered the silent epidemic of the 21st century due to nan had the opportunity to visit and learn about this
the serious cognitive deterioration that it carries and, unique model in which Alzheimer's disease is appro-
also, to give visibility to the effort of researchers to ached from three angles: research, training and
understand the causes that originate it, the conse- care service for patients.
quences that produce in the brain and the search
for a pharmacological treatment, which currently On September 5, we were also visited by the Direc-
does not exist. Thus, the exhibition dedicated a lea- tor General of the Carlos III Health Institute, Dr. Ra-
ding space to the father of modern Neuroscience, quel Yotti, who held a meeting of the Delegate
the Nobel Prize Ramón y Cajal. In addition, the sho- Commission of the CIEN Foundation at the Queen
wing contained a selection of photographs and Sofia Foundation Alzheimer Center. In addition, Yotti
texts of 'Camino de la Memoria', the book by Anto- visited the facilities of the Center, accompanied by
nio Ortín and Alejandro Hurtado for the benefit of the Assistant Director General of Cooperative Rese-
the Association of Relatives of Alzheimer's of Malaga arch Networks and Centers, Mrs. Margarita Blázquez,
(AFA Málaga). Last August, both made the Camino the Scientific Director of the CIEN Foundation, Pro-
de Santiago by bicycle between Malaga and the fessor Jesús Ávila, the Manager Ms. Mª Ángeles Pérez
Galician capital. During that trip, they learned firs- and some researchers of the CIEN Foundation.
thand the work done by the different Alzheimer as-
sociations that are along the route and reflected it in It is also worth mentioning the visit of the Internatio-
this book. nal Association of Diplomats of Spain (AIDE, for its
acronyms in Spain) on November 24. AIDE represen-
The exhibition was sponsored, among other institu- tatives attended a lecture by Miguel Medina, De-
tions, by the CIEN Foundation, CIBERNED, the Queen puty Scientific Director of CIBERNED and Principal
Sofia Foundation, and the ISCIII. It was shown in two Investigator of the Vallecas Project, with the title
locations, coinciding with the cities of departure and “Challenges and opportunities in Alzheimer's Rese-
arrival of Camino de la Memoria. It could be visited arch”, visited with great interest the Queen Sofia
from January to March in the Cultural Area of El Foundation Alzheimer Center, the CIEN Foundation
Corte Inglés in Malaga and from September to No- Tissue Bank and had the opportunity to exchange
vember at the headquarters of the ABANCA Social impressions with some of the Center’s researchers.
Work Foundation, in Santiago de Compostela.
▄▀ 7.2. Presence in media
Institutional visits
As every year, during 2018, the Communication
Throughout 2018, the Alzheimer Project Research Area of the CIEN Foundation developed a commu-
Unit has received numerous institutional and non-ins- nication plan, which has been carried out. Constant

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