Page 14 - Annual Report 2018

▄▀ 1.4. Letter from the Scientific Director Jesús Ávila
During 2018, the CIEN Foundation has done a good
job, given our scarcity of resources. 27 papers have further our Institution.
been published, with a good average impact index,
not only in collaboration with other groups but we
also started publishing papers carried out in our Cen- members of our CIEN Foundation who are responsi-
ter with the first and last author from the CIEN Foun- ble for the work we perform.
dation.
Jesús Ávila de Grado
Scientific Director of CIEN Foundation
New research grants have been obtained in com-
petitive calls and the Director of the Neuroimaging
Area, Dr. Strange has received an ERC grant. There
has been a good progress in the Tissue Bank Service,
which has been provided with the necessary resour-
ces for its proper functioning. The Cognitive Impair-
ment Diagnostic Unit has been launched and
collaboration with DEGESCO has continued.
From the point of view of training activities, a new
Doctoral Thesis has been defended, and a new
FCIEN Research Scholar has been incorporated,
thanks to the Queen Sofia Foundation and the MAP-
FRE Foundation. In addition, the Seminar Series has
continued throughout the year.
In collaboration with CIBERNED and the Queen Sofia
Foundation, the annual Congress was held in San-
tiago de Compostela.
Before finishing, I would like to take this opportunity
to thank the Institutions that support us financially the
most: the Queen Sofia Foundation, with which we
have signed in 2018 three new collaboration agree-
ments and the Carlos III Institute of Health (ISCIII) that
has commissioned us a study on the reorganization
of CIEN Foundation in order to develop and improve
I would like to conclude, thanking the work of all the