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• Collaboration agreement signed with King's program at the Royal College of Surgeons in
College London, University of Pennsylvania and
University College London, for carrying out the
project entitled "Phases 2b-4 Field Validation of
the MDS-NMS, the International Parkinson's and
Movement Disorders Society Non Motor Scale
for Parkinson's disease" funded by The
International Parkinson and Movement
Disorders Society. Budget: 39,375€.
• Specific collaboration agreement Established
between CIBER and CIBERNED for the execution
of the project “Search for biomarkers for the
early detection of Alzheimer's disease in the
Vallecas project cohort”, with the active
participation of the Neuroimaging department
and the CIEN Foundation Tissue Bank.
Actions financed within the framework of Law
18/2014, of October 15, of approval of urgent mea-
sures for growth, competitiveness and efficiency and
of the Youth Employment Operative Program:
• PEJ16-MED-AI-1963. Granting of support for
hiring a research assistant in the framework of
the call for Grants for the Recruitment of
Research Assistants and Laboratory Technicians,
call 2016.
• PEJ-2017-TL-BMD. Order 4606/2017 of December
14 for which grants are given for the execution
of contracts for laboratory technicians
corresponding to the 2017 call. Granting of
support for the employment of a laboratory
technician during 2018.
2.3.2 Fellowships and grants
During 2018 the CIEN Foundation has awarded/ca-
rried out the following fellowships and grants:
• MAPFRE-Queen Sofia Foundation Fellowship
2016-2017. On December 27, 2016, the
Selection Committee decided to grant the
scholarship to Mrs. Susana Navas Rutete. A 6-
months stay, extendable for the same period, in
the Dementia/Alzheimer's disease research
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Ireland (RCSI), Dublin, Ireland, during the first 5
months. The remaining 7 months were held at
the Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer Center
until January 31, 2018.
• MAPFRE-Queen Sofia Foundation Fellowship
2017-2018. The fellowship program resolved to
grant in this new call to Dr. Linda Zhang. Project
title: “Internal and external validation of a
statistical model for predicting conversion from
normal cognition to mild cognitive impairment
in elderly populations”. Six months stay,
extended for additional six months. Research
program focused on the study of
neurodegenerative disorders using an
approach that combines mathematical
modelling and computational simulation, in
order to achieve the characterization of
predictive algorithms, including a stay at the
Eastern University of Finland in Kuopio.
• MAPFRE-Queen Sofia Foundation Fellowship
2018-2019. This call is declared void on January
9, 2019, finally being awarded in favor of Ms.
Marta Garo on February 25, 2019.
▄▀ 2.4. Management of Human Resources
Since its inception, the CIEN Foundation has worked
to maintain a highly qualified team whose levels of
technical skills, knowledge and attitudes conform to
the qualitative parameters that identify the Founda-
tion. In order to achieve this, in 2018 we have made
two new additions: a graduate in Biology and a se-
nior technician in Pathology. These positions have
been convened by the CIEN Foundation through an
open competition procedure, under criteria of ca-
pacity, merit and publicity, being published on the
website of the CIEN Foundation, ISCIII and CIBERNED,
always respecting the principle of free concurrence
and objectively valuing the merits of the applicants.
To carry out its research work throughout this year,
the CIEN Foundation has had a total of 52 professio-