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1. Profile and presentation COLLABORATION WITH THE
QUEEN SOFIA FOUNDATION
1.1. Who we are
Since its establishment, the CIEN
A FOUNDATION FROM THE PU- Foundation manages and coordinates
BLIC SECTOR
the Alzheimer’s Research Project, crea-

The Research Center for Neurologic ted by the Queen Sofia Foundation,
Diseases (CIEN, for its acronym in and located in the Alzheimer Center
Spanish) Foundation was established that bears her name.
on December 27, 2002, by virtue of a The CIEN Foundation is a pioneer
resolution of the Council of Ministers. It center in Spain in which to compre-
is defined as a non-profit public sector hensively address the consequences
Foundation, with State-wide scope that Alzheimer's disease causes both
and competence. Currently, it depends on patients and their family environ-
on the Ministry of Science and Innova- ment. Since its opening in 2007, the
tion through the Carlos III Institute of CIEN Foundation, located at the nei-
Health.
ghborhood of Vallecas, Madrid, seeks
Among its founding objectives are to respond to the social health project
supporting, promoting, and coordina- proposed by the Alzheimer Project of
ting research in neurological diseases, the Queen Sofia Foundation.
especially neurodegenerative disor-
ders. It also highlights its unifying and
coordinating role of leading Spanish
research groups in this field.

The CIEN Foundation is based at the
Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer
Center, whose construction was called
the Alzheimer Project. Once the Alzhei-
mer Center was built, it was divided
into a nursing home for the healthcare
and follow-up of the patients and a
Research Center.

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