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A REFERENCE CENTER IN EURO- 1. A live-in residence for 156 Alzheimer’s
PE ON ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE patients.
RESEARCH
2. A day-care outpatient center for 40
Only two institutions in Spain parti- Alzheimer’s patients.
cipate in the European Union Joint
Programming for Disease Neurodege- 3. An Alzheimer’s research center: the
nerative Diseases (JPND): CIEN Foun- so-called Alzheimer's Project Research
dation and CIBERNED. Its excellent in- Unit (UIPA), managed by the CIEN
frastructures, modern methodologies, Foundation.
and cutting-edge technologies at their 4. A training center for healthcare staff,
disposal as well as the available critical relatives, and volunteers.
mass of researchers were the criteria
most valued by representatives of this The management model implemen-
organization after being proposed by ted by the Queen Sofia Foundation
the Carlos III Institute of Health. Alzheimer Center has sought to sum-
mon the will and interests of all parties
In addition, both CIEN Foundation involved: Administration (State, Regio-
as CIBERNED are integrated into the nal and Local) and civil society. For this
international Network of Centers of reason, the management of UIPA, de-
Excellence in Research on Neurodege- voted to research, was assigned to the
neration (COEN), mostly composed by CIEN Foundation, while the Ministry of
European research centers.
Family and Social Affairs of the Region
of Madrid is responsible for healthcare
and training activities.
AN INNOVATIVE, INTEGRATED
VISION OF THE FIGHT AGAINST
ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
FOCUSED ON RESEARCH IN NEU-
The CIEN Foundation and the Queen RODEGENERATIVE DISEASES
Sofia Foundation share a common
perspective on action in relation to The CIEN Foundation is in charge of
Alzheimer's disease: This disease requi- the following tasks: implement a mo-
res a comprehensive approach model del of translational research that allows
where research should be one of the to effectively and efficiently transfer
fundamental pillars. The leading ex- the scientific advances achieved in
ponent of this integrative model is the basic research to clinical practice; pro-
Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer mote the continuous training of pro-
Center, where the main backbones of fessionals involved with the research in
Alzheimer Project converge. neurodegenerative diseases through
seminars, lectures and doctoral the-
