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INCLIVA Health Research Institute
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2.2.1.2 Board of Governors
The Board of Governors executes and enforces the Board of
Trustees’ agreements. They have other duties such as prepare
and pass the proposals and research projects and decide and allocate
the budgetary means.
Dated December 31 st 2015, its members are the following:
President
• Dr. Álvaro Bonet, Chief Executive Officer, Hospital Clínico Universitario
of Valencia
Vice-president
• Prof. Federico Pallardó Calatayud, Most Illustrious Dean of the
Faculty of Medicine
Board members
• Prof. Rafael Carmena, INCLIVA General Director
• Prof. Josep Redón, INCLIVA Scientific Director
• Dr. Manuel Alós, Head of the Pharmacy Service, Hospital Clínico
Universitario of Valencia
• Prof. Andrés Cervantes, Oncology Department, Hospital Clínico
Universitario of Valencia
• Dr. Jorge Navarro, Medical Director, Hospital Clínico Universitario
of Valencia
• Prof. Salvador Lluch, Department of Physiology, University of
Valencia
• Dr. Ana Sanmartin, Director of Primary Health Care, Health
Service Department in Valencia Clínico-Malvarrosa
• Prof. Carlos Simón, Scientific Director, Instituto Universitario IVI
• Prof. Pascual Medina, Coordinator of Research Support Platform
(UCIM), University of Valencia
• Dr. Antonio Peláez, President of the Ethical Committee in Clinical
Research (ECCR), Hospital Clínico Universitario of Valencia
2.2.1.3 General Director
The highest person responsible for the execution of scientific,
economic and administrative policies appointed by the Board of
Trustees is the Foundation’s General Director. The position has
been held by Prof. Rafael Carmena Rodríguez since May 2012.
He graduated with Honors in Medicine from the Valencia’s
Faculty of Medicine in 1964, and he is Doctor “cum laude” from
the Universitat de València in 1966. He is specialist in internal
medicine and endocrinology. Professor of Pathology and Medical
Clinics (Internal Medicine) at the universities of Valencia and
Murcia, he has been Chief of the Internal Medicine Department
of the Ciudad Sanitaria Virgen de la Arrixaca of Murcia (1974-
1982), and Chief of both the Welfare Department, and the
Endocrinology and Nutrition Department of the Hospital Clínico
Universitario of Valencia
for the last 28 years.
His research interest
is focused on the lipid
metabolism, the effects
of dietary fats on cholesterolemia;
conditions of
resistance to insulin and
its treatment; metabolic
syndrome; genetics of hypercholesterolemia
and
treatment of diabetes
dyslipidaemia.
2.2.1.4 Scientific Director
The Scientific Director is appointed by government bodies. The
scientific direction has been headed by Prof. Josep Redón since
2010. Prof. Redón is specialist in Internal Medicine, Research
Fellow in Hypertension in Northwestern University (Chicago),
and Fellow of the Council for High Blood Pressure of the American
Heart Association. He
is currently Professor of
Medicine, Head of the Internal
Medicine Department
and Coordinator
of the Hypertension Unit
of the Hospital Clínico
Universitario of Valencia.
Nowadays, he is member
of the European Society
of Hypertension, and he
has authored many research
works on hypertension
and diabetes.
He is also a member of
the editorial committees
of several international
journals on the field of
hypertension and cardiovascular
risk.
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