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INCLIVA Health Research Institute
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Scientific Management Area:
• Scientific Subdirector: Dr. Marta Peiró
• Projects Unit: Ms. Mayca Román and Ms. Noemí Hidalgo
• Clinical Trials Management Unit: Ms. Dolores Iglesias and Mr.
Roberto Martínez
• Clinical Trials Platform: Ms. Ana Portolés, Ms. Laura Silla, Ms.
Mireia Hernández
Innovation Area:
• Coordination: Mr. Enrique Cremades
• Quality and Planning Unit: Mr. Rafael Barajas
• Innovation Management Unit: Dr. Pedro Fernández
• International projects: Ms. Ana Ferrer
• OPESVAL: Dr. Ana Levin
• Scientific and innovative culture promotion (UCCI): Mr. Justo
Giner, Ms. Clara Badenas
General Secretary: Ms. Maite Sáez
2.2.3. Scientific structure
2.2.3.1 Research areas, programs and platforms
INCLIVA articulates its research as it follows:
4 areas of research as a basis on which to articulate the
scientific work of the groups:
• Research area in oncology
• Research area in cardiovascular
• Research area in metabolism and organ damage
• Research area in reproductive medicine
7 scientific programs aimed at specific diseases from a translational
perspective:
• Program in overweight and cardiovascular and renal risk
• Program in myocardial ischemic damage
• Program in rare diseases
• Program in neurological impairment
• Translational oncology program
• Program in reproductive medicine
• Program in aging and its associated diseases
3 platforms based on the provision of services to the whole institute:
• Inflammation Platform
• Metabolomics Platform
• Genomics, Epigenomics and Transcriptomics Platform
2.2.3.2 Core facilities
In 2004 INCLIVA and the Central Service for Experimental Research
Support (SCIE) at the University of Valencia signed a collaboration
agreement. Whose aim is to boost cooperation between
both institutions, with special emphasis in the execution of
research projects and collective research activities. It allows the
access, stay and use of the Central Unit for Medical Research facilities
to Hospital Clínico Universitario of Valencia research staff.
The Central Unit for Medical Research (UCIM) was created
thanks to FEDER funds in 1990. From its inception, it has been
granted with several infrastructure coming from both University
of Valencia and INCLIVA funds, as well as from external funds
(Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología, Generalitat
Valenciana and Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias).
In addition to these support units, INCLIVA has three additional
platforms: the Biobank, the Cytogenetics lab and the Bioinformatics
Unit. The latter was created as such in 2013, through a Carlos
III Health Institute (Instituto de Salud Carlos III) grant program to
improve infrastructure, the so called PROMIIS grant.
These laboratories count on several research technicians and
technical assistants who have been included in the organization
structure thanks to diverse public grants or directly to the
University’s budget.
The research support platforms are:
• Cell culture unit
• Flow cytometric unit
• Multigenic analysis unit
• Confocal microscopy unit
• Sequenom platform
• Laboratory of molecular imaging and metabolomics
• Animal housing and experimental operating theaters unit
• Proteomics unit
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