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Friday, 08/06/2010
Antoni Torres is the new coordinator of the Corporate Research Program on Pneumonia of the Ciberes
The reelection of Corporate Programs Coordinator is part of the restructuring of the Steering Committee under the new statutes of CIBER
After 3 years in the coordination of the Corporate Research Program (ICP) on Pneumonia by Dr. Emilio Bouza, Dr. Antoni Torres takes the relief of the position and becomes part of the Steering Committee of the Ciberes. The coordination involves organizational tasks, managerial and technical monitoring. Therefore, coordination implies the development of a new program and financial management of funds assigned to it.
The PCI are at the heart of the activity of CIBER and gather a set of scientific activities aligned toward common goals based on research networking. There are 9 PCI in Ciber of Respiratory Diseases (Ciberes): Asthma, Lung Cancer, Pneumonia, new therapeutic targets, Pulmonary Fibrosis, COPD, tuberculosis, acute lung injury and sleep apnea. The reelection of Corporate Programs Coordinator is part of the restructuring of the Steering Committee under the new statutes of CIBER.
The Biomedical Research Center Respiratory Disease Network (CIBERES) is a consortium under the Instituto de Salud Carlos III of the Ministry of Science and Innovation. Multidisciplinary and multi-institutional, its purpose is to combat respiratory diseases by promoting research of excellence and its fast and safe translation into clinical practice. Its network structure brings together some of the best groups of basic, clinical and epidemiological research located in health centers and of nine regions, bringing together about 400 researchers.