At the meeting of the Board of Trustees held on 29 October 2024, the Valdecilla Health Research Institute (IDIVAL) approved a new R&D&I Quality Policy, reflecting its commitment to excellence, efficiency and continuous improvement in all its research and innovation processes. This policy not only aims to strengthen support for research professionals and guarantee quality […]
On September 19-20, Paloma Lanza from the Health Economics Research Group and Rosa María Cazalilla, representing the IDIVAL working team led by Dr. David Cantarero and Dr. María Jesús Cabero, attended the progress meeting for the European Health4EUkids project. The Health4EUKids Joint Action began in December 2022 with the goal of transferring the experience of […]
IDIVAL (Marqués de Valdecilla Research Institute) is proud to announce a groundbreaking partnership with Iridia Inc., a leading technology company based in California. This collaboration aims to bring to market an innovative DNA encapsulation technology developed by the esteemed research team led by Dr. Mónica López Fanarraga at IDIVAL. The technology has the potential to […]
Researchers from the Nanomedicine Group (IDIVAL-UC) have been recognised with the ‘V Prevencionar Award’ in the Research category, for their pioneering work in the study and training in Nanoprevention. This award highlights the work started in 2010 by the Nanomedicine Group, when its researchers began to explore applications of nanomaterials in various areas. Throughout their […]
The goals of JACARDI are to increase healthy life years, improve health equity, and reduce premature deaths in Europe. IDIVAL’s representation at this forum was led by Lorena Madrigal and Sara Barbero from the nursing research group, who presented the pilot projects they are working on as part of the initiative. The IDIVAL Health Research […]
The European Care4Diabetes project aims to improve the quality of life of people with type 2 diabetes by focusing on 4 key elements (nutrition, physical activity, relaxation and sleep). To this end, it is looking for volunteers to participate in the “C4D-Cuido Mi Diabetes” program, designed to improve the quality of life of these people. […]
The ‘Luchamos por la Vida’ association has presented the Valdecilla Health Research Institute (IDIVAL) with a donation of 30,000 euros, raised during its popular solidarity race, held in April in Los Corrales de Buelna. This initiative, which has been supporting the fight against cancer for more than 14 years, has earmarked the funds for two […]
Researchers from the IDIVAL nursing research group and the University of Cantabria together with the Rey Juan Carlos University and the Pneumology Service of the Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital (HUMV), have published a new study in the journal Pathogens that addresses the relationship between biological biomarkers and the symptoms of persistent COVID, such as […]
The team of the Haematology Department of the Marqués de Valdecilla Hospital–IDIVAL, with Dr. Arancha Bermúdez as principal investigator, has participated in a leading international clinical trial on the treatment of chronic graft-versus-recipient disease (cGVHD). The results have recently been published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine. CGRID is a serious, long-term complication […]
Next Friday, 29 September, from 17:00 hours, IDIVAL (Valdecilla Health Research Institute) will be present at the European Researchers’ Night, which will be held in Plaza Pombo in Santander. This scientific dissemination event, organised by the University of Cantabria, will bring together more than 100 researchers from various institutions to bring science closer to society […]
