The ibs.GRANADA organized a research conference to promote the research career among health professionals
In this meeting, the steps to take to develop a career as scientists have been approached to young health workers
The Biosanitary Research Institute of Granada (ibs.GRANADA) has organized this Friday, a conference for postdoctoral researchers in order to bring the most important human resources aid to become a scientist within the health environment.
The conference entitled "Ibs.GRANADA Postdoctoral Research Conference", was held at the San Cecilio Clinical University Hospital in Granada, and was inaugurated by the managing director of the Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital, María Ángeles García, the deputy medical director of the Hospital Clinical University, Antonio Guisado; and the scientific director of ibs.GRANADA, Maria José Sánchez.
Numerous researchers from all the institutions that make up ibs.GRANADA, who have already developed a career as scientists, have participated as speakers in this scientific meeting. In it, an in-depth approach has been made to the professional career of the postdoctoral researcher, the aid for the research career and its promotion in health centers. ibs.GRANADA researchers have also been made aware of the characteristics of the Institute and the options offered by its structure and research groups, as an opportunity to pursue a research career.
In the words of Olga Ocón, scientific coordinator of the conference, together with Per Anderson: "They are pioneering conferences in biomedical research institutes, but at the same time necessary to offer future prospects for a research career, such as providing guidance on existing funding or what areas the institute offers to continue researching”
One of the opportunities of this event has been to have Belén Jiménez, Director of the Health R&I Line of the Progreso y Salud Foundation, who has presented all the aids to link the different contracts of the research career.
According to the scientific director of ibs.GRANADA, Maria José Sánchez, who presented the Institute at these conferences: “ibs.GRANADA postdoctoral researchers are the present and future of our Institute and we have to be able to retain this scientific and innovative, offering them more resources, opportunities and better conditions for the development of a research career in the Biosanitary Research Institutes”
Miguel Rodriguez, researcher at ibs.GRANADA and the EASP, has highlighted the need for researchers to have good training in research methodology and has presented the Training Itinerary in Research Methodology of the SSPA (IFeMI).
This meeting, which was attended by more than fifty professionals with a scientific interest, provided a forum for discussion on the options and difficulties that researchers at the Institute have in pursuing a research career, their research training and how to integrate it into Health centers.
About the ibs.GRANADA
The Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, is the only center accredited by the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII) that develops biomedical research of excellence in Granada and one of the four accredited in Andalusia by the ISCIII.
The ibs.GRANADA is structured into four Scientific Areas: Oncology, Precision Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health, and Advanced Technology and Therapies, which carry out intense research activity and lead the transfer of research results to society, which are reflected in the 1.082 publications made in scientific journals during 2021, which add up to a total of 5.719 impact factor points.
Currently, the Institute brings together more than 1.091 professionals and 71 multidisciplinary research groups that make up, from the University of Granada, the Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital, the San Cecilio Clinical University Hospital, the Andalusian School of Public Health and the Primary Care centers of the Granada-Metropolitan Health District.
The main objectives of ibs.GRANADA are to promote biomedical, clinical and epidemiological research carried out by the different groups attached to the institute and to facilitate translational research in Granada hospitals. This research activity translates into the generation of knowledge and the transfer of scientific advances towards the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of priority health problems in Andalusia.