The fourth edition of the Salud Investiga Awards includes a new modality that recognizes biomedical innovation
The awards, which are convened annually from this year, aim to distinguish and publicize the R & D & I in Health developed by Andalusian professionals.
The Ministry of Equality, Health and Social Policies has recently convened the fourth edition of the Salud Investiga Awards, a contest that aims to recognize R & D & I in Health and science of excellence by professionals of the Andalusian Public Health System (SSPA). In this way, the objective of the awards - which were biennial in nature and which are convened annually from this year on - is to publicize the projects, initiatives and outstanding professional careers that, from Andalusian health, contribute to the generation and application of knowledge, as well as to promote research and innovative work.
The awards contemplate six modalities in which you can participate individually, by groups and by projects. As a novelty in this edition, the category of "Biomedical Innovation" is added, which arises from the need to recognize the transversal and multidisciplinary nature that derives from the technological development and innovation that take place in the Andalusian Public Health System. Thus, this new modality is added to the already usual ones of "Isabel Fernández to Healthcare Research", "Young", "Alliances and scientific cooperation", "Public Health" and "Avant-garde research".
The bases of the call can be consulted at the following link and the research staff interested in participating may send their request until January 24 at 15.00:XNUMX p.m. The presentation of candidatures will be done exclusively through the telematic application available on the web, where the candidates will be able to access the application form and attach the necessary documentation. After the deliberation process, the jury -chaired by the Deputy Minister of Equality, Health and Social Policies, Aquilino Alonso-, will decide the award, making it public at the ceremony. The awarded researchers will receive a sculpture and an accrediting diploma.
Recognition of scientific practice in Andalusia
Framed in the so-called Health Investiga Spaces, an initiative promoted by the Ministry of Equality, Health and Social Policies and managed by the Andalusian Public Progress and Health Foundation, the awards include up to six modalities to which professionals who develop their scientific work in within the Andalusian Public Health System.
In this way, the "Isabel Fernández to healthcare research" modality recognizes the continuous work of the professional who dedicates his efforts to the search for innovative solutions in favor of health through scientific development. The jury will take into consideration those professionals who generate knowledge and efficiently apply the results of research to the healthcare field, and in turn will assess that the knowledge generated is transferable to the industry, with the aim that it reaches society. .
For its part, the “Young” modality aims to promote and distinguish the scientific activity of those professionals born after 1974 who develop, within Andalusian health, high-quality research activities with commitment, ethical integrity and methodological rigor. The objective of this category is to encourage talent and scientific vocation since researchers begin to develop their careers. To qualify for the award, a minimum scientific production of three publications as first or last authors, or as corresponding authors, is required.
Thirdly, the category “Alliances and scientific cooperation” rewards the contribution to the strengthening and articulation of the R&D&i system in the Public Health System of Andalusia, to increase its efficiency and its impact on the health of citizens. In this sense, those activities that promote the cohesion of research groups and the increase of the critical mass within Andalusian health, as well as the strengthening of public-private cooperation and the participation of Andalusian research groups, will be taken into account. in international R+D+i activities. Collaboration between universities, clinicians and companies, and cross-border cooperation for the development of research projects, as well as the exchange of young researchers, will also be valued.
On the other hand, research work in the field of public health contributes to risk control, promotes healthy habits and behaviors, active aging and citizens' control over their own health, getting citizens involved. For this reason, the "Public Health" modality rewards the results of research work carried out in the area of surveillance and promotion of the health of the population in general, as well as those works that identify problems and areas for improvement, monitor the organization, quality and scope of services, identify intervention measures and evaluate their impact on health and their application.
The fifth of these modalities, "Cutting edge research" aims to distinguish the results of scientific projects dedicated to the search and opening of new fields of biomedical study that can develop new ways for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases. This category includes everything from stem cell research to nanomedicine or genetic research carried out based on originality, intellectual risk and heterodoxy that, from Andalusia, directs its development to be the medicine of the future.
Lastly, the "Salud Investiga Awards 2013" this year include a new modality, "Biomedical Innovation", which arises from the multidisciplinary and transversal nature that characterizes technological development and innovation. Advances in technology, the creation of wealth within the framework of sustained development and the transfer of information and knowledge are engines that allow the advancement of biomedicine. Thus, this new category aims to recognize the results obtained after the multidisciplinary work of the professionals of the Public Health System of Andalusia, who are capable of approaching, from different specialties, the path that travels from an idea to its materialization, in a process of organizational or care innovation in a product. The areas in which this type of innovation finds great potential are, among others, quality management, evaluation and organization, participation and socio-health care.