Epidemiology and public health, protagonists in a scientific conference organized by the Biosanitary Research Institute of Granada
The Granada Biosanitary Research Institute (ibs.GRANADA) organized a virtual conference this Friday, under the theme "Research in Times of Crisis," in collaboration with the Andalusian School of Public Health. This meeting, promoted by the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at ibs.GRANADA, headed by Ana Mª Rivas and Basilio Gómez, aims to present the lines of work focused on public health carried out by the Granada institute's research groups and by other groups from the Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital, the San Cecilio University Hospital, the Granada Metropolitan Health District, the University of Granada, and the Andalusian School of Public Health.
The Conference was opened by the Head of the Health Service of the Health and Families Delegation, María del Mar Mochón Ochoa, the managing director of the Granada-Metropolitan Health District, Leticia Soriano; the managing director of the Andalusian School of Public Health, Blanca Fernández-Capel; the Director of Research Centers and Institutes of the Vice-Rector's Office for Research and Transfer of the University of Granada, Francisco O´Valle; the co-head of the Epidemiology and Public Health Area of the ibs.GRANADA, Basilio Gómez; and the acting scientific director of ibs.GRANADA and professor at the Andalusian School of Public Health, María José Sánchez.
Researchers from all the institutions that make up the ibs.GRANADA have participated in this scientific meeting. In it, a multidisciplinary and comprehensive approach to public health has been carried out, with sessions distributed in three discussion tables and poster presentation, which have dealt with the prevention, promotion, participation and surveillance of health, epidemiology, health determinants and development of health care and the microbiome, genetic polymorphisms, environmental pollutants and health outcomes.
This meeting, which was attended by more than a hundred professionals, was an opportunity of the first magnitude to learn about the different scientific projects in epidemiology and public health carried out by the ibs.GRANADA research groups of excellence.
About the ibs.GRANADA
The Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, is the only institute accredited by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (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 in four Scientific Areas: Oncology, Precision Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health and Technology and Advanced Therapies that develop an intense research activity and lead the transfer of research results to society, which are reflected in the 691 publications made in scientific journals, which add up to a total of 2.851 impact factor points, with the average impact factor per article being 4,135, during 2019.
Currently, there are 69 multidisciplinary research groups that make up the Institute, coming from the University of Granada, the Virgen de las Nieves University Hospital, the San Cecilio University Hospital, the Andalusian School of Public Health and the Primary Care centers of the Granada-Metropolitan Health District.
The Institute brings together a thousand professionals and develops 8 research programs in Oncology, Precision Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health, Advanced Therapies, Medical technology and devices, Personalized Medicine, Predictive Medicine and Clinical Research.
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.
