During the Regional Health Congress held in Comillas (Cantabria), two projects developed within the framework of the Joint Action PreventNCD were presented, focusing on health equity and approaches to tackling smoking. As part of Work Package 7 (WP7), professionals from the Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital (HUMV) and the Marqués de Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL) […]
The Marqués de Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL) has joined this European initiative through its Medical Oncology and Hematologic Neoplasms and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant teams, following their participation in the previous eCAN Joint Action. The new eCAN Plus Joint Action, officially launched this month in Brussels, aims to improve cancer prevention and care across Europe […]
On 24 June 2025, the Regional Minister of Health of the Government of Cantabria, César Pascual, presented the Award for International Trajectory in the Protection of the Right to Health to Professor Rafael Yuste Rojas, recognised as a ‘figure of international research relevance’. This award, promoted by the Regional Ministry of Health through the Health […]
Researcher María Muñoz San Martín, from the Marqués de Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL), has been awarded the Cajal Award in the Neurology category in the first edition of these recognitions, promoted by Merck and the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) through its Chair of Innovation in Science and Health. The award ceremony took place on […]
Researchers from the Clinical and Translational Research Group in Digestive Diseases at the Marqués de Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL) have coordinated a national multicenter study that, for the first time, analyzes the incidence of opportunistic infections in patients with autoimmune hepatitis. The results, recently published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, confirm that these types of […]
Today marks the start of the 18th Interregional Meeting on the Legal Protection of Patients at the Menéndez Pelayo International University (UIMP), a nationally renowned event in the field of healthcare law and bioethics. The event is actively co-organized by the Marqués de Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL) through its Healthcare Law and Bioethics Research Group. […]
With over 47,000 participants, Cohorte Cantabria continues moving forward in its mission to collect samples and data to advance biomedical research. After four years of work, the project now boasts 16 established scientific collaborations and financial support from the Government of Cantabria. The project’s coordinating team is already preparing the follow-up phase, which will include […]
Colegio Torreánaz has recently donated a total of €3,035 to the Marqués de Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL) to support research in multiple sclerosis. This donation is the result of a charity walk organized by the school, in collaboration with local businesses, families, and students, with the aim of allocating the funds raised to a biomedical […]
His outstanding career in the development of sensors and light-based technologies is recognized, becoming the first Spanish researcher to receive this prestigious accolade José Miguel López-Higuera, a researcher affiliated with the Valdecilla Health Research Institute (IDIVAL), has been awarded the OFS29 Lifetime Achievement Award, an international recognition honoring a lifetime of scientific, technical, and organizational […]
On September 26th and 27th, the Hotel Bahía in Santander will once again become a meeting point for professionals in Neurophysiology and Intensive Care Medicine with the celebration of the 2nd Course on Electroencephalographic Monitoring in Intensive Care. Following the success of its first edition in 2023, this new gathering incorporates the contributions and suggestions […]
