On February 14, the Call for Official Selection of the Scientific Director of the Marqués de Valdecilla Research Institute Foundation (IDIVAL) has been published in the Official Gazette of Cantabria. The functions of the Scientific Director are contemplated in article 35 of the founding Statutes (link to the Statutes of IDIVAL) Applicants who meet the […]

The Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) is emerging as the most frequent approach to the treatment of aortic stenosis, which is the most frequent valvular disease and in increasing prevalence given population aging. One of the most frequent drawback of the TAVI procedure is cardiac conduction alterations, which, although not prognostically serious, involve resource consumption […]

The IDIVAL Equality Plan was approved by the Foundation's Equality Commission within the framework established by Organic Law 3/2007 of March 22 for the effective equality of women and men and was ratified by the Board of Trustees of the June 28 After being registered with the General Directorate of Labor, the Equality and Diversity […]

The Board of Trustees of the Marqués de Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL) has approved the public call for the selection of the position of scientific director, vacant in its staff. The bases of this call will be published soon in the Official Gazette of Cantabria (BOC). Among the requirements that candidates must meet are those […]

The rheumatology service of the Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, in collaboration with the dermatology, internal medicine and statistical service, has carried out a cross-sectional study on psoriatic arthritis in collaboration with the University Hospital of the Canary Islands. This study has been published in The Journal of Rheumatology. The addition of carotid ultrasound in […]

The XI National Biobank Congress, which will be held on November 19 and 20 at the Santemar Hotel in Santander presents its corporate image. The National Biobank Congress is held annually and this year 2020 is held in the city of Santander. The Congress is being organized by the Valdecilla Biobank, the National Biobank Network […]

The IDIVAL Psychiatry group has published the article “Dissecting the functional outcomes of first episode schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a 10-year follow-up study in the PAFIP cohort” in the journal Psychological Medicine. The objective of the study was to assess the functionality of patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum disorder 10 years after having had […]

Next Thursday, January 30, the next conference of the fourth edition of the Santander Biomedical Lectures program organized by IDIVAL, the University of Cantabria and the IBBTEC given by Dr. Xavier Bossuyt with the title “Laboratory evaluation of primary immunodeficiency” will take place. Dr. Bossuyt will describe the different approaches from the Immunology laboratory when […]

The Interlibrary Loan or Document Obtaining Service (SOD) is a basic form of cooperation between libraries that allows to complement the own fund with that of other libraries. That all libraries have everything subscribed is, in addition to unnecessary, economically unsustainable. The current logic, which the Marquise de Pelayo Library follows, is that all libraries […]

Project PI19/01580 “New immunotherapies for bladder cancer” directed by Dr. Carmen Álvarez Domínguez has been funded by the Carlos III Health Institute in the 2019 Call for Strategic Health Action 2017-2020, Health Research Projects for an amount of € 105,270. Bladder cancer is the fifth most common cancer with a higher prevalence in men than […]