The conference “Preventing Frailty from Primary and Community Care: Lessons Learned and Challenges,” organized by the Marqués de Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL) together with the Cantabrian Health Service (SCS), brought together healthcare and social professionals, researchers, community stakeholders, and citizens to address one of the main challenges associated with aging: frailty. The meeting, led by […]
The Marqués de Valdecilla Health Research Institute (IDIVAL) has awarded one of the projects from its INNVAL program to researcher Paula Paras, a nurse, physiotherapist, and PhD in Health Sciences, to create and validate the first comprehensive tool designed to consistently assess elimination ostomies and their complications. The initiative aims to address a widely recognized […]
On the occasion of February 11, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, the Valdecilla Health Research Institute (IDIVAL) brought together five female researchers to talk—without hierarchies or generational labels—about what it means today to dedicate oneself to science. The group interview, featuring professionals from different biomedical fields, offers an honest perspective on […]
The European Union has officially launched the European Joint Action on Personalised Cancer Medicine (JA PCM), an ambitious initiative bringing together 29 European countries and more than 140 organisations with the aim of advancing more personalised, equitable, and evidence-based cancer care across Europe. The project is coordinated by Sciensano, the Belgian Institute of Public Health, […]
The Marqués de Valdecilla Research Institute (IDIVAL) is organizing the 7th edition of the course “Neurology Update. Neurology in Primary Care”, which will take place on February 10, 11 and 12, 2026, at the Hotel Palacio de Arce (Puente Arce). The course will be directed and coordinated by Manuel Delgado Alvarado and Javier Riancho Zarrabeitia, […]
Researcher Mónica López Fanarraga, head of the Nanomedicine Group at the Valdecilla Health Research Institute (IDIVAL) and Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Cantabria, has been selected in the latest call of the INNVAL programme. Her project tackles one of the major challenges in biomedical research: how to store DNA safely, efficiently, and […]
Decision-making on the pricing and reimbursement of medicines is one of the major challenges facing today’s healthcare systems. This was the central focus of the lecture “Decision-making on drug pricing and reimbursement: value frameworks, elements, and structured decision-making”, delivered by Pilar Pinilla as part of the Santander Biomedical Lectures series. The session addressed how countries […]
The Valdecilla Health Research Institute (IDIVAL) has awarded funding, through the INNVAL program, to a project led by César González-Blanch, clinical psychologist at the Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, which will analyze—over a ten-year follow-up period—the economic impact of Eating Disorders (EDs) and their implications for planning and innovation in mental health within the Cantabrian […]
The ASPIRE-AECC project. a clinical trial aimed at developing new therapeutic approaches to improve survival in hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of liver cancer. Funded by the Spanish Association Against Cancer and its Scientific Foundation, the study is being conducted within a multicenter consortium that brings together leading oncology teams. Within this framework, IDIVAL […]
The Tabacalera Civic Centre will host the CIRCE Cantabria Conference, “Preventing Frailty from Primary and Community Care: Lessons Learned and Future Challenges”, a meeting that will bring together healthcare professionals, institutions, patients, and community agents with the aim of sharing results, experiences, and challenges in the prevention of frailty among older adults. The event, which […]
