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Organization
Organisational structure
The CIBER-BBN is one of the eight thematic areas forming the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER), a Spanish research consortium in the field of biomedical research with great scientific potential, under the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) – Ministry of the Economy and Competitiveness.
The bioengineering, biomaterials and nanomedi- cine area is made up of 44 research groups, keep-
The External Scientific Committee is a body for scientific support and advice, made up of relevant personalities in the field of health sciences standing out for their professional or scientific careers in line with the objectives of the of the thematic area.
The senior administrative bodies of the CIBER-BBN are the Governing Body and the Permanent Com- mission, common for all the CIBER research areas.
ing its independence as regards scientific man- agement. Its organisational structure is based on the research groups belonging to this and its ac- tivity revolves around the Research Programmes and Transversal Programmes, with a coordinator for each Programme belonging to the Steering Committee. Scientific decisions are made by the Scientific Director, advised by said Steering Com- mittee and the External Scientific Committee.
The Steering Committee is presided over by the Scientific Director and made up of the coordinators of the programmes and Managing Director of the CIBER.
The Governing Body is made up of three representatives of the ISCIII and by an institutional representative of each of the centres in the consortium. It is presided over by the Director of the ISCIII and meets every six months.
The Permanent Commission is an executive committee made up by the ISCIII and 8 members of the Governing Body, who can be renewed on an annual basis.
Both the operation and the purposes of the governing, support and advisory bodies are established in the statutes of the CIBER.
Members of the Steering Advisory Comittee of CIBER-BBN
NAME
Ramón Martínez-Máñez José Becerra
Jordi Aguiló
Julio San Román
POST HELD
Scientific Director
Deputy Scientific Director
Bioengineering and Medical Imaging Coordinator Biomaterials and Advanced Therapies Coordinator Nanomedicine Coordinator
ICTS / Platforms Coordinator
Industrial Transfer Coordinator
Translating Clinical Coordinator
Training Coordinator
Strategic Plan Coordinator
Managing Director
M. Pilar Marco
Jaume Veciana
Simó Schwartz
Ramon Mangues
Raimon Jané
Jesús Santamaría
Manuel Sánchez
Scientific Director Assistant: Begoña Pérez
6 I Annual report 2015 I CIBER-BBN