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THERAPEUTIC INNOVATION PROGRAMME
Francesc Artigas Pérez (G2) Coordinator
Description
The Therapeutic Innovation Programme is a top-quality transversal programme that has an international exposure and channels the efforts of CIBERSAM in the identification of new therapeutic targets and stra- tegies for the purpose of improving treatments existing . The programme is made up of basic and clinical groups and conducts translational and back-translational research, also working on the improvement of experimental models of mental disease . The programme has a long-standing tradition of identifying and developing new pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapeutic strategies .
Identification of the Coordinator and Affiliated Groups
The Therapeutic Innovation Programme is currently made up of 9 research groups, and its coordinator is Dr. Francesc Artigas Pérez:
• Hospital Clínico y Provincial de Barcelona (Dr . Eduard Vieta Pascual)
• Hospital Gregorio Marañón (Dr . Manuel Desco Menéndez)
• Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla (Dr . Benedicto Crespo Facorro)
• Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas de Barcelona . CSIC (Dr . Francesc Artigas Pérez)
• Universidad Complutense de Madrid . Facultad de Medicina (Dr . Juan Carlos Leza Cerro)
• Universidad de Cádiz . Facultad de Medicina (Dr . Juan Antonio Micó Segura)
• Universidad de Cantabria . Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria . (Dr . Ángel Armando Pazos Carro)
• Universidad de Valencia . Facultad de Medicina (Dr . Julio Sanjúan Arias) • Universidad del País Vasco (Dr . José Javier Meana Martínez)
The Programme includes the groups of the coordinators of the Bipolar Disorder Programme (Dr . E . Vieta) and Schizophrenia Programme (Dr . J . Sanjuán), and there is excellent collaboration between several groups with the group of the Depression Programme coordinator (Dr . V . Pérez) . This favours the integration of various programmes . In addition, there are a number of collaborations with various CIBERSAM groups and other CIBERs .
The mission of the Therapeutic Innovation Programme (TIP) consists of conducting multidisciplinary and translational research in the fields of depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder for the purpose of improving already existing treatments for these diseases .
The programme includes highly trained staff, developing a wide range of lines of work, as well as a range of basic and clinical methodologies .
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