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In 2017, CIBERESP redesigned its Strategic Plan considering the analysis of strengths, weakness- es, opportunities and threats to take a strategic position as a benchmark in the eld of public health both in Spain and abroad In December there was a change in Scienti c Management, and I agreed to take on this position in order to consolidate the good work done by CIBERESP under the management of Miguel Delgado The study of inequalities in health, the impact of healthcare policies, research into risk factors fa- vouring the appearance of the main diseases in this country, the importance of surveillance sys- tems as useful tools for providing us with new knowledge, investigation into primary and sec- ondary prevention and the assessment of health- care practices are key factors for CIBERESP The over 1000 scienti c articles published in 2017 display a high degree of cooperation
CIBERESP has seven research programmes and one for training In programme 1 the MCC study, with over 10000 participants, has con rmed the reduction of risk associated with compliance with international recommendations on diet and exercise for the main tumours, has proven the bene cial e ect of the Mediterranean diet in less-commonly studied tumours (prostate and gastric cancer) and a possible relationship be- tween trihalomethanes and breast cancer
Programme 2 has obtained several Europe- an projects and contributed publications on the e ectiveness of the in uenza vaccine, the risk of introducing di erent viruses from imported cases, the analysis of the virulence of zoonotic pathogens and new protocols for fast diagnosis of in uenza
Programme 3 has presented its conclusions on “Immigration and health in the context of the crisis in Spain” and the platform for Longitudinal studies in Immigrating Families has published its initial results
Programme 4 provides information on the social determinants of health and several projects were got under way in 2017 From its roughly one hun- dred publications we could highlight a systematic review on the risk of mortality after the treatments for substitution of opioids, published in the BMJ
Programme 5 includes the project entitled Child- hood and Environment (INMA) which monitors the development of over 2000 boys and girls, showing the e ect that contamination has on the develop- ment of the brain and attention de cits after birth Groups from the programme contribute to the re- cruitment and monitoring of PREDIMED
Programme 6 in the cohort of Employment Lives analyses the association between employment ca- reer and mortality We should also stress the re- sults on violence in childhood and suicide and the relationship between co-payment and adherence BiblioPRO continues to be a reference in PRO in- struments
Programme 7 has published results of the EMPA- RO cohort of patients with vesical cancer and a ge- ospatial analysis of diet and cardiovascular mor- tality The programme held sessions on Systematic Reviews, with new methodological prospects
Lastly, the Training Programme enabled national and international mobility of many researchers, consolidating cooperation with CIBEROBN and CIBERDEM for Excellence Encounters in Public Health
Scienti c Director’s Presentation
Marina Pollán Santamaría
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