28/04/2015

The Department of Experimental and Health Sciences (DCEXS) of the UPF has been recognized as a "María de Maeztu" Excellence Unit

We are very proud to announce that the DCEXS has been recognized as a "María de Maeztu" Excellence Unit by the spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. The DCEXS is one of the six research units in Spain to receive this award in the last call.

As Arcadi Navarro, director of the DCEXS, said "as a member of the Pompeu Fabra University, it makes us especially proud the acknowledgement of the effort made to demonstrate that a university department can make first class research."

According to the Secretary of State for R&D of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, the DCEXS is considered a leading unit in biomedical research in Europe. It has a significant portfolio of patents, start-ups and spin-offs, a list of global collaborations and a PhD program in Biomedicine internationally recognized.

The Research Programme on Biomedical Informatics (GRIB) is a joint research programme of IMIM-Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute and the Department of Experimental and Health Sciences of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF).