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Organization
Organisational structure
The CIBERDEM 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 Diabetes and associated Metabolic Diseases area is made up of 29 research groups, keeping its
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 CIBERDEM are the Governing Body and the Permanent Commission, common for all the CIBER research areas.
independence as regards scientific management. Its organisational structure is based on the research groups belonging to this and its activity revolves around the Research Programmes and Transver- sal Programmes, with a coordinator for each Pro- gramme belonging to the Steering Committee. Sci- entific decisions are made by the Scientific Director, advised by said Steering Committee and the Exter- nal 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 of 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 Committee of CIBERDEM
NAME
Eduard Montanya Ángela Martínez Franz Martín Antonio Zorzano Ángel Nadal Anna Novials Manuel Sánchez
POST HELD
Scientific Director Programme 1 Coordinator Programme 2 Coordinator Programme 3 Coordinator Training Coordinator Outreach Coordinator Managing Director
Scientific Director Assistant: Isabel Ramis
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