The Department of Health has participated in a European initiative on cancer research in which the Valencian Community has been designated to lead one of the key points of the project, which is the coordination and scientific communication of the event, as well as its results.
The project, called ‘JANE2’ (Joint Actions on Networks of Expertise 2), involves more than 29 countries, as well as 121 institutions, and is funded by the European Union with a total of 40.5 million euro. The aim is to create work networks made up of scientific research staff and healthcare professionals to promote cancer research at a European level.
In this regard, the Director General of Research and Innovation, Mariola Penadés, has travelled to Milan to participate in the presentation of the project and give a talk on scientific research.
According to Mariola Penadés, “the organisational reinforcement carried out by the Ministry of Health, through the creation of the new service for the Promotion of Networks and Centres of Excellence, together with the incorporation of professional profiles with extensive experience in research and management of European projects, has made it possible to guarantee the presence of the Valencian Community in the main European biosanitary research projects”.
Participation in European research
The Ministry of Health has boosted the Valencian presence in European research initiatives such as ‘CancerWatchJA’ or ‘JANE2’ itself, integrated into the ‘EU4Health’ programme; which is endowed with more than 5.3 billion euro and constitutes one of the key pillars for the future constitution and consolidation of the European Health Union.
Likewise, it has also participated in the development of the innovative FECYT R&D projects for public innovation, which, following the recommendations of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, plan, through the ‘Science4Policy’ paradigm, to improve the design and implementation of public biosanitary research policies, and the transfer of their results, in the form of better clinical treatments.
In short, “the efforts coordinated by the Ministry of Health in the field of biomedical research aim to consolidate the presence of the Valencian Community at the heart of European biomedical research, as well as to import, for the benefit of the health of Valencian citizens, the best continental research practices and results,” Penadés concluded.
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