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Organisational Structure
The CIBEROBN is one of the thematic areas forming the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER), a Spanish research consortium in the field of biomedical research with great scientific capacity, under the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) – Ministry of the Economy and Competitiveness. In 2016 it was made up of 8 thematic areas, these being extended to 11 in 2017.
The Area of Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition consists of 33 research groups, retaining its own independence in respect of its scientific management. Its organisational structure is based on the research groups belonging to this and its work is done through Research Programmes and Transversal Programmes, with a coordinator for each Programme belonging to the Management Committee. Scientific decisions
are made by the Scientific Director, advised by the Management Committee and the External Scientific Committee.
The senior administrative bodies of the CIBEROBN are the Governing Body and the Permanent Commission, common for all the CIBER research areas. The Governing Body is made up of three representatives of the ISCIII and one 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 annually. Both the operation and the purposes of the governing, support and advisory bodies are defined in the statutes of the CIBER.
The Management Committee is presided over by the Scientific Director and made up of the coordinators of the programmes and the CIBER manager.
Members of the Management Committee
Name
Post
Carlos Diéguez González
Scientific Director
Jordi Salas Salvadó
Nutrition Programme
Dolores Corella Piquer
Nutrition Programme
Gema Frühbeck Martínez
Adipobiology Programme
Francisco Tinahones Madueño
Complications of Obesity Programme
Fernando Fernández Aranda
Neurocognition and Environmental-Biological Factors Programme
Andreu Palou Oliver
New Strategies and Biomarkers Programme
Francesc Villarroya Gombau
Physiopathology of Body Weight Homeostasis Programme
José Manuel Fernández Real
Scientific Platforms
Manuel Tena Sempere
Training Programme
Manuel Sánchez Delgado
Manager of the CIBER
Attached to Scientific Director: Leticia Álvarez Mangas Contact: http://www.ciberobn.es/en/about-us/contact
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