The research group in Neurosciences Parc Taulí-INc, led by Dr. Diego Palao, joins CIBERSAM.

• 10 in June of 2020
• Sun Fernandez Gonzalo
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The group led by Dr. Diego Palao, after a period of association, has been accredited as a group attached to the CYBERSAM (CB19 / 09/00029), fully joining the main Spanish research network in Neurosciences, along with 23 other clinical, preclinical and translational research groups that includes the thematic area of ​​Mental Health of CIBER (CIBERSAM).

The Network Biomedical Research Center Consortium (CIBER), created on the initiative of the Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII)  aims to promote research of excellence in Biomedicine and Health Sciences that is carried out in the National Health System and in the Science and Technology System.

The CIBER groups, organized in different thematic areas, are competitively selected from those with the highest scientific productivity in the country. The groups affiliated to CIBERSAM belong to 8 different autonomies and are mainly dedicated to the ethical and excellence study of mental disorders such as depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, as well as anxiety disorders and mental disorders in childhood and adolescence or therapeutic innovation. . Its mission, therefore, is to provide answers and solutions to treat mental illness that affects almost 30% of the population, contributing to improving the quality of life of citizens.

The Neurosciences Parc Taulí-INc group of CIBERSAM, led by Dr. Palao is made up of clinical researchers in Mental Health and Neurology from the Parc Taulí University Hospital and the I3PT Foundation and basic researchers from the Institut de Neurociènices of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (INc-UAB). This condition of mixed group allows to develop projects of translational research in the “Unit of Translational Neuroscience” recently constituted between the Hospital Parc Taulí and the Autonomous University of Barcelona. The group's research can validate the results of basic research, identify biomarkers that can improve the detection, diagnosis and treatment of various mental disorders, from the paradigm of the stress-vulnerability model. The group has been integrated in the line of "Affective disorders: diagnosis, epidemiology and treatment." The group also aims to promote joint pre- and postdoctoral teaching activities of the staff assigned to each of the institutions, contributing to the training of researchers of excellence. The group of Dr. Palao has also assumed responsibility for coordinating Institutional and Communication Relations within CIBERSAM.