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CIBER Annual report 2019 101
Presentation
by the Scientific Director
Ferran Barbé Illa
Dear Friends:
I am pleased to present the CIBERES 2019 Annual Report.
As you will see on the following pages, CIBERES has continued to carry out an important scientific activity. As an example, our number of publications grew significantly with a good percentage of inter- and intra-CIBER collaborative publications, which shows that our goal of increasing collaborations between groups is being achieved.
We must continue working in this line of collaboration, perhaps the main mandate of the CIBER consortium, to allow researchers of excellence to work together and present results that can be transferred to society quickly and safely.
In 2019, we were unable to organise our Annual Scientific Conference. The Teaching Days, however, were successfully organised in which many of our young researchers were able to present their work and get to know the rest of the participants.
As a noteworthy result of the Teaching Days, I would like to point out the publication, for the second consecutive year, of the communications presented in the Archives of Bronchopneumology of Elsevier. The publication of an online supplement in the journal was possible thanks to an agreement of the CIBERES Teaching Commission with the Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery SEPAR and Elsevier. It compiles 60 abstracts from both oral communications and posters and long-term mobility grant papers presented by researchers from CIBERES groups. See communications.
Another notable milestone in 2019 was the meeting held in May by the External Scientific Advisory Committee (ESAC) of CIBERES during the American Thoracic Society congress in Dallas (USA). At the meeting, not only was the pro- gress and results of our Centre reported, but several young researchers were able to present their research to ESAC members as part of the award they received for presenting excellent work at the Teaching Days of 2018. After the meeting, the president of the ESAC, Dr. Gozal, issued a report of recommendations for CIBERES that was presented to the Governing Board.
It is complex to highlight some of the many news that were published on our website during 2019. This is that other important element on which we must continue working. Communication and dissemination of our work is essential. We must take advantage of the possibilities offered by our Communication Department of the Technical Office- press releases, web news, RSS- to make our activity known. It should be noted that, fortunately, our website receives increa- singly more visits and is becoming a point of reference for respiratory diseases.
I want to end another year thanking you all for the excellent work you do and your commitment to science.