External Scientific Committee

The External Scientific Committee is the advisory body of IRYCIS. It is composed of a minimum of five highly qualified professionals with recognized experience in the field of research.

Functions:

  • Issuing opinions at the request of the Governing Council or the Delegate Commission.
  • Evaluating and studying the potential association of new entities with IRYCIS. If the association is deemed favorable, the External Scientific Committee will forward the association request to the Governing Council for approval.
  • Providing general advisory services to IRYCIS.

Members:

Dr.  Javier DeFelipe Oroquieta
Research Professor
Cajal Institute (CSIC), Madrid

Dr.  Francisco García del Portillo
Research Professor
National Biotechnology Centre-CSIC. Madrid

Dr.  José Antonio Gutiérrez Fuentes
Fundación GADEA por la Ciencia – Director

Prof. Manuel Romero Gómez 
Managing Director
Virgen Macarena University Hospital - Virgen del Rocío. Seville
Professor of Medicine, University of Seville.

Dr. Lluís Blanch Torra
Director of Innovation at Hospital Parc Taulí. President of the Spanish Society of Intensive Care Medicine.
Parc Taulí Health Corporation. Sabadell

Prof.  Gema Frühbeck Martínez 
Director of the Metabolic Research Laboratory. University Clinic of Navarra

Dr. José Gerardo García-Lerma
Head of the Antiretroviral Prophylaxis Group
Laboratory Branch. Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
CDC. USA.

Prof. María Isabel Fabregat Romero
Head of TGF-beta and Cancer Group
Bellvitge Institute of Biomedical Research
Professor at the University of Barcelona

Prof. Laura Lechuga Gómez 
Professor at CSIC
Head of the Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications group at ICN2
Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Barcelona

Prof. Laura Elena Sánchez Piñón 
Professor of Genetics and Head of the Zebrabiores group
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Department of Zoology, Genetics and Physical Anthropology
University of Santiago de Compostela. Galicia

Dra. María Teresa Moreno Casbas 
Head of the ISCIII Research in Care Unit (INVESTEN)
Director of the Joanna Briggs Spanish Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Based Care (CECBE)

Dr. Jesualdo Tomás Fernández Breis
Head of the Knowledge Modeling, Processing and Management Technologies group at the Pascual Parrilla Institute for Biosanitary Research in Murcia
Full Professor, University of Murcia

Paula Echeverría Sánchez
Lawyer
Political Advocacy and Rights Defense in the Platform of Patient Organizations

Dr. Gloria González Aseguinolaza
Director of the Gene Therapy Program for Rare Diseases
CIMA University of Navarra