Milestones

1. Cruz AJ, Volkert D. Malnutrition in Older Adults. N Engl J Med. 2025;392(22): 2244-2255. DOI:10.1056/NEJMra2412275. Review article in NEJM (Q1/D1, highest global impact, IF 78.5). This highlights the group's status as an international leader in geriatric nutrition, with invited articles in high-impact journals.
2. Leadership by group researchers in intramural grant programs for research projects by early-career researchers, associate clinicians, and/or emerging groups at Ramón y Cajal University Hospital: (1) Multimodal approach to sarcopenia and its prognostic impact in older patients hospitalized for acute heart failure (MUSICA Study)-Code: IMP-25. Geriatrics-Internal Medicine Collaboration. Principal Investigators: Montero Errasquín and Pérez Nieva; and (2) Efficacy of hospital-based physical therapy assisted by artificial intelligence with real-time feedback in frail patients with hip fractures. Randomized Clinical Trial-Code: IMP-25. Collaboration between Geriatrics and Rehabilitation. Principal Investigators: Mejía Ramírez de Arellano and Ocaña García.
3. 2025 Salgado Alba Clinical Award, presented by the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology for the best oral presentation in poster format in the clinical category, presented at the 65th National Congress of Geriatrics and Gerontology under the title: "Reliability and Diagnostic Capability of the Eforto Dynamometer Compared to the Jamar Dynamometer in the Assessment of Grip Strength." June 2025.
4. Completion of the AEQUI study and publication of the results in a Q1 journal in the field of infectious diseases: Veronese N et al. Measuring the impact of hospitalization for infectious diseases on the quality of life of older patients in four European countries: the AEQUI longitudinal matched cohort study (2020-2023). Clin Microbiol Infect. May 2025;31(5):847-854. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2025.01.009. Based on this study, a collaboration has been initiated with the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases to reanalyze the database and conduct a doctoral thesis.
5. Grant awarded for the European project "SONETTO: Sarcopenic Obesity Prevention through Nutrition, Exercise, and Technology to Prevent Overreliance on Secondary Care," led by Dr. Cruz in collaboration with primary care, funded by the Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS) Joint Call Secretariat (JCS) Call 2025, through the ISCIII.