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The newspaper Diario Médico has published an interview with Joan Guinovart, director of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and president of the Spanish Confederation of Scientific Societies (Cosce). The interview addresses the state of science in Spain and covers topics as diverse as the MIR exam for future doctors and the lack of a science advisory board in the Congress. ‘The training, attraction and retention of talent are the key to our future,’ says Guinovart.
About IRB Barcelona
The Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) pursues a society free of disease. To this end, it conducts multidisciplinary research of excellence to cure cancer and other diseases linked to ageing. It establishes technology transfer agreements with the pharmaceutical industry and major hospitals to bring research results closer to society, and organises a range of science outreach activities to engage the public in an open dialogue. IRB Barcelona is an international centre that hosts 400 researchers and more than 30 nationalities. Recognised as a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence since 2011, IRB Barcelona is a CERCA centre and member of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).
