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:

JAVIER DEFELIPE OROQUIETA
Research Professor
Cajal Institute (CSIC)

FRANCISCO GARCÍA DEL PORTILLO
Research Professor
National Center for Biotechnology-CSIC

MANUEL ROMERO GÓMEZ
Managing Director, Virgen del Rocío University Hospital
Professor of Medicine, University of Seville

LLUÍS BLANCH TORRA
Director of Innovation, Parc Taulí Hospital
Parc Taulí Health Corporation

GEMA FRÜHBECK MARTÍNEZ
Director of the Metabolic Research Laboratory, University Clinic of Navarra

JOSÉ GERARDO GARCÍA-LERMA
Head of the Antiretroviral Prophylaxis Group Laboratory Branch
HIV/AIDS Prevention Division, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, United States

Mª ISABEL FABREGAT ROMERO
Head of the TGF-beta and Cancer Group, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute
Professor, University of Barcelona

LAURA LECHUGA GÓMEZ
Professor, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)
Head of the Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications Group, ICN2
Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

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

Mª TERESA MORENO CASBAS
Head of the Research Unit on Care at the ISCIII (INVESTEN)
Director of the Joanna Briggs Spanish Collaborating Centre for Evidence-Based Care (CECBE)

JESUALDO TOMÁS FERNÁNDEZ BREIS
Head of the Knowledge Modeling, Processing and Management Technologies Group. Pascual Parrilla Murcian Institute of Biomedical Research
Professor, University of Murcia

PAULA ECHEVARRÍA SÁNCHEZ
Lawyer
Political Advocacy and Rights Defense at the Platform of Patient Organizations

GLORIA GONZÁLEZ ASEQUINOLAZA
Director of the Gene Therapy Program for Rare Diseases at CIMA
University of Navarra