Institute of Health Research No in (IIS La Fe) will finance five projects, worth €50,000 each, within the “Ajudes” programme. Maria Jordan Sans'.
This is a call aimed at creating basic scientific research projects and Transitive In the fields of oncology and intergroup cardiology*IIS Faith and fulfillment of the will of the Valencian seamstress Maria Jordan Sansexpressed in his will.
The selected projects address challenges such as neurological complications of immunotherapy in systemic cancer Cardiotoxicity In patients with cancer, soft tissue and bone sarcomas, the role of cytokines in metastasis and the search for biomarkers of heart disease.
The call is born from a common inheritance Maria Jordan Sansa seamstress by profession, developed her career in London for 50 years and died in 2017. Maria Jordan He left his roots to cancer and heart disease researchIIS Faith is the first solidarity legacy you receive*IIS La Fe, thanks to the inheritance amount, the following calls will be made in successive years.
This call enabled the launch of a pioneering citizen participation initiative with the aim of bringing society closer to the world of biomedical research through the evaluation of scientific projects.
This is the citizens' committeeIIS La Fe, formed by representatives of patient associations, business, social groups, health managers and the non-university education sector, which evaluated the proposals submitted for internal AIDS advocacy Maria Jordan Sans“For research in cardiology and oncologyIIS Faith.
Maria Jordan Sans She was a seamstress by profession and developed her career in London for 50 years. He died in 2017 at the age of 73. Single and without children, she immigrated at a very young age to London, where she began working in a high-end fashion workshop which she ended up managing. His family recalled that in London he learned about the tradition of donations to research causes. In addition, his personal experience with the death of two friends, due to heart disease and tumors, led him to decide to write a will in favor of biomedical research.
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