Carolina Lapena: "The pandemic has made us learn that we have to take care of caregivers more"

The study "Overload in informal caregivers of people cared for at home by primary care during the pandemic", developed by nursing residents of CAP Bon Pastor, El Carmel, La Mina and Poblenou has recently obtained two recognitions: the prize of the fourteenth Research Conference for Residents of Primary Care and the Community of Barcelona City (APBCN) and also the 1st prize of the 11th Conference of specialists in Family and Community Nursing of the Family and Community Nursing Association of Catalonia (AIFICC). We talk to Carolina Lapena, specialist nurse and researcher at the IDIAPJGol, who has been the tutor for this promotion.

New study links overweight and obesity to more cancers than previously shown

Longitudinal body mass index and cancer risk: a cohort study of 2.6 million Catalan adults, published in Nature Communications, has found that overweight and obesity during early adulthood (between ages 18-40 years) could be linked with up to 18 cancers, with some of these cancers not previously associated to weight as a risk factor. The results of the study, found the longer the length of time, greater the degree, and younger the age of overweight and obesity, the higher the associated risk of developing 18 different cancers.

David Verde, head of innovation at IDIAPJGol: "We want to help researchers define the line between research and innovation"

David Verde is a very unusual geologist. After graduating, he was Research Manager at the UB, Project Manager at the Clínic Foundation, R&D Promoter at the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation and director of business development at Ymaging. He landed at IDIAPJGol five years ago and he has been responsible for innovation for two years now.

Scientific production module of the Fundanet to be launched soon

This year, at IDIAPJGol, we launched Fundanet, a management software that replaces the old accounting program and also the GIR. The first part of the implementation has been financial management and research projects, and little by little, we are rolling out the rest of the modules.

Latest scientific papers published

During the month of June, the IDIAPJGol research staff published 27 new articles in national and international scientific journals. You can consult them below.

SIDIAP is participating in European Medicines Agency’s DARWIN EU network

The IDIAPJGol’s database, which includes information on Primary Care records from Catalonia, was selected to be part of the new DARWIN EU® network dedicated to support regulatory decision-making throughout the lifecycle of medicinal products