In 2006, the Reina Sofia Foundation and the Ministry of Health signed an agreement to create a research unit on Alzheimer's disease, to be located in the centre that the aforementioned foundation was building at the time in Vallecas (Madrid) with the aim of promoting studies on this pathology from a multidisciplinary perspective.
The agreement was signed by H.M. Queen Sofia and the Minister of Health, Elena Salgado, on behalf of the Center for Research on Neurological Diseases (CIEN), part of the Carlos III Institute of the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs.
In its first year of operation, the unit will have a budget of 996,000 euros for its start-up and initial funding, which will come from the CIEN budget. In addition, the Reina Sofia Foundation would provide an additional 600,000 euros for research projects to be carried out during that year.
As Elena Salgado explained at the time, this unit will provide its services jointly with the care centre and the day centre, which will also be housed in the Vallecas complex, so that the results of its work can be put at the service of patients, who will in turn serve as an aid in clinical trials. It will have 1,100 square metres (currently 1,700) dedicated to research and the best equipment for diagnostic imaging, analysis and treatment of all the samples analysed there, said the Health Minister, who added that lines of research will be developed in genomics, proteomics and through imaging.
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Constitution of the CIEN
On December 3, 2002, the Governing Council of the Carlos III Institute of Health authorised the Institute to carry out all the necessary and pertinent procedures for the constitution of the CIEN.
2002Constitution of the Scientific Committee
On 27 January 2003, the Scientific Committee was constituted. The members of the Executive Committee were appointed. Two elective members were elected to the Board of Trustees. And the coordinator of the Network, ‘D. Isidro Ferrer Abizanda’, was elected.
2003Signing of the Agreement
The Reina Sofia Foundation and the CIEN, dependent on the Carlos III Institute of Health, sign an agreement for the creation of the Alzheimer Project Research Unit.
2006Inauguration of the Centre
The Reina Sofia Foundation Alzheimer Centre was inaugurated on 8 March 2007. A few months later, CIEN begins its activities.
2007