Dr. Cristóbal Belda became Director of the ISCIII (Carlos III Health Institute) last August. Until his appointment, he had served as the Institute’s Deputy Director General with direct responsibility for operational management...
Since January 2015, under the supervision of its Director General, Dr. Valentín Fuster, the scientific activity of the Spanish National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) has been organised in two overarching departments: Basic Research and Clinical Research, both of which are fully interconnected via three Research Areas...
One of CNIC’s training programmes is Dual Vocational Training, which combines a first year of academic study at an educational institution with a nine-month internship at CNIC during the second year, instead of the more customary three month work placements...