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Governing bodies

The Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona-Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (FRCB-IDIBAPS) is the result of the integration in 2023 of the Hospital Clínic Foundation for Biomedical Research (FCRB), created in 1989, and the consortium August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), created in 1996. It is a nonprofit foundation with a board of governors representing the Catalan Government departments of Health and of Research and Universities, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, and Universitat de Barcelona.

As established in the statutes of the institution, “the Board of Trustees is the Foundation’s governing and administrative body. It represents and manages the Foundation, and assumes all powers and functions necessary to achieve the Foundation’s purpose". To ensure that the administration of governance of the Foundation is as agile as possible, the Board of Trustees has appointed a Delegate Committee. Among other things, the Delegate Committee will draw up the order of the day for Board of Trustee sessions, review documentation to be presented, conduct periodic monitoring of the work of management and monitor all pacts and agreements signed.

Board of Trustees

Position on Board of Trustees	Position within the Institution	Name
Chair	Head of the competent department for Health	Manel Balcells i Díaz Health Minister
Vice-chair	Head of the competent department for Research	Joaquim Nadal i Farreras Minister of Research and Universities
2nd Vice-chair	CEO, Hospital Clínic Barcelona (HCB)	Josep Maria Campistol i Plana
3rd Vice-chair	Rector, University of Barcelona (UB)	Joan Guàrdia i Olmos
Member	HCB medical director	Antoni Castells i Garangou
Member	1 person designated by the Health Department	Montserrat Llavayol i Giralt Deputy Director General for Research and Innovation in Health
Member	1 person designated by the Research Department	Joan Gómez i Pallarès Director General for Research, Ministry of Research and Universities
Member	1 internal representative, appointed by the Governing Council, proposed by the Hospital Clínic Facultative Board from among its members with recognised prestige in the field of research	Susana Puig i Sardà Head of the Hospital Clínic Dermatology Service and IDIBAPS research group leader
Member	1 external representative with links to the field of economics, appointed by the Governing Council, proposed by the Directorate-General	Núria Mas i Canal Economist specialising in the health sector
Member	1 person designated by the rector of the UB	Jordi García i Fernández UB Vice-rector for Research
Non-trustee secretary	Head of the Legal and Administrative Department, Health Ministry	Maria Jesús Jiménez i Hernández

Delegate Committee

Position on the Delegate Committee	Position within the Institution	Name
Chair	Trustee designated by the Head of the competent department for research	Joan Gómez Pallarès
Vice-chair	Trustee designated by the Head of the Health Department	Montserrat Llavayol i Giralt
Member	Trustee Director General HCB	Josep Maria Campistol i Plana
Member	Trustee Medical Director HCB	Antoni Castells i Garangou
Member	Trustee designated by the Rector of the UB	Jordi García Fernández
Member with voice but no vote	Trustee appointed by the Governing Council, proposed by the Facultative Board from among its members with recognised prestige in the field of research	Susana Puig Sardà
Attending with voice but no vote	HCB Director of Research	Josep Rodés i Cabau
	FRCB-IDIBAPS Director	Elías Campo i Güerri
	FRCB-IDIBAPS Manager	David Badia
Non-trustee secretary	Head of the Legal and Administrative Department, Health Ministry	Maria Jesús Jiménez

External scientific council

Position	Name
President CIC bioGUNE	José María Mato
Director CIBERNED	Jesús Ávila
Co-director of Scientific Research - Institut Pasteur Shangai	Fernando Arenzana-Seisdedos
Professor- IIBM “Alberto Sols” - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid	Amparo Cano
Head of Cardiology department - Hospital Gregorio Marañón	Francisco Fernández Avilés
Director - IDIBAPS (2008-2017) Emeritus professor - Universitat de Barcelona Emeritus researcher - IDIBAPS	Ramon Gomis
Professor of Physiology – Universidad de Sevilla Coordinator of Research – Hospital universitario Virgen del Rocío	José López Barneo
Head of Cardiology department – Hospital Clínico San Carlos President – Fundación Española del Corazón	Carlos Macaya
Director - MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology – King’s College London	Óscar Marín
Professor of Biology Director - Instituto Universitario de Biología Molecular Universidad Autónoma de Madrid	Federico Mayor
ICREA professor - Universitat Pompeu Fabra	Pura Muñoz
Researcher Columbia University	Teresa Palomero
Associate professor School of Medicine – New York University	Àngel Pellicer
Professor of Immunology – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Scientific director – Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital La Princesa	Francisco Sánchez-Madrid
Professor of Microbiology – Universidad de Salamanca Director – Centro de Investigación del Cáncer	Eugenio Santos
Professor of Molecular Nutrition and Metabolism Director - Cambridge Phenomics Centre	Antonio Vidal-Puig