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