Investing in physical exercise would entail a substantial saving on health expenditure
The ‘Life Age’ European Project, led by UCAM, ends with an international ‘online’ meeting in which the benefits of physical activity for the improvement of the quality of life of older people are highlighted
The director of athletic performance of the Washington Wizards prepares his doctoral thesis with UCAM
Adam Petway, who was the physical trainer of the Philadelphia 76ers, carries out a research on training and competition load to prevent injuries and improve the performance of NBA players
Researchers conclude that we must see young people as a part of the solution to Covid-19
The 5th International Meeting on Community Health Research, organised by Fundación Index and UCAM, gathers online 423 persons from 13 countries
“We need early diagnosis, equitable access to medicines and more investment in research”
Juan Carrión, president of D’Genes, highlights the extensive follow-up of an event that, organised together with UCAM, has been followed ‘online’ by more than 1,000 participants from 20 countries
My voice will never stop fighting; nothing is impossible
The testimonies of Noah Higón, diagnosed with seven rare diseases, and Sonia Torres, mother of a child affected by one of these pathologies, have opened the 13th International Conference on Rare Diseases, organised by D’GENES and UCAM, an event that until Thursday brings together 900 participants from 20 countries online
UCAM opens up to crowdfunding a pioneering research to cure multiple sclerosis
The project, included in the Precipita platform of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT), which belongs to the Ministry of Science and Innovation, is directed by the UCAM researchers Juan Carlos Izpisúa, Professor of Developmental Biology; José Meca, neurologist and Head of Unit at the Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca and Estrella Núñez, vice-chancellor for Research
A UCAM thesis creates a method based on artificial intelligence to obtain medicines eight times faster
The prestigious journal Applied Soft Computing has published the research of Antonio Serrano, directed by teachers Andrés Bueno-Crespo and José Luis Abellán, which is based on an reinforcement learning algorithm. It is a first step towards accelerating the discovery of new drugs.
UCAM publishes a protocol for the good use of school bags
The Chair of Sports Traumatology, directed by Doctors Pedro Guillén and José Luis Martínez Romero, has issued a report prepared by the Children’s Orthopaedics and Traumatology Group, coordinated by Doctor Juan José López, which includes eleven recommendations to avoid back problems
UCAM leads a European Project for elite university athletes with disabilities
Institutions from seven countries participate in ‘Paralimits’ to adapt the model that UCAM and the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) developed for elite athletes with special needs, thus promoting their social integration and their inclusion in the labour market once they end their sports career.