The IIS Aragón brings its research projects closer to citizens with the I IIS Aragón Dissemination Cycle, Health and Science Conferences

• Ibercaja Patio de la Infanta will host the I Dissemination Cycle IIS Aragón, Health and Science Conferences, starting on Wednesday, March 29, with an agile presentation format, with the participation of different actors in the health field and with interaction between speakers and the public

• In the first session, innovative proposals based on new technologies will be presented to address mental health, obesity or persistent COVID

Ibercaja Patio de la Infanta will host the I Dissemination Cycle IIS Aragón, Health and Science Conferences, organized by the Aragón Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón), which will be held from March to December 2023. This is a scientific dissemination activity that aims to convey to citizens different research projects and tools developed by scientists. and scientists from IIS Aragón who help improve the health of different groups of patients and social-health professionals.

Thus, the first session, on March 29, has been designed from the IIS Aragón Research Program “Public Health, Chronicity, Health Services and Primary Care” and is titled 'Innovation also in Primary Health Care'. Innovative proposals will be presented to address different problems, such as intervention based on Mindfulness through immersive virtual reality to promote mental health, or the 'MINDxYOU' program, aimed at health professionals to reduce stress and improve mental health through Mindfulness, compassion and acceptance. Likewise, other initiatives related to the application of ICT in the control of overweight and obese patients in Primary Care, an app to improve the quality of life in people with persistent COVID and another mobile health application will be announced. transporters, called 'Project Cristóbal'.

The speakers of this day will be Javier García Campayo, principal researcher of the Mental Health Research Group in Primary Care of the IIS Aragón; Yolanda López del Hoyo and Bárbara Oliván, researchers from the same group; and Inmaculada Callejas and Amelia Cantarero, family doctors and researchers at the Primary Health Care Research Unit.

The sessions of April 26 and May 10 have also been designed by the Public Health, Chronicity, Health Services and Primary Care Program, and are titled 'Community research, research with society' and 'Open Science Day in Care Primary: new evidence', respectively.

For its part, on June 14, the strategic approach of the IIS Aragón will be addressed, transversal to its six Programs and its 104 research groups, of incorporating citizens and patients in the co-design of research projects and innovation, proposing solutions, and making decisions, together with the Institute's research and innovation teams.

After the summer, the Research and Innovation Program in nursing and health care will take over. The 'Citizens in Science: Impact Project' conference is scheduled for Wednesday, September 27. Bringing nursing research closer to the population', while on October 18 it will be the turn of 'Nurses in science. Situation, projects and patients that inspire: Bringing research closer to the front line of health care'.

The last two days of the cycle, which will be held in November and December, are based on the Technologies and Innovation Program applied to health and the Program on Immunity, cancer and diseases of infectious origin or molecular basis with the sessions “Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedicine” and “Society and research: mothers and fathers participating in the advances in research on long-term cardiovascular risk.”

Each of the eight sessions that make up the cycle is presented in the form of small and enjoyable informative pills for the general public by health researchers and different agents who work in the field of health, with space for debate and interaction with the audience.  

Registration for the first day can be done at: https://www.fundacionibercaja.es/actividades/congresos-y-jornadas/innovacion-tambien-en-atencion-primaria-de-salud-zaragoza/

About the Aragón Health Research Institute (IIS Aragón)

The IIS Aragón is the Health Research Institute formed by the “Lozano Blesa” and “Miguel Servet” University Hospitals, Primary Health Care, the University of Zaragoza and the Aragonese Institute of Health Sciences. The objectives of the IIS Aragón are to bring together basic and applied, clinical and health services research; create a quality research, care and teaching environment that integrates health professionals, training specialists and postgraduate and undergraduate students, as well as constitute the ideal place for attracting talent and the location of large scientific-technological facilities.