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Simon Schwartz Navarro

Senior scientist and advisor with specific interest in Nanomedicine and Advanced Therapies applied to unmet clinical needs. I am also acting as strategy coordinator to facilitate programs and initiatives that foster innovation in new treatments and diagnostic tools.

Institutions of which they are part

Main researcher
Clinical Biochemistry, Drug Delivery & Therapy (CB-DDT)
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Cap de Secció
Bioquímica
Cross-departmental services

Simon Schwartz Navarro

Institutions of which they are part

Main researcher
Clinical Biochemistry, Drug Delivery & Therapy (CB-DDT)
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Cap de Secció
Bioquímica
Cross-departmental services

Senior scientist and advisor with specific interest in Nanomedicine and Advanced Therapies applied to unmet clinical needs. I am also acting as strategy coordinator to facilitate programs and initiatives that foster innovation in new treatments and diagnostic tools.

Senior research of the clinical biochemistry - drug delivery and therapy group at VHIR and Strategy director of biobanking and biomodels at Vall d'hebron Campus. President of the European Society of Nanomedicine and Executive Board member of the International Society of Nanomedicine. Former director general of the Blood and Tissue Banc of Catalonia. Former director of CIBBIM-Nanomedicine. Former scientific associate director of CIBER-BBN and coordinator of technology transfer. Former director assistance of translational research at VHIR. H-index of 48, with more that 120 high impact publications, 19 transferred patents and several EU granted projects. Co-founder of 3 biotech companies (i.e, Bsure Medical ltd). Science Advisor of the European Nanomedicine Characterization Laboratory (EU-NCL). Member of the editorial Board of Precision Nanomedicine, J. Nanotechnology and of J. of Nanotheranostics. Former editorial Board member of Eur. J. Nanomedicine and Nanomedicine-NBM. Exper member of the nanomedicine group at EMA.

Projects

Hidrogeles Inteligentes y Biodegradables como Sistemas de Depósito para la Liberación Intraperitoneal Sostenida de Quimioterapéuticos para el Tratamiento Local del Cáncer de Ovario Avanzado (Smart-InOva)

IP: Diana Fernandes de Rafael
Collaborators: Julia German Cortes, Fco Javier De la Torre Fdez de Vega, Simon Schwartz Navarro, Angels Alcina Mila, Sandra Mancilla Zamora, Belen Garcia Prats
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 177500
Reference: PI24/00745
Duration: 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2027

ERDERA: European Rare Disease Research Alliance

IP: M Mar Mañu Pereira
Collaborators: Augusto Cesar Sao Aviles, Patricia González Ruiz, Claire Diot, Miguel Chillon Rodriguez, Simon Schwartz Navarro
Funding agency: EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Funding: 1080135.58
Reference: ERDERA/EC/HLTH-2023-DISEASE-07-01/2023/MAÑU
Duration: 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2031

Project-COMFORT: Patient-Centric blOod saMpling FOr impRoved healThcare

IP: Simon Schwartz Navarro
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Funding: 288262.5
Reference: COMFORT- HE--JU-IHI-2023-04
Duration: 01/11/2024 - 30/04/2028

TACTIC: Explorando soluciones a los retos de salud mediante ciencia disruptiva, terapias avanzadas y medicina de sistemas

IP: Begoña Benito Villabriga
Collaborators: Carmen Escudero Iriarte, Laia Ventura i Expósito, Susana Otero Romero, Ibane Abasolo Olaortua, Ignacio Ferreira González, José Antonio Barrabés Riu, Carlos Nos Llopis, Pablo Velasco Puyó, Jose Fernando Rodríguez Palomares, María Rosario Pérez- Torres Lobato, Sunny Malhotra Sareen, Belen Perez Dueñas, Jaume Sastre Garriga, Joan López Hellin, Antonia Sambola Ayala, Jordi Rio Izquierdo, Nuria Rivas Gandara, Jordi Perez Rodon, Aroa Soriano Fernández, Manuel Comabella Lopez, Antonio Rodríguez Sinovas, Gisela Teixido Tura, Antonia Pijuan Domenech, Roser Ferrer Costa, Joaquin Seras Franzoso, Carmen Tur Gomez, Maria Cristina Díaz de Heredia Rubio, Laia Yañez Bisbe, Julia German Cortes, Maria Jose Pérez García, Miguel Segura Ginard, Diego Baranda Martínez-Abasca, Cristina Auger Acosta, Neus Bellera Gotarda, Herena Eixarch Ahufinger, M Mar Mañu Pereira, Deborah Pareto Onghena, Lorena Valero Arrese, Aitor Uribarri Gonzalez, Jordi Bañeras Rius, Alex Rovira Cañellas, Mar Tintore Subirana, Bruno García del Blanco, Maria Teresa Salcedo Allende, Marisol Ruiz Meana, Ana Belén Méndez Fernández, Xavier Montalban Gairín, Simon Schwartz Navarro, Anna Llort Sales, Carmen Espejo Ruiz, Raquel Hladun Alvaro, Angels Alcina Mila, Sandra Mancilla Zamora, Zamira Vanessa Diaz Riascos, Ana Zabalza de Torres, Marc Miquel Moltó Abad, Javier Inserte Igual, Luciana Midaglia Fernandez, Elizabeth Pando Rau, Gabriela Guillén Burrieza, Ana Laura Cazurro Gutierrez, David Gómez Andrés, Alvaro Cobo Calvo, Alvaro Calabuig Goena, Joaquin Castillo Justribo, Lydia Dux-Santoy Hurtado, Lucas Moreno Martín-Retortillo, Andres Miguez Gonzalez, Josep Roma Castanyer, Laura Dos Subirá, Nicolás Miguel Fissolo, Maria Nazarena Pizzi, Tian Tian, Fernanda Raquel Da Silva Andrade, Diana Fernandes de Rafael, Andrea Guala
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 2494527.53
Reference: FORT23/00034
Duration: 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2027

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