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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

Sistemas de liberación farmacológica dirigidos contra células madre tumorales- prueba de concepto

IP: Simon Schwartz Navarro
Collaborators: Joaquin Seras Franzoso, Miriam Izquierdo Sans
Funding agency: Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer
Funding: 135000
Reference: 2014/AECC-AIO/SERAS
Duration: 01/02/2015 - 31/01/2020

Targetting Combined Therapy to Cancer Stem Cells (NANOSTEM)

IP: Simon Schwartz Navarro
Collaborators: Laura García Latorre
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 145540.01
Reference: PI11/01079
Duration: 01/01/2012 - 31/12/2014

Advancing on drug delivery-combined targeted treatments against human breast cancer and Leukemia (Oncotarget/Nano)

IP: Simon Schwartz Navarro
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: Ministerio Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
Funding: 28300
Reference: EUI2008-0170
Duration: 01/03/2009 - 01/03/2011

Ministerio de Ciencia

Anàlisi de l'expressió i funció del hCD 300f/CLM1 murí en cèl·lules de micròglia i identificació del lligant del mateix immunoreceptor en oligodentrocits primaris on s'estudiarà la seva possible funció

IP: Simon Schwartz Navarro
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Funding: 4188
Reference: 2010 BE1 00133
Duration: 01/05/2011 - 31/07/2011

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