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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

Activación de vías oncogénicas alternativas por KRAS y BRAF en la tumorogénesis del cáncer colorectal en modelos in vivo

IP: Simon Schwartz Navarro
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: Ministerio Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
Funding: 35000
Reference: SAF2008-04702-C02-02
Duration: 01/12/2008 - 31/12/2009

Ministerio de Ciencia

Direccionament i Alliberament Farmacològic

IP: Simon Schwartz Navarro
Collaborators: Manuel López Cano, Laura García Latorre, Manuel Armengol Carrasco, Eloy Espín Basany
Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Funding: 43680
Reference: 2009 SGR 758
Duration: 01/01/2010 - 30/04/2014

Envejecimiento endotelial y sus efectos pleiotrópicos sobre procesos inflamatorios, de la respuesta inmune y angiogénesis

IP: Francesc Miro Mur
Collaborators: Jaume Alijotas Reig, Simon Schwartz Navarro
Funding agency: Fundación Invest. Médica Mutua Madrileña
Funding: 36000
Reference: FMMA/05/2008
Duration: 24/09/2008 - 23/09/2011

Integrated approach for the improved microbial production of high quality therapeutic enzymes (IMAPPROT)

IP: Simon Schwartz Navarro
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: Ministerio Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
Funding: 164000
Reference: EUI2008-03741
Duration: 01/03/2009 - 30/06/2012

Ministerio de Ciencia

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