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  • Management

    Head of the Academic Coordination Unit (UCA) and director of the Department of Experimental and Health Sciences

    David Comas Martínez

    Dean of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences and head of the UCA’s Teaching Area

    Joaquim Gea Giral

    Secretary of the Department of Experimental and Health Sciences and head of the UCA’s Research and Transfer Area

    Robert Castelo Valdueza

    Assistant Director of the Department of Experimental Sciences and head of the UCA’s Promotion and Quality Area

    Berta Alsina Español

    Assistant Director of the Department of Experimental Sciences and head of the UCA’s Teaching and Research Facilities Area

    Jordi García Ojalvo

     

  • Teaching Area management

    Vice-dean and quality officer of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

    José Manuel Fernández Fernández

    Vice-dean of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences and teaching coordinator of the bachelor’s programme in Human Biology

    Francisco José Múñoz López

    Vice-dean of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences and teaching coordinator of the bachelor’s programme in Medicine

    Maria Pilar Gracia Arnillas

    Director of studies of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

    Silvia Hernández Llodrá

    Secretary and exchange director of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

    Francesc d'Assís Calafell Majo

    Responsible for Innovation

    Elisabet Moyano Claramunt

  • Degree Coordinators

    Bachelor’s programme in Human Biology

    Francisco José Múñoz López

    Bachelor’s programme in Medicine

    Maria Pilar Gracia Arnillas

    Bachelor’s programme in Biomedical Engineering

    Javier Macía Santamaría

    Master’s programme in Bioinformatics for Health Sciences

    Nuria Boada Centeno

    Master’s programmes in Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry

    Marc Güell Cargol

    Master’s programme in Clinical Analysis Laboratory

    Mariano Sentí Clapés

    Master’s programme in Biomedical Research

    Cristina López Rodríguez

    Master’s programme in Public Health

    Fernando García Benavides

    PhD in Biomedicine

    Olga Valverde Granados

  • Faculty Board

    The Faculty Board is the Faculty’s corporate governing body.

     

    Functions:

    a) To appoint the dean of the Faculty and to propose his or her removal from office.

    b) To approve the Faculty’s objectives within the University’s strategic framework.
    c) To approve the Faculty’s annual activity report. 
    d) To report on proposals to create, modify, merge and eliminate departments that teach subjects at the Faculty.
    e) To propose the criteria and tests for access or admission to the Faculty and for calculating its teaching staff capacity. 
    f) To report on teaching staff needs in accordance with their plans and the teaching offered and to decide, jointly with each department, which teaching staff will teach in the subjects or areas for which it is competent.
    g) To propose the approval or modification of the curricula for the degrees the Faculty awards, in accordance with the requirements set out under the University’s by-laws or their implementing regulations.
    h) To approve the Faculty’s budget and agree on the commitments included in the instruments proposed by the University’s competent bodies for the internal allocation of resources.
    i) To approve its own rules of organization and procedure, which shall be subject to ratification by the Board of Governors.
    j) To discharge all functions related to the Faculty explicitly assigned to it under the University’s by-laws.
    k) The Board shall be empowered to create specific committees, whose objectives and composition it shall decide. Approval of the creation of a committee shall require the favourable votes of an absolute majority of Board members. Each committee shall appoint a chair and a secretary.

     

    Click on the following link to view the Faculty Board members: Faculty Board members

     

  • Department Board

    The Department Board is the Department’s corporate governing body.

     

    Functions:

    a) To appoint the director of the Department and propose his or her removal from office.

    b) To approve the Department’s objectives within the strategic framework of the University.

    c) To organize and assign the tasks inherent to the Department and to ensure fulfilment of teaching and research commitments.

    d) To define the teaching and research, development, and scientific innovation and dissemination plans and to coordinate the activities of the Department’s teaching and research staff.

    e) To approve the syllabi for the subjects taught by the Department.

    f) To propose official postgraduate programmes.

    g) To make proposals to the centres related to the curricula.

    h) To discharge those functions related to teaching staff assigned to it under the present regulations.

    i) To report on the assignment of Department teaching staff to university research institutes.

    j) To report on the recognition by the University of research groups whose members include lecturers affiliated with the Department.

    k) To draw up and approve the Department’s annual teaching and research activity report.

    l) To approve its own rules of organization and procedure, which shall be subject to ratification by the Board of Governors.

    m) To approve the Department’s budget and agree on the commitments included in the instruments proposed by the University’s competent bodies for the internal allocation of resources.

    n) To discharge all functions related to the Department that the University’s by-laws or the present regulations explicitly assign to it.

     

    Click on the following link to view the Department Board members: Departament Board members 

  • Scientific Committee

    The Scientific Committee is the Department Board’s delegate committee for the functions of managing and coordinating the Department’s research (managing the allocation and assignment of research funds). To this end, it shall discuss the needs of the different programmes.

     

    Department Director

    David Comas

    Assistant Director of the Department

    Berta Alsina and Jordi García Ojalvo

    Department Secretary

    Robert Castelo

    Programme Coordinators

    Cell and Molecular Biology programme

    Miguel A. Valverde

    Molecular Medicine programme

    José Ayté

    Evolutionary Biology and Complex Systems programme

    Elena Bosch

    Biomedical Informatics programme

    Ferran Sanz

    Genetics and Neurosciences programme

    Rafael Maldonado

    Systems Bioengineering

    Javier Macia

    Public Health and Education in Health Sciences programme

    Fernando G. Benavides

  • Teaching Staff Committee

    The Teaching Staff Committee is the Department Board’s delegate committee for matters related to the teaching staff.

     

    Members

     

    Ex officio members:

    Department Director

    David Comas

    Assistant Directors of the Department

    Berta Alsina, Jordi García Ojalvo and Robert Castelo

    Dean

    Joaquim Gea

     

    Elected members:

    Five lecturers affiliated with the Department:

    • Miguel López-Botet
    • Fernando Giráldez
    • Jaume Bertranpetit
    • Juana Díez
    • Elena Hidalgo

     

    Guest members:

    • Jordi Camí
    • Miguel Valverde
    • Francesc Posas
  • Undergraduate Committee

    Members

     

    Dean: Quim Gea

    UCA's direction member: Berta Alsina

    Vicedean: José Manuel Fernández Fernández

    Vicedean and responsible for Human Biology Degree: Juana Díez

    Responsible for Medicine Degree: Maria Pilar Gracia Arnillas

    Director of Studies : Meritxell Girvent

    Responsible for Biomedical Engineering Degree: Javier Macía

    USQUID Director: Elisabeth Moyano

    Mobility: Francesc Calafell

    Management unit's head: Rosa Olivé

     

    Guests

     

    Director of Nursery School: Dolores Bardallo

    Responsible for Bioinformatics Degree: Hafid Laayouni

    Teaching Management Coordinator: Susanna Fernández

     
  • Postgraduate Committee

    Members

     
    • Dean: Quim Gea
    • UCA's direction member: Robert Castelo
    • Master degrees coordinators:
    • Cristina López (Master in Biomedical Research)
    • Fernando Benavides (Master in Public Health)
    • Marc Güell (Màster in Pharmaceutica Industry and Biotechnology)
    • Marià Sentí (Master in Clinical Analysis Laboratory)
    • Rubén Vicente (Master in Multidisciplinary Research)
    • Nuria Centeno (Master in Bioinformatics for Health Sciences)
    • Mar Carrió (Master de Formació de Professorat de Secundària)
    • PhD in Biomedicine Coordinator: Olga Valverde
    • Vicedean for Quality: José Manuel Fernández
    • Management Unit's Head: Rosa Olivé
      Guests
     
    • Teaching Management Coordinator: Susanna Fernández
     
  • Academic Committee for the PhD Programme in Biomedicine

    The Academic Committee for the PhD Programme in Biomedicine is responsible for the definition, updating, quality and coordination of the PhD programme and for the progress of each doctoral student’s research and training, as well as for all other functions provided for in this article.

     

    Functions:

    a) To define, update and assure the quality and coordination of the PhD programme.

    b) To organize, design and coordinate each PhD programme.

    c) To establish the supervision system for doctoral students and the tutorial programme.

    d) To provide the necessary support for the preparation of doctoral students’ personalized activities document.

    e) To establish additional requirements and criteria for the admission of students to a given PhD programme.

    f) To appoint or change the tutor for each doctoral student.

    g) To appoint or change the thesis supervisor.

    h) To authorize or revoke the authorization for joint thesis supervisors.

    i)  To authorize or revoke the authorization for joint thesis tutors.

    j)  To authorize stays abroad  by doctoral students.

    k) To authorize the submission of each doctoral student’s thesis.

    l)  To authorize the completion of doctoral studies on a part-time basis. 

    m) To authorize the extension of the deadline for submission of a thesis.

    n) To approve or deny a temporary leave for a doctoral student.

    o) To determine exceptional cases in which certain aspects of a thesis should not be made public.

    p) To annually assess each doctoral student’s personal activities document and the reports of his or her tutor and thesis supervisor.

    q) To annually assess each doctoral student’s research plan and the reports of his or her tutor and thesis supervisor.

    r) To discharge any other functions attributed to it by law or under UPF or school regulations.

     

    Members

    Chair: Olga Valverde Granados, PhD programme coordinator

    Members: Nuria Boada Centeno, Cristina López Rodríguez, Marià Sentí Clapés and Fernando García Benavides, master’s programme coordinators; and José Aramburu Beltrán, Marc Güell Cargol and Joaquim Gea Guiral, Department lecturers

    Secretary: Marc Güel Cargol, master’s programme coordinator

  • Quality Committee

    The creation of the centre’s Quality Committee was approved on 27 May 2017 by the Department Board and on 29 May 2017 by the Faculty Board.

     

    Objectives - Functions

    ·       To analyse and monitor the quality indicators for the degree programmes

    ·       To review and approve the monitoring reports

    ·       To review and approve the self-assessment reports for accreditation

    ·       To develop, review and approve quality policy and objectives

    ·       To review the status of proposals from the improvement plans and make new proposals

    ·       To review and approve the centre’s Internal Quality Assurance System (SGIQ).

     

    Composition

     

    The Unit or Centre director

    Chair: David Comas (Department Director)
    Joaquim Gea (Dean of the Faculty)
    Robert Castelo (Deputy Director of the Department)

    Member of the management team responsible for quality

    José Manuel Fernández

    The bachelor’s programme coordinators

    Human Biology - Juana Díez

    Medicine - Maria Pilar Gracia Arnillas

    The master’s programme coordinators

    Master’s programme in Biomedical Research - Cristina López

    Master’s programme in in Clinical Analysis Laboratory - Marià Sentí

    Master’s programme in Bioinformatics for Health Science - Nuria Centeno

    Master’s programme in Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry - Marc Güell Cargol

    Master’s programme in in Public Health - Fernando García Benavides

    Research master’s programme in Interdisciplinary Sciences - Ruben Vicente Garcia

    The PhD programme coordinator

    Biomedicine - Olga Valverde

    Head of the Helath and Life Sciences Management and Administration Unit

    Rosa Olivé

    Two teaching staff representatives

    Fernando Burdio
    Francesc Calafell

    Five student representatives (bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and PhD)

    Bachelor’s degree - Laura Sofía Machado González (BH) i Roger Conesa Ribas (MED)

    Master’s degree - Martina Recalde

    PhD - Neus Font

    The centre’s quality officer

    Secretary: 

     

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