The 11th Josep Egozcue Lecture Series, organised by the Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation, will take place on 13 and 14 June 2018 at CaixaForum.
This year’s edition will feature a lecture by Dr. Emanuel Ezekiel, Professor of Medical Ethics, on future scenarios on the first day, followed by a discussion session and refreshments. On the second day, Dr. Ezekiel will once again open the session with a presentation on ethics and research. This will be followed by a discussion session and, finally, a round table entitled “Biomedical Research in Our Country”.
Participants will include:
- Mercè Boada, Medical Director of Ace Foundation.
- Victòria Camps, President of the Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation.
- Bonaventura Clotet, Director of IrsiCaixa and Head of the Infectious Diseases Department at Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital in Badalona.
- Manel Esteller, Director of the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Programme at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL).
- Emanuel Ezekiel, Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Pere Ibern, Researcher at the Centre for Research in Economics and Health of Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona.
- Joan M. V. Pons, Scientific Coordinator at the Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQuAS).
- Núria Terribas, Director of the Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation.
