IFISC researcher José Ramasco is part of the group advising the Government on Covid-19
April 30, 2020
IFISC
researcher (UIB-CSIC), Dr. Jose Ramasco, is one of the 16 scientists
who are part of the Multidisciplinary Working Group, created by the
fourth vice-president and Minister for Ecological Transition, Teresa
Ribera, and the Minister of Science and Innovation, Pedro Duque, with
the aim of advising the Government on scientific matters related to
the COVID-19 pandemic
and its future consequences.
This group will work on the
elaboration of proposals in lines of experimentation necessary to
obtain useful data for decision making. Subsequently, it will be in
charge of making proposals on the promotion of research and
innovation in Spain, the reordering of priorities, proposals to speed
up research times, the promotion of strategic lines to boost value
chains or a strategy for the promotion of dual capacities adaptable
to critical situations.
In
addition to José Ramasco, the group includes scientists Beatriz
González López-Valcárcel (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran
Canaria), José M. Ordovás (Universidad de Tufts), Marco Inzitari
(Instituto de Investigación de Vall d'Hebrón), Itziar de Lecuona
(Observatorio de Bioética y Derecho), Alfonso Valencia (Instituto
Nacional de Bioinformátcia), Diego Puga (Centro de Estudios
Monetarios y Financieros de Madrid), Laura M. Lechuga (Instituto
Catalán de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología, CSIC),
Mariano Esteban (Centro Nacional de Biotecnología del CSIC), Jose
Molero (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Pedro Jordano (Estación
Biológica de Doñana, CSIC),
Alfonso Gordaliza (Comité Español de Matemáticas), Rocío
García-Retamero (Universidad de Granada), Agustín Portela (Agencia
Española del Medicamento y Productos Sanitarios), Ramón López de
Mántaras (Instituto de Investigación de inteligencia artificial,
CSIC)
and
Francisco Sánchez (Centro Nacional de Investigaciones
Cardiovasculares).
