Medicine and science have always been and still are immense sources of literary inspiration. Nowadays, this is also true of television series. The Esteve Foundations was once again collaborating in the summer course of Els Juliols of Universitat de Barcelona Medicine and science in literature and television series, coordinated by Amàlia Lafuente, writer and professor…
2015
Health policies have faced and will continue to face serious tension as a result of economic adjustments. This means that more than ever, the priorities in health policies must be decided correctly. This involves choosing which policies should be applied by any administration here and now. To do this, the Spanish Society of Public Health…
2015
For the second time in history, the Foundation Esteve Research Award has finally been granted to two works. The international jury grants this award every two years, and considered these works to be the two best pharmacology research articles published by Spanish authors. The award, which has a prize of 18,000 euros, will be shared…
2015
Why do ethical conflicts of medicine rouse so much interest in films? How do films reflect the most common bioethical problems? The Insituto de Ética Clínca Francisco Vallés – Universidad Europea, in collaboration with the Esteve Foundation and the Fundación Tejerina, organized the Film and Bioethics Cycle, held at the Cineteca of the Matadero de…
If standing up and speaking in front of an audience is a source of anxiety, the stress is heightened even more when the official language of the conference, meeting or congress is English. On the 1st and 2nd of July 2015, the Esteve Foundation organized in Valencia with the Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe new…
2015
The 35th edition of these training seminars to provide the basic skills and techniques to write and publish scientific articles in health sciences was held on June 16-17 2015 at the Universidad Miguel Hernández, in Alicante. Esteve Fernandez, editor of Gaceta Sanitaria from 2004 to 2010, and Ana Maria Garcia, editor of Archivos de Prevención…
2015
If interpreting statistics or results of research is often complicated for health professionals, the task can be much more arduous for journalists involved in scientific information. To shed a little light on some basic concepts and to discuss the problems which biomedical reporters usually face when understanding statistical data, the Session on biostatistics for journalists…
2015
