Dr. Jordi Dorca

1. Dr. Jordi Dorca
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Welcome & Presentation

2. BRN is a non profit foundation registered in September 2012 integrated by:
• 7 respiratory departments belonging to the university hospitals of the Barcelona district
• 11 pharmaceutical and technological companies
• 5 other public and private institutions of Catalonia
BRN primary aim is to foster cooperative research in respiratory health, facilitating
public-private cooperation and involving the civil society
About the BRN Foundation...

3. • Periodically organized research seminars aimed to:
• Promote scientific debate about relevant research topics
• Identify a critical mass of researchers in specific areas
• Design new collaborative research projects

4. • Annual call for new collaborative research projects
• International scientific evaluation of the proposals
• Starting grants provided by a philanthropic institution:
Fundación Privada Ramón Pla Armengol
• Active implication in complementary fund rising strategies
Implementation of new research projects

5. • Online, open access, quarterly journal that publishes cutting-edge, high quality,
internationally authored reviews on timely topics in respiratory medicine, with a
focus on their translational aspects.

7. International
Workshops & Symposiums

8. Discussion!
Position Paper
Education
Disemination
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9. 8:45h
Introduction

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