The event, inaugurated by the Director‑General for Research and Innovation, Mariola Penadés, highlights the scientific publications presented by more than 30 speakers.
A jury made up of research staff, the employers’ association, the Spanish Association Against Cancer, and the Valencian Huntington’s Disease Association awarded 14 of the 16 prizes presented at the event.
Alicante (29.11.23). The Alicante Institute for Health and Biomedical Research (ISABIAL) held the 6th Clinical Research Day of the Alicante–General Hospital Health Department and the 8th ISABIAL Researchers’ Meeting. For the first time, this event—which highlights the scientific, health and biomedical publications produced by its research staff—included the Confederation of Employers of the Valencian Community (CEV) and patient organisations as part of the jury.
The event, held on 24 November, was inaugurated by the Director‑General for Research and Innovation of the Regional Department of Health, Mariola Penadés, who was accompanied by the Manager of the Alicante–General Hospital Health Department, Francisco Soriano; the Scientific Deputy Director of ISABIAL, Cristina Alenda; the Assistant Vice‑Rector for Research at Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), Javier Sáez; and the Director of the Research Structures Secretariat at the University of Alicante (UA), Maribel Beltrán.
More than thirty publications were submitted to the event, classified into several categories, and a total of 16 awards were ultimately granted. Of these, 14 awards of €500 were decided by a jury, while the remaining two, each worth €1,000, were awarded by the ISABIAL Research Committee.
For the first time since this annual event has been held at Dr. Balmis Hospital in Alicante, a jury was formed to award 14 prizes divided into three categories: publications in indexed journals in which the first author is a resident or nursing professional; publications in second and third quartile journals according to the JCR; and publications in first quartile journals according to the JCR.
For the first time since this annual event has been held at Dr. Balmis Hospital in Alicante, a jury was formed to award 14 prizes divided into three categories: publications in indexed journals in which the first author is a resident or nursing professional; publications in second and third quartile journals according to the JCR; and publications in first quartile journals according to the JCR.
The closing ceremony and award presentation were attended by the Territorial Director of the Regional Ministry of Health in Alicante, Begoña Comendador; the Medical Director of the Alicante–General Hospital Health Department, Luis Mena; and ISABIAL’s Deputy Scientific Director, Cristina Alenda.
Awards
The special prizes awarded by ISABIAL’s Research Committee were divided into two categories. One recognized intra-institutional collaboration in 2023 and was awarded to the publication presented by nursing researcher Eva María Trescastro. The researcher presented the NUTRIFAG project, which evaluated the risk of malnutrition and nutritional status at admission and its progression up to discharge in patients over 65 years of age admitted to medical-surgical hospitalization units.
The second special award recognized the highest-quality publication and was awarded ex aequo to the publication presented by Carolina Mangas, who has studied whether the use of Artificial Intelligence can help increase colorectal cancer diagnoses, and to Celia Villodre for a study analyzing the use of laparoscopy in appendicitis procedures.
Awards granted by the jury of the VI Clinical Research Day of the Alicante–General Hospital Health Department and the VIII ISABIAL Researchers’ Meeting:
Awards for the best publications in indexed journals in which the first author is a resident or nursing professional:
Ester Lobato Martínez. “Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) as a prognostic marker in COVID-19 patients: systematic review”.
Verónica Sánchez García. “Exposure to biologic therapy before and during pregnancy in patients with psoriasis: systematic review and meta-analysis”.
Awards for the best publications in the second and third quartiles, according to the JCR:
Paula Martín Climent. “Defining a correlative transcriptional signature associated with bulk histone H3 acetylation levels in adult glioblastomas”.
José Antonio Monge Argilés. “Validity of CSF alpha-synuclein to predict psychosis in prodromal Alzheimer’s disease”.
Gloria Peiró Cabrera. “Haloarchaeal carotenoids exert an in vitro antiproliferative effect on human breast cancer cell lines”.
Maripaz Ventero Marton. “Role of relebactam in the antibiotic resistance acquisition in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: in vitro study”.
Sonia Cabeza Fernández. “Immune-stem cell crosstalk in the central nervous system: how oligodendrocyte progenitor cells interact with immune cells”.
Pilar González de la Aleja. “Role of previous systemic antibiotic therapy on the probability of recurrence after an initial episode of Clostridioides difficile infection treated with vancomycin”..
Awards for the best publications in the first quartile according to the JCR:
Lorena Vidal Martínez. “A NOVEL NON-INVASIVE COLORECTAL CANCER DIAGNOSTIC METHOD: VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AS BIOMARKERS.
Alejandro Oncina Cánovas. “Adherence to pro-vegetarian food patterns and risk of oesophagus, stomach, and pancreas cancers: a multi case-control study (the PANESOES study)”.
Carolina Mangas Sanjuán. “ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN COLONOSCOPY DETECTION OF ADVANCED NEOPLASIAS: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL”.
Sandra González Palacios. “Increased ultra-processed food consumption is associated with worsening of cardiometabolic risk factors in adults with metabolic syndrome: longitudinal analysis from a randomized trial”.
Ana Peiró Peiró. “Sex differences in opioid response linked to OPRM1 and COMT genes DNA methylation/genotypes changes in patients with chronic pain”.
Yoel Genaro Montoyo Pujol. “Variable intrinsic expression of immunoregulatory biomarkers in breast cancer cell lines, mammospheres, and co-cultures”.
Special award from the Research Committee for the publication with the greatest intra-institutional collaboration in 2023:
Eva María Trescastro López. “Impact of hospitalization on nutritional status in persons aged 65 years and over (NUTRIFRAG Study): protocol for a prospective observational study”.
Joint Special Award from the Research Committee for the Highest‑Quality Publication 2023:
Carolina Mangas Sanjuán. “ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN COLONOSCOPY DETECTION OF ADVANCED NEOPLASIAS: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL”.
Celia Villodre Tudela. “Propensity score matching analysis of laparoscopic surgery vs. open approach in 4,297 adult patients with acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis or gastrointestinal tract perforation: a prospective multicentre study of nationwide outcomes”.
