The Endocrinology and Clinical Nutrition Research Center (CIENC) has the mission of generating highly specialized teaching and research in the broad field of Endocrinology, Diabetes mellitus and Nutrition, both in its basic aspects and in its clinical applications. Likewise, CIENC will favor at all times close cooperation among its members, as well as collaboration with other Institutions whose interests converge with the CIENC's purposes.
In the 90s our work began with the development of a line of research, led by Dr E. Romero with funding from the Social Security Health Research Fund and supported by the National Institute for Pituitary Hormones ( NIPH) of the United States. In the field of collaboration with private industry, our research projects on growth hormone were of interest to certain pharmaceutical laboratories. In the same way, the field studies that were carried out with diabetic patients and the Special Education Program for these patients, which had the support of the Salamanca Savings Bank, created the need to create a University Institute of the UVA itself. (Institute of Endocrinology) according to agreement number 13/91 of the Social Council.
The creation of the Institute allowed the establishment of a reference center in the Faculty of Medicine of La Uva through which it was possible to channel the aid of public institutions and private entities to develop research projects and contracts with companies within the legal framework of the General Foundation of the University. The Institute's activity was relaunched when more than 30 new researchers joined the Institute between 1999 and 2020 and Dr. Daniel de Luis was appointed to the Executive Directorate of the Institute.
Currently, the interaction of these researchers with a profile clearly focused on translational research, as well as the development of projects funded by the Ministries of Health and Education of the Regional Government of Castilla y León, the Carlos III Health Institute, the Ministry of Science and Technology through the CENIT program (Center for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI)), the Ibero-American Network of Nutriomics and Precision Nutrition RIN22, the University of Valladolid Foundation, ICSYL, ITAcyl and the CARTIF Center has allowed the creation of several stable research groups that have responded to the needs of institutions, patients and private companies with which we have collaborated on research actions. It has also allowed us to teach postgraduate courses in different areas of nutrition, the creation of a Master's Degree in Precision and Translational Nutrition (60 ECTS) and an online course on Artificial Intelligence in Nutrition. The incorporation of Prof J Lopez-Gomez and Prof Daniel Rico has allowed the establishment of a consolidated research unit in Castilla y Leon (408 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Precision Nutrition), as well as participating in projects of the Erasmus Plus program, Interreg Sudoe Program Co-funded by the European Union, Knowledge Generation of the Ministry of Science and incorporating new researchers, and metabolomics and artificial intelligence techniques.
With this website we invite any person with an interest in the area of endocrinology, diabetes mellitus and nutrition to meet us.
