Central Figures

    Laura Coll-Planas

    Laura Coll-Planas

    Senior researcher in loneliness and ageing

    Laura holds a degree in Medicine from the Universitat de Barcelona and a PhD in Public Health from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, where she published her thesis Loneliness, Social Support and Participation of Older People from a Health ...

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    Elena Fernández Gamarra

    Elena Fernández Gamarra

    Psychologist, gerontologist and consultant

    Elena holds a degree in Psychology from the Universitat de Barcelona and a Master's Degree in Clinical Gerontology from the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, USA).She is a certified trainer in Dementia Care Mapping by the University of ...

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    Bernardino Lozano

    Bernardino Lozano

    Director of the EAPS at the San Camilo Care Centre

    Bernardino Lozano González is the director of the Psychosocial Care Team (EAPS) at the San Camilo Care Centre, in collaboration with the Comprehensive care for people with advanced illnesses programme, run by the "la Caixa" Foundation. He holds a ...

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    Delphine Moralis

    Delphine Moralis

    Chief Executive Officer at Philea and President of the Board of Directors of Enabel

    Delphine Moralis is the Chief Executive Officer of Philea (Philanthropy Europe Association) and the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Enabel, the Belgian Development Agency. She was co-opted in October 2023 to join the Board of WINGS, a ...

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    Marc Expòsit Goy

    Marc Expòsit Goy

    PhD student in Molecular Engineering at the Baker Lab, University of Washington

    He holds a degree in Biotechnology from the Universitat de Girona, where he was awarded the outstanding prize for the best academic performance of his class. In 2016, he commenced his research activity in the field of bioengineering with a one-year ...

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    Alfredo Quijano Rubio

    Alfredo Quijano Rubio

    PhD in Bioengineering and Computational Protein Design and Scientific Director of Monod Bio

    In 2015, Alfredo Quijano graduated with honours in Biotechnology from the Universitat Politècnica de València. In 2016, he moved to Seattle with the support of a "la Caixa" Foundation postgraduate fellowship abroad to study his PhD in Bioengineering ...

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    Clara Menéndez

    Clara Menéndez

    Director of the Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health Initiative and Programme, ISGlobal

    Clara Menéndez, who graduated in Medicine from the Autonomous University of Madrid, specialises in family medicine, community health and preventive medicine. She holds a PhD from the Universitat de Barcelona and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and ...

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    Dr. Gabriel Rabinovich

    Dr. Gabriel Rabinovich

    Biochemist and PhD in Immunology, leader of a research group at the CaixaResearch Institute and founder and CEO of the company Galtec

    After graduating in Biochemistry from the University of Córdoba (Argentina) and specialising in Molecular Biology at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology in London, Gabriel Rabinovich obtained his PhD in Immunology from the University of Córdoba. ...

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    Javier Yanguas

    Javier Yanguas

    Scientific director of the programme for the Elderly of the ”la Caixa” Foundation

    Yanguas holds a PhD in Biological and Health Psychology from the Autonomous University of Madrid. He is the scientific director of the programme for the Elderly at the "la Caixa" Foundation, professor at various Spanish and international ...

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