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1. PROFILE AND PRESENTATION

▄▀ AN INNOVATIVE, INTEGRATED VISION OF THE FIGHT AGAINST ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

The CIEN Foundation and the Queen Sofia Foundation share a common
perspective on action in relation to Alzheimer's disease: This disease
requires a comprehensive approach model where research should be
one of the fundamental pillars. The leading exponent of this
integrative model is the Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer Center,
where the main backbones of Alzheimer Project converge.

1. A live-in residence for 156 Alzheimer’s patients.
2. A day-care outpatient center for 40 Alzheimer’s patients.
3. An Alzheimer’s research center: the so-called Alzheimer's

Project Research Unit (UIPA), managed by the CIEN
Foundation.
4. A training center for healthcare staff, relatives and volunteers.

The management model implemented by the Queen Sofia
Foundation Alzheimer Center has sought to summon the will and
interests of all parties involved: Administration (State, Regional and Local)
and civil society. For this reason, the management of UIPA, devoted to
research, was assigned to the CIEN Foundation, while the Ministry of Family and Social Affairs of the Region
of Madrid is responsible for healthcare and training activities.

▄▀ FOCUSED ON RESEARCH IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES

The CIEN Foundation is in charge of the following tasks: implement a model
of translational research that allows to effectively and efficiently transfer
the scientific advances achieved in basic research to clinical practice;
promote the continuous training of professionals involved with the
research in neurodegenerative diseases through seminars, lectures
and doctoral theses; disseminate the calls launched by funding
agencies, both nationally and internationally, promoting
participation; and encourage the implementation of coordinated
research projects in neurodegenerative diseases.

But its function does not end here. From the administrative point of
view, the CIEN Foundation is also responsible for managing other
centers related to research in neurodegenerative diseases such as the
Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative
Diseases (CIBERNED, for its acronym in Spanish), maintaining collaboration
agreements with the Carlos III Institute of Health for carrying out those
management activities.