Last Tuesday, November 28, Dr. Davide Cappon gave a talk to the professionals of the Institut Guttmann in a hybrid, virtual and face-to-face format in the Agora room of Guttmann Barcelona, where he talked about the advances in clinical research in the field of neuromodulation. Cappon, is a clinical neuropsychologist at the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife...
On November 27, the Professional Excellence Award ceremony by the College of Doctors of Barcelona (CoMB) was held in the AXA Auditorium, in which Dra. Montserrat Bernabeu has been distinguished this year for her outstanding professional career, characterized by commitment, honesty, altruism, integrity and excellence. Dr. Bernabeu, current care director and co-director of the Institut Guttmann, is...
This week we celebrate at the Institut Guttmann! On November 27, our Foundation turned 58 years old. Professionals, patients and family members have shared and captured moments in a photocall to celebrate the long history of an entity that works from the welfare, social field and as a knowledge center, to improve the lives of people who have acquired a disability due to a neurological injury or...
The podcast Beines de Mielina, co-produced jointly by the Institut Guttmann and Badalona Comunicació, has been awarded the 13th Pilar Casanova Prize for the Best Communication Action by the Catalan Association of Journalists. In presenting the award, the jury highlighted the podcast's rigorous approach to informing the public about neuroscience, the accessibility of the sound product for the...
The 4th edition of Active Life, sponsored by Sabadell Seguros, is the start of a new stage for 6 young people with recent spinal cord injuries. For two weeks, these participants have dedicated themselves with full intensity to transfer the knowledge and skills learned during their rehabilitation in the hospital with the aim of recovering their functional autonomy to the maximum and building an...
The Institut Guttmann has hosted the presentation of the Manual of Good Practices of Humanisation in Spinal Cord Injury, a document that establishes for the first time the strategic lines and good practices necessary to achieve humanised spinal cord injury units (SCIUs). The initiative is included in HUMANIZALE, a project promoted by Hollister and EVEN - Expert Group on Neurogenic Bladder, formed...
Dr. Montserrat Bernabeu has been honored this year with the Professional Excellence Award given by the College of Doctors of Barcelona (CoMB). This recognition is due to his outstanding professional career, characterized by commitment, honesty, altruism, integrity and excellence. Dr. Bernabeu, current care director and co-director of the Institut Guttmann, is a doctor specialized in Physical...
Professor J. Fawcett visited the hospital and met with members of the care team and researchers from the Institut Guttmann. He explained the research related to the regeneration of spinal cord injury that he has been carrying out at the Cambridge University, Brain Repair Center. Recognized and prestigious international scientist, his main field of study is the repair of damage to the central...
The Ministry of the Interior has awarded the Institut Guttmann with the "Silver Cross of the Order of Merit of the Civil Guard" for our institution's commitment to "the promotion and defense of the rights of people with disabilities and serious spinal cord and neurological injuries". The distinction has been dedicated to the Institut Guttmann for developing hospital and scientific activities...
A research project between the Institute of Neurosciences of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Institut Guttmann has received one of the Bioethics Grants awarded by the Víctor Grífols y Lucas Foundation. The aim of the proposal is to create a meeting point between students of the Master's in Neurosciences at the UAB and patients with neurological disorders in order to promote...
