Lorena Bernardo

The Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Carlos III Health Institute (www.isciii.es)) aspires to become the Spanish institution of national and international reference in Public Health and Biomedical Research. The values ​​on which the ISCIII's activities must be based to achieve this vision are: - Social commitment, understood as the defense of equity, sustainability, quality, and efficiency in the field of research and health. - Scientific integrity, which guarantees compliance with all ethical aspects of research, confidentiality, control of conflicts of interest, the veracity of results, and respect for authorship and intellectual property. - Public responsibility, composed of honesty, a willingness to serve, and embodied in transparent management, open channels for citizen participation, gender equality, continuing education, and the defense of innovation and continuous improvement. - Teamwork, proactively forming and participating in multidisciplinary, multicenter, national and international teams that actively participate in the development and evolution of the ISCIII and its environment in the coming years. To this end, the ISCIII's objectives are: - To promote research aimed at protecting and improving health, funding excellent and highly competitive research through the Strategic Action in Health of the State R&D&I Plan, and facilitating greater participation in international R&D&I programs and projects. - To structure research within the National Health System (NHS), through its National Reference Centers, Research Institutes, Foundations, Networks, Consortiums, and Scientific-Technical Service Platforms. - Manage, develop, and offer the entire country benchmark scientific and technical services for the prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases, environmental health, biological products, and those potentially hazardous to public health. - Offer scientific and technical advisory services to support decision-making regarding health technologies and health services within the National Health System. - Develop educational programs aimed at the entire National Health System and provide health information and scientific documentation services. To this end, the Carlos III Health Institute is structured into different sub-directorates and National Centers, including the National Center for MIcrobiology. https://www.isciii.es/en/mision-y-vision-estructura