The Department of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS) of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) was founded in 1998 and is one of eight departments of UPF, a public university with a strong dedication to excellence in research and teaching established in 1990. UPF was recognized with the International Campus of Excellence award by the Spanish Ministry of Education in 2010 and currently holds a leading position among Spanish universities in multiple international rankings (1st Spanish university in the Times Higher Education and U-Multirank rankings, 2022).

The department changed its name in 2022, from Department of Experimental and Health Sciences (DCEXS) to MELIS, to reflect the new UPF Medicine degree more accurately and the corresponding incorporation of new faculty members. MELIS also participates actively in the UPF’s initiative Planetary Wellbeing, which is fully aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. MELIS’s scientific capabilities and achievements led to its being one of six research units in Spain to be awarded the “María de Maeztu” distinction by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness in its first call, in 2014. MELIS obtained its second MdM award in 2018.

MELIS team

Director:

Jordi García Ojalvo

Vicedirectors:

Berta Alsina
Robert Castelo
Olga Valverde

President:

Isabel Fariñas (Universitat de València)

Members:

Cosima Tatiana Baldari (Università di Siena)
Alfonso Valencia (BSC)
Martí Aldea (Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona)
Alexander Aulehla (EMBL)
María Ángeles Moro Sánchez (CNIC)
David Posada (Universidad de Vigo)
Jody Rosenblatt (King’s College London)

Campus director:

Fina Lorente

Unit managers:

Carme Casanovas
Susana Fernández
Mar Garreta
Sonia Lago
David Moreso
Montse Morillas
Jordi Solà

Staff:

Anna Almor, Montserrat Andreu, Alejandro Aparici, Xavier Ardite, Josep Aymamí, Cèlia Barranco, Marta Bonet, Gemma Burballa, Núria Cabrera, Mar Cama, Neus Cartes, Pilar Cerro, Margarida Codinachs, Violeta Coll, Jairo Consol, Iris Cros, Mar de Haro, Ana Dieste, Gemma Esparó, Elena Espinet, Rubén Fernández, Lluís Flores, Modou Fofana, Sonia Gandul, Érika Garrido, Jordi Garriga, Guillem Giralt, Robert González, Cintia Gutiérrez, Joan Hurtado, Sonia Iturrate, Mireia Llimós, Ariadna López, Regina López, Núria Margalef, Rosa Martínez, Marta Mas, Tamara Monras, Cristina Monter, Neus Morgui, Mar Morral, Jordi Palau, Maria Parras, Rafa Puente, Víctor Raduà, Natàlia Ras, Anna Regot, Lídia Reichenberg, Maria Riera, Anna Rivas, Maria José Senmartí, Joana Soria, Marta Torras, Xavier Vallvé, Pedro Vázquez, Carla Vega, Ramon Vendrell, Alexis Vicioso, Carla Vilardebo, Susana Vilella, Jordi Viñas, Rosa Violeta