A CRESIB researcher, selected as one of the “Ten Outstanding Young People 2012”
Quique Bassat, a researcher at the Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB) and lecturer at the ISGlobal-UB master of Global Health, has been named one of the ten outstanding young people of the world in 2012 by the Junior Chamber International (JCI). JCI is a worldwide organisation founded in 1944 that works in partnership with the United Nations. JCI selected Bassat in the category of medical innovation for “his extraordinary work in paediatrics and medical research in developing countries”. The award ceremony took place on 20th November during the JCI World Congress in Taipei (Taiwan).
Quique Bassat, a researcher at the Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB) and lecturer at the ISGlobal-UB master of Global Health, has been named one of the ten outstanding young people of the world in 2012 by the Junior Chamber International (JCI). JCI is a worldwide organisation founded in 1944 that works in partnership with the United Nations. JCI selected Bassat in the category of medical innovation for “his extraordinary work in paediatrics and medical research in developing countries”. The award ceremony took place on 20th November during the JCI World Congress in Taipei (Taiwan).
“JCI's acknowledgement of work in the area of neglected diseases, particularly in malaria, is very important as it will be a boost to medical research in those countries where it is most needed”, declared Quique Bassat. “What's more, the award brings recognition to research as the driving force behind innovation and development in poor countries”.
Bassat holds a Phd in Medicine by the University of Barcelona. He is also a paediatrician specialised in tropical medicine and epidemiology and a professor at the UB. He has extensive experience in the conduct of clinical trials in developing countries, including the trials of the first candidate malaria vaccine, RTS,S. He is currently working as a researcher at CRESIB, the ISGlobal research centre, affiliated with the UB, where he coordinates the implementation of numerous malaria projects in countries such as Mozambique, Brazil, India and Papua New Guinea.