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FERNÁNDEZ ALBIZURI, Maria

FERNÁNDEZ ALBIZURI, Maria

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DEPARTMENT OF BASIC SCIENCIES
Department of Basic Areas
  • Academic training
  • Professional experience
  • Subjects taught

Academic training

Master's Degree Clinical Analysis Laboratory Pompeu Fabra University
Master Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Health Sciences University of Barcelona
Graduated in Biomedical Sciences, University of Barcelona

Professional experience

Head of Innovation Development Hospital Clínic de Barcelona

EIT Health
Innovation Manager 2020 – 2022
Innovation Consultant 2019 – 2020
EIT Health is one of the largest healthcare initiatives worldwide. Its goal is to sustainably advance the foundations of healthcare and thus promote the future conditions for healthier living and wellbeing of people across Europe.
Inveniam Group - Healthcare Consultant 2017 – 2019
With headquarters in Spain and Israel, Inveniam is a transaction and strategy advisory firm, with a strong focus in technology-based deals in Life Sciences and Resource Sustainability, including fundraising, licensing, acquisitions, and divestiture deals of companies and IP.
EITHealth - External Evaluator & Research Fellow 2018 – 201 Research fellow in Patient and Citizen Engagement activity line (August-November 2018) and external evaluator for project proposals in the following EIT Health calls:
• EIT Health Innovation calls 2019
• EIT Health European Health Catapult Innostars 2019
• EIT Health Headstart Innostars 2019
Moebio Barcelona - dHEALTH fellow 2017
dHealth Barcelona is the master's program of MOEBIO, inspired in the prestigious Stanford University's Biodesign Fellowship. Design Health Barcelona combines an academic program and real experiences in healthcare business to act as an educational incubator of leaders and connect health, business, technology & design at a new and unknown level.
Grifols - R&D Instruments Technician 2016 – 2017
Diagnostic Grifols is a pharmaceutical company specialized in Clinical Diagnostics products. Main tasks focused on the development of new diagnostic instruments:
-Functional and non functional (HW and SW) requirement verifications.
-Immunohematology lab testing (blood typing solutions)
-Hospital division instruments

Subjects taught

Course 2024-2025 - Period: 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2025
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Sciences
    • - Work Placement
    • - Business Organization and Experiences in Business
    • - Final Degree Project
  • Others
    Lifelong Learning Master's Degree in Biomedical Business Management
    • - Prácticas Externas
    • - Trabajo Fin de Máster
    • - Capacidades Transversales: Gestión de Proyectos, Negociación y Comunicación
Course 2023-2024 - Period: 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2024
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Sciences
    • - Final Degree Project
    • - Business Organization and Experiences in Business
    • - Work Placement
  • Others
    Master Degree in Biomedical Business Management
    • - Propiedad Intelectual, Transferencia de Tecnología y Aspectos Regulatorios
    • - Desarrollo de Moléculas y Dispositivos Médicos
    • - Prácticas Externas
    • - Trabajo Fin de Máster
Course 2022-2023 - Period: 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2023
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Sciences
    • - Business Organization and Experiences in Business
    • - Product Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry
    • - Final Degree Project
Course 2021-2022 - Period: 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2022
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Sciences
    • - Product Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry
    • - Business Organization and Experiences in Business

Academic training

Master's Degree Clinical Analysis Laboratory Pompeu Fabra University
Master Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Health Sciences University of Barcelona
Graduated in Biomedical Sciences, University of Barcelona

Professional experience

Head of Innovation Development Hospital Clínic de Barcelona

EIT Health
Innovation Manager 2020 – 2022
Innovation Consultant 2019 – 2020
EIT Health is one of the largest healthcare initiatives worldwide. Its goal is to sustainably advance the foundations of healthcare and thus promote the future conditions for healthier living and wellbeing of people across Europe.
Inveniam Group - Healthcare Consultant 2017 – 2019
With headquarters in Spain and Israel, Inveniam is a transaction and strategy advisory firm, with a strong focus in technology-based deals in Life Sciences and Resource Sustainability, including fundraising, licensing, acquisitions, and divestiture deals of companies and IP.
EITHealth - External Evaluator & Research Fellow 2018 – 201 Research fellow in Patient and Citizen Engagement activity line (August-November 2018) and external evaluator for project proposals in the following EIT Health calls:
• EIT Health Innovation calls 2019
• EIT Health European Health Catapult Innostars 2019
• EIT Health Headstart Innostars 2019
Moebio Barcelona - dHEALTH fellow 2017
dHealth Barcelona is the master's program of MOEBIO, inspired in the prestigious Stanford University's Biodesign Fellowship. Design Health Barcelona combines an academic program and real experiences in healthcare business to act as an educational incubator of leaders and connect health, business, technology & design at a new and unknown level.
Grifols - R&D Instruments Technician 2016 – 2017
Diagnostic Grifols is a pharmaceutical company specialized in Clinical Diagnostics products. Main tasks focused on the development of new diagnostic instruments:
-Functional and non functional (HW and SW) requirement verifications.
-Immunohematology lab testing (blood typing solutions)
-Hospital division instruments
Course 2024-2025 - Period: 01/09/2024 - 31/08/2025
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Sciences
    • - Work Placement
    • - Business Organization and Experiences in Business
    • - Final Degree Project
  • Others
    Lifelong Learning Master's Degree in Biomedical Business Management
    • - Prácticas Externas
    • - Trabajo Fin de Máster
    • - Capacidades Transversales: Gestión de Proyectos, Negociación y Comunicación
Course 2023-2024 - Period: 01/09/2023 - 31/08/2024
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Sciences
    • - Final Degree Project
    • - Business Organization and Experiences in Business
    • - Work Placement
  • Others
    Master Degree in Biomedical Business Management
    • - Propiedad Intelectual, Transferencia de Tecnología y Aspectos Regulatorios
    • - Desarrollo de Moléculas y Dispositivos Médicos
    • - Prácticas Externas
    • - Trabajo Fin de Máster
Course 2022-2023 - Period: 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2023
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Sciences
    • - Business Organization and Experiences in Business
    • - Product Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry
    • - Final Degree Project
Course 2021-2022 - Period: 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2022
  • Bachelor’s Degree
    Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Sciences
    • - Product Development in the Pharmaceutical Industry
    • - Business Organization and Experiences in Business