The UGR Awards for Outstanding Research & Scientific Dissemination
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The UGR Awards for Outstanding Research & Scientific Dissemination
17 Nov 2016
The UGR Awards for Outstanding Research and Scientific Dissemination (Premios de la Universidad de Granada a la divulgación científica y a trabajos de investigación de excelencia) were celebrated on the 8th November 2016. The awards are granted in recognition of outstanding contributions made by researchers at the UGR and encompass six different areas: the humanities, health sciences, experimental sciences, social sciences, engineering, and innovation and transfer.
The awards are also an opportunity to highlight the UGR´s profile as a research-driven institution that makes significant contributions to all of these areas. Pilar Aranda, the rector of the UGR, chaired the awards ceremony.
The awardees
Health science:
Ignacio Arcelus Martínez, author of 'Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis and treatment in patients with cancer: American Society of clinical oncology clinical practice guideline update'.
Experimental science:
Juan Antonio Aguilar Saavedra, author of 'Observation of a new particle in the search for the standard model Higgs boson with the Atlas detector at the LHC'.
Social science
Rocío García Retamero, author of 'The Berlin numeracy test, Judgment and Decision Making'.
Humanities
Francisco Contreras Cortés, co-author of 'The silver of the South Iberian El Argar culture. A first look at production and distribution'.
Engineering
Francisco Herrera Triguero, author of 'Hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets for decision making'.
Innovation and transfer
Darío Acuña Castroviejo and Germaine Escames Rosa