Scientific Research
The Foundation operates various projects in the sector of Scientific Research ranging from the medical-pharmaceutical to the socio-economic field.In the field of medical-pharmaceutical research the Foundation has cooperated for many years with the faculties of Medicine and Surgery in Rome’s chief universities. Since 2003, the Foundation has been running a project together with the Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore – Policlinico Agostino Gemelli, in Rome, whereby a cord blood stem cells bank has been created. This project has laid a solid basis for further investigation of any medical and therapeutic results arising from research on these cells.
In the related field of adult stem cells, the Fondazione Roma supports a project, organised by the ‘La Sapienza’ University in Rome, whereby a clinical and pharmaceutical biotechnologies research centre– mainly connected to cell and molecular oncology – has been created in the Pontine area where the university holds degree courses in its decentralised campus with labs for Medicine and Surgery. Moreover, through the project “Fondazione Roma for biomedical research” the Foundation has allocated special funds to biomedical research projects created in Lazio’s most excellent research centres in the new fields of diabetes, cell therapy, regenerative medicine and drug designs for the treatment of human infectious disease.
In the specialized field of ophthalmology, the Fondazione Roma ensures support to IRCCS - Fondazione G.B. Bietti per lo Studio e la Ricerca in Oftalmologia - ONLUS for the accomplishment of a series of high-quality research projects that have concrete prospects for therapeutic application. A most excellent centre in its field, acknowledged in 2005 by the Italian Ministry of Health as a Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalisation and Healthcare this Foundation fosters clinical and surgical care, teaching and ophthalmologic research.
Fondazione Roma also promotes projects in the field of social sciences relying on scientific contributions made by the Fondazione Censis, of which the Foundation is a member. Censis has been performing investigations in the vital fields of society for over thirty years for the purpose of investigating the constitutive principals of civil society, such as the evolution of the social and productive structure, innovation, individual and collective behaviour, business mechanisms and the development of local authorities. An important result of the partnership with Censis arose from the World Social Summit entitled ‘Fearless: discussion on how to combat global anguish’, which, promoted by the Fondazione Roma, was held in Rome on the 24th – 26th September 2008 and attended by authoritative academics both from Italy and abroad.