Vives Network to award the Medal of Honour to Fàtima Bosch
The Vives Network of Universities (XVU) will present the Medal of Honour to biochemist and molecular biologist Fàtima Bosch, professor of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the UAB. The awards ceremony will take place on 17 July at 1:00 p.m. in the Aula Magna of the historic building of the University of Barcelona. The award recognises the professional career of the honoree and her commitment to science, culture and society.

This is the highest distinction awarded by the Vives Network's General Council, made up of the rectors of the 22 member universities, in recognition of the professional career and commitment to science, culture and society that the honorees have developed in different fields and disciplines. Since 1995, when the first medals were awarded, 36 people from very diverse fields of knowledge have received this award.
Fàtima Bosch has been a researcher and lecturer at the UAB since 1984. She pioneered research into gene therapy, always setting her sight on curing metabolic diseases. In 1990 she created the first transgenic animal laboratory in Spain, located at the UAB, which in 2003 became the Centre for Animal Biotechnology and Gene Therapy (CBATEG); and she has directed it ever since, with important scientific results worldwide.
In 1992 she co-founded the European Society of Gene and Cell Therapy. She was vice-president of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), president of the Spanish Society of Gene and Cell Therapy, and associate editor of the journal Human Gene Therapy, specialised in the field of gene therapy. She is currently a member of the gene doping expert group of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
In 2022 she was elected full member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona (RACAB). She has received, among others, the King Juan Carlos I Award, the Francisco Grande Covián Award, the Narcís Monturiol Medal of the Government of Catalonia, the Creu de Sant Jordi, the Alberto Sols Award, the ICREA Acadèmia, the Jacob's Ladder Norman Saunders International Research Prize, and the UAB Social Council Transfer Award.
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