Prof. Félix Goñi awarded by the Academy of Medical Sciences of Bilbao

The former Director of the Instituto Biofisika, Prof. Félix Goñi Urcelay, has been awarded the Dr. José Carrasco - D. Máximo Aguirre Award by the Academy of Medical Sciences of Bilbao.

The Academy of Medical Sciences of Bilbao and the Sociedad Bilbaína established the Dr. José Carrasco - D. Máximo de Aguirre Awards in 2007, an annual honor presented in Bilbao to individuals or institutions connected to the health sciences.

For the 2025 edition, both institutions have selected the following recipients as worthy of this award:

- Dr. Juan del Arco Ortiz de Zárate: For his professional career in the field of management and dissemination of the pharmaceutical profession.

- Prof. Dr. Félix Goñi Urcelay: For his distinguished international professional career in research and teaching in the fields of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics.

- Etorkintza Foundation: For its service to the people of Biscay over its 40 years of existence, becoming a benchmark as a social and healthcare organization dedicated to supporting vulnerable groups affected by substance addiction.