Annual And Corporate Responsibility Report 2017

7.3.2.3. Constantes y Vitales in 2017 More information at http://compromiso. atresmedia.com/constantes-vitales/ For the third straight year, Constantes y Vitales, a joint initiative of laSexta and Fundación AXA, handed out its Constantes y Vitales Awards in 2017, which went to: • Award for the best preventive healthcare promotional campaign: La Roche- Posay / L’Orèal España for their ‘Skinchecker’ prevention and awareness campaign. • Award for the year’s best biomedical research project: Dr Marisol Soengas, of the National Centre for Oncological Research (Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas, or CNIO) in Madrid, for her project titled “Whole-body imaging of lymphovascular niches identifies pre-metastatic roles of midkine”. • Award for Young Talent in Biomedical Research: Dr Arkaitz Carracedo Pérez, principal investigator at CIC bioGUNE Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences in Bizkaia, for his research into the biology of cancer, and Dr. David Sancho Madrid, of Fundación Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III, for his research in the field of immunology. This category awarded 100,000 euros ex aequo . • Scientific Career Award: Dr. Gabriela Morreale de Castro, scientist and chemist, for her numerous contributions in the field of endocrinology. In 2017, the initiative continued to lobby authorities to install defibrillators in public places and convinced Asturias, Madrid and Valencia to become cardiac- protected regions. It also signed a collaboration agreement with the Spanish Cardiology Society (Sociedad Española de Cardiología) and with the Spanish Red Cross (Cruz Roja) in a bid to make more regions cardiac-protected. Meanwhile, under the motto “ Cosas que te dejan sin aliento ” (“Things that leave you breathless”), Constantes y Vitales launched a campaign to raise awareness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). | 142 |  7. OUR CONTRIBUTION ATRESMEDIA  |  ANNUAL AND CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY REPORT 2017