Vanesa Nogales is the Managing Director of the Research Institute of the Hospital del Mar. With a strong academic background, she earned her bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from the University of Córdoba, a PhD in Biomedicine from the University of Barcelona, and an EMBA from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Additionally, she has pursued notable postgraduate studies, including the Master's in Translational Medicine from the University of Barcelona, the Design Health Barcelona program driven by MOEBIO, BIOCAT - UB, and the Senior Management Program in Research, Innovation, and Technological Transfer Institutions from the IESE Business School.

After completing her PhD in 2016, she decided to change her professional sector and move into management. From 2017 to 2019, she coordinated the launch and consolidation of the cancer area of the Biomedical Research Network Center (CIBER) from the position of Deputy to the Scientific Director. This area is a prominent national network funded by ISCIII that brings together over 700 experts in 50 groups dedicated to clinical and translational oncological research. Later, from 2020 to 2023, she served as the Deputy Director at the same Research Institute of the Hospital del Mar.