About the VHIR
Here at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) we promote biomedical research, innovation and teaching. Over 1,800 people are seeking to understand diseases today so the treatment can be improved tomorrow.
Research
We are working to understand diseases, to find out how they operate and to create better treatments for patients. Get to know about our groups and their lines of research.
People
People are the centre of the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR). This is why we are bound by the principles of freedom of research, gender equality and professional attitudes that HRS4R promotes.
Clinical trials
Our work is not just basic or translational; we are leaders in clinical research. Enter and find about the clinical trials we are conducting and why we are a world reference in this field.
Progress
Our aim is to make the research carried out at the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) a driving force for transformation. How? By identifying new channels and solutions for the promotion of people's health and well-being.
Core facilities
We offer specialist support for researchers, internal and external alike, ranging from specific services to preparing complete projects. All this, from a perspective of quality and speed of response.
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The Diabetes and Metabolism Research Group is search is lead by Dr. Rafael Simó (Hirsch index:54), Head of the Endocrinology Department, Professor of Medicine & Endocrinology at UAB and current President of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes-Eye Complications. The group consists of 7 senior clinical investigators, 4 basic post-doctoral researchers, 4 pre-doc researchers, 3 laboratory technicians and one coordinator of clinical assays.
The group belongs to “CIBER” of Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Diseases (CIBERDEM. ISCIII) and has been recognized as consolidated group by the Generalitat de Catalunya (AQU/AGAUR).
Since 2014 this group has been qualified as outstanding in the evaluations performed by the ANEP, CIBERDEM and the external Scientific Advisory Board of VHIR.
The main lines of research are:
PMID: 35055345 Journal: Journal of Personalized Medicine Year: 2022 Reference: J Pers Med. 2022 Jan 2;12(1). pii: jpm12010030. doi: 10.3390/jpm12010030. Impact factor: Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Aguade-Bruix, Santiago; Aparicio, Carolina; Castell-Conesa, Joan; Garcia-Leon, Daniel; Herance, Jose Raul; Hernandez, Cristina; Mares, Roso; Paun, Bruno; Simo, Rafael; Simo-Servat, Olga et al. DOI: 10.3390/jpm12010030
PMID: 35063409 Journal: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY Year: 2022 Reference: Am J Ophthalmol. 2022 Jul;239:37-53. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2022.01.011. Epub 2022 Jan 19. Impact factor: Publication type: Review in international publication Authors: Chai, Yin-He; Gong, Hong-Jian; Liu, Wei; Patel, Ikramulhaq; Qiao, Yu-Shun; She, Hai-Cheng; Simo, Rafael; Stehouwer, Coen D A; Xu, Hui; Zhang, Yong-Peng et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2022.01.011
PMID: 35068460 Journal: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE Year: 2022 Reference: J Alzheimers Dis. 2022;86(1):451-460. doi: 10.3233/JAD-215313. Impact factor: Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Andersen, Nis; Andresen, Jens; Bek, Toke; Frydkjaer-Olsen, Ulrik; Grauslund, Jakob; Hajari, Javad Nouri; Hass Rubin, Katrine; Heegaard, Steffen; Hojlund, Kurt; Kawasaki, Ryo et al. DOI: 10.3233/JAD-215313
PMID: 34737187 Journal: DIABETES Year: 2022 Reference: Diabetes. 2022 Feb 1;71(2):315-320. doi: 10.2337/db21-0688. Impact factor: Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Barbe, Ferran; Carolina, Lopez-Cano; Ciudin, Andreea; Dalmases, Mireia; Gaeta, Anna Michaela; Garcia-Ramirez, Marta; Hernandez, Cristina; Lecube, Albert; Marti, Raquel; Pellitero, Silvia et al. DOI: 10.2337/db21-0688
PMID: 32933882 Journal: Endocrinologia Diabetes y Nutricion Year: 2021 Reference: Endocrinol Diabetes Nutr. 2021 Feb;68(2):130-136. doi: 10.1016/j.endinu.2020.05.003. Epub 2020 Sep 12. Impact factor: Publication type: Paper in national publication Authors: Ballesteros Pomar, Maria D; Barahona, Maria Jose; Breton Lesmes, Irene; Bueno, Marta; Caixas, Assumpta; Calanas Continente, Alfonso; Ciudin, Andreea; Cordido, Fernando; de Hollanda, Ana; Diaz, Maria Jesus et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.endinu.2020.05.003
PMID: 33484411 Journal: ENDOCRINE Year: 2021 Reference: Endocrine. 2021 Jul;73(1):131-140. doi: 10.1007/s12020-021-02610-7. Epub 2021 Jan 23. Impact factor: Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Alcazar, Victoria; Anda, Emma; Bella, Rosa M; Blanco, Concha; Cameselle-Teijeiro, Jose Manuel; Capel, Ismael; Castano, Angel; Chao, Montserrat; Echeverria, Saioa; Fernandez-Seara, Pilar et al. DOI: 10.1007/s12020-021-02610-7
PMID: 33401779 Journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES Year: 2021 Reference: Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Jan 2;22(1). pii: ijms22010415. doi: 10.3390/ijms22010415. Impact factor: Publication type: Review in international publication Authors: Biagetti, Betina; Simo, Rafael et al. DOI: 10.3390/ijms22010415
PMID: 33357713 Journal: Endocrinologia, diabetes y nutricion Year: 2021 Reference: Endocrinol Diabetes Nutr. 2021 Jan;68(1):1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.endinu.2020.11.001. Impact factor: Publication type: Editorial in national publication Authors: Biagetti, Betina; Simo, Rafael et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.endinu.2020.11.001
PMID: 31403184 Journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER Year: 2020 Reference: Int J Cancer. 2020 Jan 15;146(2):521-530. doi: 10.1002/ijc.32622. Epub 2019 Aug 28. Impact factor: 5.145 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Roldan-Romero, J M, Montero-Conde, C, Grana-Castro, O, Martin-Serrano, G, Martinez-Montes, A M, Zarzuela, E, Munoz, J, Torres-Perez, R, Pita, G, Cordero-Barreal, A et al. DOI: 10.1002/ijc.32622
PMID: 31557724 Journal: Endocrine Connections Year: 2019 Reference: Endocr Connect. 2019 Oct;8(10):1416-1424. doi: 10.1530/EC-19-0321. Impact factor: 2.474 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Navarro, Elena, Casteras, Anna, Portillo, Paloma, Alcazar, Victoria, Calatayud, Maria, Alvarez-Escola, Cristina, Sastre, Julia, Boix, Evangelina, Forga Llenas, Lluis, Vicente, Almudena et al. DOI: 10.1530/EC-19-0321
PMID: 31529081 Journal: INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE Year: 2019 Reference: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2019 Sep 3;60(12):3842-3853. doi: 10.1167/iovs.19-26761. Impact factor: 3.812 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Lopes de Faria, Jacqueline M, Duarte, Diego A, Simo, Rafael, Datilo, Marcella N, Pasqualetto, Francieli C, Lopes de Faria, Jose B, Garcia-Ramirez, Marta et al. DOI: 10.1167/iovs.19-26761
PMID: 31475838 Journal: Nutricion Hospitalaria Year: 2019 Reference: Nutr Hosp. 2019 Oct 17;36(5):1011-1018. doi: 10.20960/nh.02461. Impact factor: 0.759 Publication type: Letter or abstract Authors: Simo Servat, Andreu, Lopez Urdiales, Rafael, Planas-Vilaseca, Alejandra, Garcia-Sancho de la Jordana, Paula, Fernandez Alvarez, Monica, Leiva Baldosa, Elisabet, Badia Tahull, Maria B, Virgili Casas, Maria Nuria et al. DOI: 10.20960/nh.02461
PMID: 31344857 Journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES Year: 2019 Reference: Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Jul 24;20(15). pii: ijms20153615. doi: 10.3390/ijms20153615. Impact factor: 4.183 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Gomez-Guerrero, Carmen, Sampedro, Joel, Sola-Adell, Cristina, Espejo, Carmen, Garcia-Ramirez, Marta, Prieto, Ignacio, Egido, Jesus, Simo, Rafael, Bogdanov, Patricia, Hernandez, Cristina et al. DOI: 10.3390/ijms20153615
PMID: 27910111 Journal: CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY Year: 2017 Reference: Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2017 Feb;86(2):214-222. doi: 10.1111/cen.13273. Epub 2016 Dec 2. Impact factor: 3.487 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Crespo, Iris, Aulinas, Anna, Urgell, Eulalia, Biagetti, Betina, Webb, Susan M, Valassi, Elena, Leta, Ruben, Vilades, David et al. DOI: 10.1111/cen.13273
PMID: 27796194 Journal: THYROID Year: 2017 Reference: Thyroid. 2017 Jan;27(1):59-66. doi: 10.1089/thy.2016.0094. Epub 2016 Nov 30. Impact factor: 3.784 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Castelblanco, Esmeralda, Zafon, Carles, Maravall, Javier, Gallel, Pilar, Martinez, Montserrat, Capel, Ismael, Bella-Cueto, Maria Rosa, Halperin, Irene, Temprana-Salvador, Jordi, Iglesias, Carmela et al. DOI: 10.1089/thy.2016.0094
PMID: 29259392 Journal: MOLECULAR VISION Year: 2017 Reference: Mol Vis. 2017 Dec 5;23:853-871. eCollection 2017. Impact factor: 2.057 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: De Hertogh, Gert, Opdenakker, Ghislain, Simo, Rafael, Mousa, Ahmed, Mohammad, Ghulam, Ahmad, Ajmal, Abu El-Asrar, Ahmed M, Alam, Kaiser, Garcia-Ramirez, Marta, Siddiquei, Mohammad Mairaj et al. DOI:
PMID: 29168876 Journal: LAB ON A CHIP Year: 2017 Reference: Lab Chip. 2017 Dec 19;18(1):95-105. doi: 10.1039/c7lc00795g. Impact factor: 6.045 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Villa, Rosa, Simo, Rafael, Hernandez, Cristina, Yeste, Jose, Garcia-Ramirez, Marta, Illa, Xavi, Guimera, Anton et al. DOI: 10.1039/c7lc00795g
The European project, in which Vall d'Hebron participates, will favor personalized diagnosis and innovative therapeutic strategies in patients with the disease.
This investment from EIT Health in the project will enable D-Sight to progress in the clinical development of its groundbreaking treatment for the early stages of diabetic retinopathy.
This initiative of the ”la Caixa” Foundation offers the selected entrepreneurial scientists financial support and support through individual mentoring and training.
