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Maternal and Fetal Medicine

The Maternal and Fetal Medicine Research Group has been recognized by AGAUR as a consolidated research group. It is a multidisciplinary team which integrates different knowledge areas in basic and clinical research. Basic research aims to identify new diagnostic and therapeutic tools in maternal and fetal pathologies, while clinical research intends to apply these tools in clinical practice.

The group has different investigation areas:

  • Preterm delivery and vaginal microbiota
  • Placental insufficiency    
  • Fetal spina bifida prenatal surgical treatment 
  • Obstetric ultrasound, fetal medicine and fetal therapy
  • Maternal and obstetric pathology and infections during gestation

Team

Alba Farràs Llobet

Alba Farràs Llobet

Postdoctoral researcher
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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Paula Garcia Aguilar

Paula Garcia Aguilar

Predoctoral researcher
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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Berta Serrano Sanchez

Berta Serrano Sanchez

Predoctoral researcher
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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Inés Zulema Calero Fernández

Inés Zulema Calero Fernández

Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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Lidia Illan Hernandez

Lidia Illan Hernandez

Predoctoral researcher
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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Maite Avilés García

Maite Avilés García

Predoctoral researcher
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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Alba Farràs Llobet

Alba Farràs Llobet

Postdoctoral researcher
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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Paula Garcia Aguilar

Paula Garcia Aguilar

Predoctoral researcher
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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Berta Serrano Sanchez

Berta Serrano Sanchez

Predoctoral researcher
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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Inés Zulema Calero Fernández

Inés Zulema Calero Fernández

Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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Lidia Illan Hernandez

Lidia Illan Hernandez

Predoctoral researcher
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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Maite Avilés García

Maite Avilés García

Predoctoral researcher
Maternal and Fetal Medicine
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Research lines

Non invasive prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities


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Obesity in pregnancy


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Perinatal Mental Health

IP: Elena Carreras Moratonas

Prediction and prevention of PE and intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR)


IP: Manel Mendoza Cobaleda, Pablo García Manau

Projects

EFECTO DE PROBIÓTICOS EN LA TASA DE PARTO PRETÉRMINO (< 37 semanas) EN GESTANTES DE ALTO RIESGO DE PP: GESTANTES CON AMENAZA DE PARTO PRETÉRMINO (PROPEV TRIAL)

IP: Maria del Mar Goya Canino
Collaborators: Erika Bonacina, Ester Del Barco Martínez
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 29645
Reference: PI19/00287
Duration: 01/01/2020 - 30/06/2024

Mejora del rendimiento diagnóstico en genes sarcoméricos de gran tamaño

IP: Francina Munell Casadesus
Collaborators: Laura Costa Comellas, Elena Antima Martinez Saez, Maite Avilés García, David Gómez Andrés
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 73205
Reference: AC19/00048
Duration: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2023

NEW ANTIOXIDANT STRATEGIES FOR THE MULTIMODAL TREATMENT OF PREECLAMPSIA (AFRODITA)

IP: Elena Carreras Moratonas
Collaborators: Itziar Garcia Ruiz, Erika Bonacina, Joana Ramis Garcia
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 111320
Reference: PI20/00606
Duration: 01/01/2021 - 30/06/2025

TISSUE ENGINEERING FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FETOSCOPIC REPAIR OF OPEN SPINAL NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS IN OVINE FETUSES (TISSUE-NTD)

IP: Nerea Maiz Elizaran
Collaborators: Ana Lain Fernandez, Margarita Codinach Creus, Silvia Arévalo Martínez, Pablo García Manau, Paula Garcia Aguilar, Susana Manrique Muñoz, Manuel López Paredes, Ester Del Barco Martínez, Erika Bonacina
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 135520
Reference: PI20/00421
Duration: 01/01/2021 - 30/06/2025

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News

Vall d’Hebron is part of the Consorcio INTERCOVID, which has analyzed over 6,500 pregnancies in 18 countries and observed a significant reduction in the risk of preeclampsia associated with vaccination.

Vall d’Hebron has taken part in a clinical trial whose results show improvements in endometrial regeneration and reproductive outcomes in patients with Asherman syndrome who had not responded to previous surgery.

Funding has been obtained for 43 projects under the calls for Health R&D&I Projects, Health Technology Development, and Independent Clinical Research