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.
News
We offer you a gateway for staying up to date on everything going on at the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), from the latest news to future solidarity activities and initiatives that we are organising.
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:
Multiple gestations are at greater risk of preterm delivery than singletons and the risk increase with the number of fetuses. The duration of a triplet pregnancy averages 32-34 weeks gestacion. Although the perinatal mortality rate of multi-fetal gestations have improved, neonatal complications as perinatal morbidity, neurologic disabilities or other serious handicaps increase from singletons to higher orders of multiplicity.
IP: Carlota Rodó Rodríguez, Silvia Arévalo Martínez, Nerea Maiz Elizaran
IP: Anna Suy Franch
IP: Silvia Arévalo Martínez
IP: Nerea Maiz Elizaran, Carlota Rodó Rodríguez, Silvia Arévalo Martínez
IP: Serena Brigidi Collaborators: - Funding agency: Fundació "La Caixa" Funding: 15000 Reference: LACAIXA/RETOSOCIALES/2025/BRIGIDI Duration: 30/09/2025 - 31/07/2025
IP: Serena Brigidi Collaborators: - Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca Funding: 7650 Reference: AGAUR/INDOVIG/2024/BRIGIDI Duration: 08/07/2025 - 07/12/2026
IP: Melchor Carbonell Socias Collaborators: Julio Herrero García, Maria del Pilar Reimundo Diaz-Fierros Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación-MICINN Funding: 613701.6 Reference: CPP2024-011429 Duration: 01/09/2025 - 31/08/2028
IP: Elena Carreras Moratonas Collaborators: - Funding agency: EIT- European Institute of Innovation & Technolog Funding: 12420 Reference: PREGNADIGIT_E.CARRERAS_EITHEALTH Duration: 02/09/2024 - 31/12/2025
PhD student: Pablo García Manau Director/s: Manel Mendoza Cobaleda University: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2025
PhD student: Otto Giler Cantos Director/s: Elisa Llurba Olivé, Antonio Gil Moreno University: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2024
PhD student: - - - Director/s: Nerea Maiz Elizaran University: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2023
PhD student: Berta Serrano Sanchez Director/s: Elena Carreras Moratonas University: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2023
PhD student: Erika Bonacina Director/s: Manel Mendoza Cobaleda University: UAB Year: 2023
PhD student: Ivan Hurtado Lupiañez, Ivan Hurtado Lupiañez Director/s: Elena Carreras Moratonas, Nerea Maiz Elizaran University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2023
PhD student: Edgar Coello Cahuau Director/s: Nerea Maiz Elizaran, Alberto Plaja Rustein, Maria Ángeles Sánchez Durán, Alberto Plaja Rustein University: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2022
PhD student: Mireia Vargas Bujan Director/s: Maria del Mar Goya Canino University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2022
PhD student: Alba Farràs Llobet Director/s: Maria del Mar Goya Canino, Ma Teresa Higueras Sanz University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2022
PhD student: Maddalena Santirocco Director/s: Nerea Maiz Elizaran, Alberto Plaja Rustein, Alberto Plaja Rustein University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2022
PhD student: Irene Ribera Casellas Director/s: Elisa Llurba Olivé University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2021
PhD student: Melchor Carbonell Socias Director/s: Maria Asuncion Perez Benavente, José Luis Sánchez Iglesias, Antonio Gil Moreno, José Luis Sánchez Iglesias University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2020
PhD student: Andrea Gascón Portales, Andrea Gascón Portales Director/s: Maria del Mar Goya Canino University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2020
PhD student: Manel Mendoza Cobaleda Director/s: Elena Carreras Moratonas, Maria del Mar Goya Canino University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2019
PhD student: Susana Manrique Muñoz Director/s: Elena Carreras Moratonas, Miriam de Nadal Clanchet University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2018
PhD student: Carlota Rodó Rodríguez Director/s: Elena Carreras Moratonas University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2018
PhD student: Laia Pratcorona Alicart, Laia Pratcorona Alicart, Laia Pratcorona Alicart Director/s: Maria del Mar Goya Canino, Elena Carreras Moratonas, Lluís Cabero Roura University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2018
PhD student: Anna Maroto González Director/s: Elena Carreras Moratonas University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2017
PhD student: Aina Ruiz Romero Director/s: Elisa Llurba Olivé University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2017
PhD student: Maria del Mar Goya Canino Director/s: Lluís Cabero Roura University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2012
PhD student: Elisa Llurba Olivé Director/s: University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2007
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
