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 Multidisciplinary Nursing Research Group develops its research with the commitment to solve and prevent people's health problems. It is a team made up of nurses, midwives, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nutritionists and social workers, whose objective is to generate knowledge in the specific area of nursing activity and other health professionals. With special interest in populations of extreme age, critical, chronic and complex chronic patients. The main lines of research are focused on the ethical and social aspects of care, innovative technologies in health, innovative technologies in therapeutic applications and health promotion for the autonomy of patients and families.
In its first 8 years of activity, the group has published 70 international papers, achieved 8 competitive findings, finalized PhD thesis and validated and implemented different innovative care models.
IP: Alfons Macaya Ruíz Collaborators: Laia Ventura i Expósito, Belen Perez Dueñas, Laura Costa Comellas, Francina Munell Casadesus, Anna Marcé Grau, Miquel Raspall Chaure, Mireia Del Toro Riera, Julia Sala Coromina, Ana Felipe Rucián, Ana Laura Cazurro Gutierrez, David Gómez Andrés, Amaia Lasa Aranzasti, Lucy Dougherty de Miguel Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca Funding: 0.01 Reference: 2021 SGR 01171 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2025
IP: Xavier Montalban Gairín Collaborators: Carlos Nos Llopis, Sunny Malhotra Sareen, José Ant. Graells Salvador, Jaume Sastre Garriga, Jordi Rio Izquierdo, Ingrid Galán Cartaña, Rosalia Horno Ocaña, Manuel Comabella Lopez, Andrea Serrano Mascarós, Margarida Capell Maymo, Samuel Sánchez Pous, Elisenda Anglada Clofent, Montserrat Aroca Alsina, Sergio Cabello, Carmen Tur Gomez, Gabriel Ig Camiña Rodríguez, Herena Eixarch Ahufinger, Carme Santoyo Medina, Oriol Nualart Mundo, Mar Tintore Subirana, M Jesus Arevalo Navines, Edwin Roger Meza Murillo, Augusto Cesar Sao Aviles, Miguel Angel Robles Sanchez, Dunia Muñoz Valdivielso, Carmen Espejo Ruiz, Gaizka Loyola Sanmillan, Mireia Resina Salles, Angela Vidal Jordana, Lucía Gutiérrez Ruiz, Ana Zabalza de Torres, Sergio Vergara Ruiz, Rafael Garcia Merida, Luciana Midaglia Fernandez, Alvaro Cobo Calvo, Neus Mongay Ochoa, Joaquin Castillo Justribo, Milagros Fraga Pereira, Breogan Rodriguez Acevedo, Andres Miguez Gonzalez, Mireia Castillo Juarez, Rucsanda Pinteac, Nicolás Miguel Fissolo Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca Funding: 40000 Reference: 2021 SGR 00782 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2025
IP: Fco Javier Santos Vicente Collaborators: Beatriz Lobo Alvarez, Fernando Azpiroz Vidaur, Merce Albert Bayo, Natalia Borruel Sainz, Francesc Casellas Jordá, Carmen Alonso Cotoner, Carolina Malagelada Prats, Jorge Serra Pueyo, Ana Maria Gonzalez Castro, Ariadna Aguilar Cayuelas, Fisiologia i fisiopatologia digestiva, Laura Campderros Traver, Blanca Grases Pintó, Virginia Robles Alonso, Adoración Nieto Ruiz, Claudia Barber Caselles, Elena Céspedes Martínez, Danila Guagnozzi, Luis Gerardo Alcala Gonzalez, Ronald Benjamin Llerena Castro, Consuelo Cammarota Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca Funding: 40000 Reference: 2021 SGR 00766 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2025
IP: Javier Garcia Fernandez Collaborators: - Funding agency: Col·legi Oficial d'Infermers/es de Barcelona Funding: 5610 Reference: PR583/2022 Duration: 18/10/2022 - 18/10/2025
The recognition highlights the Cuidador Acompañante project, a nursing-led initiative that promotes the active and safe participation of families in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Critical thinking enables these professionals to analyse each clinical situation more reflectively and rigorously in order to improve patient care.
The Neonatology Service aims to demonstrate that the individual family room for newborns is more beneficial than the shared box room.
