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: Debora Sierra Nuñez Collaborators: - Funding agency: Col·legi Oficial d'Infermers/es de Barcelona Funding: 4895 Reference: PR536/2022 Duration: 18/10/2022 - 18/10/2025
IP: Fco Javier Santos Vicente Collaborators: Beatriz Lobo Alvarez, Silvia Muñoz Caller, Carmen Alonso Cotoner, Natalia Rodriguez Santas, Ana Maria Gonzalez Castro, Development, dIagnostic and prevention of gender-related Somatic and mental COmorbitiEs in IRritable bowel syndrome In Europe (D, Marc Pigrau Pastor, Adoración Nieto Ruiz, Alejandro Henao Paez, Consuelo Cammarota , José Alegre Martin, Jesus Castro Marrero, Marta Ribases Haro, Natalia Llonga Tejedor, Amanda Rodríguez Urrutia Funding agency: EUROPEAN COMMISSION Funding: 1148684.84 Reference: DISCOVERIE_H2020-SC1-BHC2019 Duration: 01/01/2020 - 31/05/2025
IP: Esperanza Zuriguel Pérez Collaborators: Mª del Carmen Gomez Martin, Sara López Branchadell, Dunia Ben Lachhab Sancho Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 17545 Reference: PI21/00590 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2026
IP: Eva Gavilan Castillo Collaborators: - Funding agency: Col·legi Oficial d'Infermers/es de Barcelona Funding: 3597 Reference: PR-483/2021 Duration: 21/10/2021 - 20/10/2025
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.
