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.
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IP: Montserrat Martinez Muñoz Collaborators: Dimelza Osorio Sánchez, Esperanza Zuriguel Pérez, Mª Ángeles Barba Flores, Patricia Rubio Garrido Funding agency: Col·legi Oficial d'Infermers/es de Barcelona Funding: 5830 Reference: PR-676/2024 Duration: 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2026
IP: Pablo Buck Sainz Collaborators: - Funding agency: CONSEJO GRAL COLEGIOS OFICIALES ENFERMERÍA CGE Funding: 10000 Reference: GCE/2023/PBUCK Duration: 08/02/2024 - 07/02/2026
IP: Begoña Benito Villabriga Collaborators: Carmen Escudero Iriarte, Laia Ventura i Expósito, Susana Otero Romero, Ignacio Ferreira González, José Antonio Barrabés Riu, Carlos Nos Llopis, Pablo Velasco Puyó, Jose Fernando Rodríguez Palomares, Sunny Malhotra Sareen, Belen Perez Dueñas, Jaume Sastre Garriga, Joan López Hellin, Antonia Sambola Ayala, Jordi Rio Izquierdo, Nuria Rivas Gandara, Jordi Perez Rodon, Aroa Soriano Fernández, Manuel Comabella Lopez, Antonio Rodríguez Sinovas, Gisela Teixido Tura, Antonia Pijuan Domenech, Roser Ferrer Costa, Joaquin Seras Franzoso, Carmen Tur Gomez, Maria Cristina Díaz de Heredia Rubio, Laia Yañez Bisbe, Maria Jose Pérez García, Miguel Segura Ginard, Diego Baranda Martínez-Abasca, Cristina Auger Acosta, Neus Bellera Gotarda, Teresa Macarulla Mercadé, Herena Eixarch Ahufinger, M Mar Mañu Pereira, Deborah Pareto Onghena, Lorena Valero Arrese, Aitor Uribarri Gonzalez, Jordi Bañeras Rius, Alex Rovira Cañellas, Mar Tintore Subirana, Bruno García del Blanco, Ana Vivancos Prellezo, Maria Teresa Salcedo Allende, Marisol Ruiz Meana, Ana Belén Méndez Fernández, Xavier Montalban Gairín, Simon Schwartz Navarro, Anna Llort Sales, Carmen Espejo Ruiz, Raquel Hladun Alvaro, Sandra Mancilla Zamora, Ana Zabalza de Torres, Javier Inserte Igual, Luciana Midaglia Fernandez, Elizabeth Pando Rau, Gabriela Guillén Burrieza, Ana Laura Cazurro Gutierrez, David Gómez Andrés, Alvaro Cobo Calvo, Alvaro Calabuig Goena, Joaquin Castillo Justribo, Lydia Dux-Santoy Hurtado, Lucas Moreno Martín-Retortillo, Andres Miguez Gonzalez, Josep Roma Castanyer, Laura Dos Subirá, Nicolás Miguel Fissolo, Maria Nazarena Pizzi, Paolo Giovanni Nuciforo, Tian Tian, Diana Fernandes de Rafael, Andrea Guala Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 2494527.53 Reference: FORT23/00034 Duration: 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2027
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
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.
