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.
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The group’s basic and clinical research activity, above all, surrounds the fields of inflammation and repair, respiratory insufficiency and tissue hypoxia, and these fields complement one another and are connected through the study of conditions such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pulmonary fibrosis, infections, transplants, pulmonary hypertension or sleep-related breathing disorders.
The group has an experimental research laboratory and a clinical research and clinical trial unit. It is made up of professionals from different specialties (pulmonologists, biologists, nurses, laboratory technicians, physiotherapists etc.). This multidisciplinary team provides an added value to the group and guarantees the existence of the critical mass necessary to carry out scientific projects.
Our group is a node that belongs to the CIBERES network (CIBER for respiratory diseases) and also works in collaboration with groups of the highest national and international prestige.
In the field of COPD, the main research lines have centred on genetic aspects of the disease, with special emphasis on patents with emphysema due to a-1 antitrypsin deficit and exacerbation of COPD. Moreover, a research line has been initiated based on the study of inflammation in lung tissue by molecular biology techniques.
IP: Jaume Ferrer Sancho
The Group has a dedicated outpatient care center for primary immunodeficiency and is the referral center for this disease. There is also a Catalonian Referral Unit for Cystic Fibrosis, which maintains the Spanish registry of bronchiectasis and patients with a1-antitrypsin deficit. Moreover, the team is considered to be expert in the control of tuberculous disease.
IP: Cystic fibrosis and primary immunodeficiencies.
The Group performed the first successful lung transplantation in Spain. Currently, it is one of the hospitals where the largest number of lung transplants are carried out annually, which places it among the leading centers in Europe and the world for this activity.
IP: Antonio Román Broto
The Paediatric Pulmonology and Cystic Fibrosis Unit is a Spanish referral center for paediatric lung transplantation and pulmonary hypertension and a Catalonia referral center for children with cystic fibrosis, including the neonatal screening program. The main lines of research include the study of inflammation and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in asthma in infants and older children, the determination of reference values for spirometry in children and the study of lung function in children with sequelae of neonatal respiratory disease (bronchopulmonary dysplasia). The Unit has established a new line of study of ciliary motility and ultrastructure in primary ciliary dyskinesia to allow further study of this rare disease.
IP: Antonio Moreno Galdó
IP: Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall Collaborators: David Espejo Castellanos, David Soler Segovia Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 121250 Reference: PI24/00762 Duration: 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2027
IP: Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona Collaborators: Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall, Antía Ferreiro Posse, David Soler Segovia Funding agency: EUROPEAN COMMISSION Funding: 521450 Reference: EC/HLTH-2024-ENVHLTH-02-06/2023/CARMONA Duration: 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2029
IP: Miriam Barrecheguren Fernández Collaborators: Marc Miravitlles Fernández, Cristina Aljama Vizcarra, Gerard Orriols Torras Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 127500 Reference: PI24/00649 Duration: 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2027
IP: Marc Miravitlles Fernández Collaborators: Gerard Orriols Torras Funding agency: Alpha-1 Foundation Funding: 64695 Reference: ALPHA-1/IN-CYCLE/2024/MIRAVITLLES Duration: 25/07/2024 - 30/06/2025
PhD student: Meritxell Boada Perez Director/s: Victor Monforte Torres, Susana Gómez Olles University: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2025
PhD student: Julia Sampol Sirvent Director/s: Marc Miravitlles Fernández, Jaume Ferrer Sancho University: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2024
PhD student: David Clofent Alarcón Director/s: Mario Culebras Amigo, Eva Polverino University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2024
PhD student: Mª Jose Jurado Luque Director/s: Gabriel Sampol Rubio, Gabriel Sampol Rubio University: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2023
PhD student: Karina iraida Loor Reyes Director/s: Javier de Gracia Roldán University: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2023
PhD student: Christian Eduardo Romero Mesones Director/s: Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall, Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona University: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2023
PhD student: Victoria Ruiz De Miguel Director/s: Antonio Román Broto, Susana Gómez Olles University: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2023
PhD student: María Guadalupe Silveira Director/s: Gabriel Sampol Rubio, Gabriel Sampol Rubio University: Year: 2022
PhD student: Silvia Sánchez Díez Director/s: Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall, Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona University: Year: 2022
PhD student: Alexa Gabriela Nuñez Dubon, Alexa Gabriela Nuñez Dubon Director/s: Marc Miravitlles Fernández, Cristina Esquinas López, Cristina Esquinas López University: Year: 2022
PhD student: Antonio Álvarez Fernandez, Antonio Álvarez Fernandez Director/s: Javier de Gracia Roldán, Ferran Morell Brotad, Ferran Morell Brotad University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2021
PhD student: Miquel de Homdedeu Cortes, Miquel de Homdedeu Cortes Director/s: Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall, Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2021
PhD student: Alberto Mendoza Valderrey Director/s: Antonio Román Broto, Antonio Román Broto University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2020
PhD student: Donghai Ma Director/s: Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall, Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2020
PhD student: Berta Saez Gimenez Director/s: Antonio Román Broto, Carles Bravo Masgoret, Antonio Román Broto University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2018
PhD student: Mònica Sánchez Ortiz Director/s: Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall, Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2018
PhD student: Mario Culebras Amigo, Mario Culebras Amigo Director/s: Javier de Gracia Roldán University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2017
PhD student: Cristina Berastegui Garcia, Cristina Berastegui Garcia Director/s: Antonio Román Broto, Susana Gómez Olles University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2017
PhD student: Ana Villar Gomez Director/s: Ferran Morell Brotad, Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall, Ferran Morell Brotad, Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2017
PhD student: Manuel López Meseguer, Manuel López Meseguer Director/s: Jaume Ferrer Sancho, Antonio Román Broto, Antonio Román Broto, Jaume Ferrer Sancho University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2017
PhD student: Marta Ollé Monge Director/s: Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall, Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2016
PhD student: Miriam Barrecheguren Fernández Director/s: Marc Miravitlles Fernández University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2016
PhD student: Iñigo Ojanguren Arranz Director/s: Ferran Morell Brotad, Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall, Ferran Morell Brotad, Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2016
PhD student: Marta Torrella Marcet Director/s: Gabriel Sampol Rubio, Gabriel Sampol Rubio University: UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE MADRID Year: 2016
PhD student: María Isabel Velasco García Director/s: Jaume Ferrer Sancho, Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2015
PhD student: Maddalena Peghin Director/s: Isabel Ruiz Camps, Victor Monforte Torres, Isabel Ruiz Camps University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2015
PhD student: Mercedes Pallero Castillo, Mercedes Pallero Castillo Director/s: Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall, Ferran Morell Brotad, Ferran Morell Brotad University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2015
PhD student: Maria Antonia Ramon Belmonte, Maria Antonia Ramon Belmonte Director/s: Jaume Ferrer Sancho, Jaume Ferrer Sancho University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2015
PhD student: Esther Rodríguez González Director/s: Jaume Ferrer Sancho, Jaume Ferrer Sancho University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2014
PhD student: Pablo Catalán Serra Director/s: Gabriel Sampol Rubio, Gabriel Sampol Rubio University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2014
PhD student: Alex Roger Reig Director/s: Ferran Morell Brotad, Ferran Morell Brotad, Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2013
PhD student: Sara Sanchez Vidaurre Director/s: Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2012
PhD student: Jordi Olloquequi Gonzalez Director/s: Jaume Ferrer Sancho, Juan Francisco Montes Castillo, Jaume Ferrer Sancho University: Universitat de Barcelona Year: 2010
PhD student: Susana Gómez Olles, Susana Gómez Olles Director/s: University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2007
PhD student: Carles Bravo Masgoret, Carles Bravo Masgoret Director/s: University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2005
PhD student: Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona, Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona Director/s: University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2005
PhD student: Victor Monforte Torres, Victor Monforte Torres Director/s: University: Universidad Autònoma de Barcelona Year: 2005
The grants, amounting to more than €533,000 for VHIR, will allow clinical duties to be partially released over three years to promote strategic research projects in obesity, respiratory diseases, aortic pathology and metabolic fatty liver disease.
Funding has been obtained for 43 projects under the calls for Health R&D&I Projects, Health Technology Development, and Independent Clinical Research
The new edition, led by Dr. Marc Miravitlles, updates treatment recommendations and integrates the consensus of the main medical societies involved in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
EXIMIOUS (Mapping Exposure-Induced Immune Effects: Connecting the Exposome and the Immunome), un projecte finançat per la Unió Europea que engloba 15 organitzacions de 7 països europeus.
EXIMIOUS té com a objectiu estudiar l’exposoma, és a dir, l’exposició a factors ambientals al llarg de la vida, per entendre la seva relació amb les malalties immunomediades, com ara les malalties autoimmunes o les al·lèrgies. Des del VHIR està liderat per la Dra. M Jesús Cruz i el seu equip de Pneumologia.
