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 Research group on Aging, Frailty and Care Transitions in Barcelona (REFiTBcn) stems from the expertise of healthcare professionals of Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili. The group focuses on clinical epidemiology of aging and implementation science of innovative and integrated complex interventions, with the final aim of improving quality of life of older adults, from prevention and promotion of healthy aging to management of frailty.
The main research line include: cardiovascular risk, cognitive impairment and mobility disability; shared decisions and individualized management to improve rehabilitation of stroke and cancer survivors; management of delirium; integrated care in the community to prevent disability or to improve homecare.
The group maintains top-level international collaborations with Swedish, Canadian, Italian and US centres.
IP: AIDA RIBERA SOLÉ Collaborators: Elisabet Beserán i Valero, Elisabet Beserán i Valero, Cristina Vert Roca, Cristina Vert Roca, Joan Sanabria Teixidor, Lorena Villa García Funding agency: EUROPEAN COMMISSION Funding: 361950 Reference: ISMED-CLIM_A.RIBERA_HE_2024 Duration: 01/11/2024 - 31/10/2028
IP: Mariona Esquerdo Barragán Collaborators: Rafael José Navajo Garrido, Judit Domingo Prim, Juan Ignacio Sanz Palau, María Garrido Martínez, Alejandra de la Cruz Trillo, Gabriela Isabel Fuentes Llopis, Marco Inzitari, Nunzio Gennaro Cifariello Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 408900 Reference: PT23/00052 Duration: 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2026
IP: AIDA RIBERA SOLÉ Collaborators: Karla Salas Gama, Laura Coll Planas, Lorena Villa García Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 75020 Reference: PI22/00845 Duration: 01/01/2023 - 30/06/2027
IP: Dimelza Osorio Sánchez Collaborators: Jesús Martínez Pérez, Karla Salas Gama, Percy Efrain Pantoja Bustillos, Anna Sala Cunill, Roser Martin Campos, Julia Salvador Lodosa, Daniel López Torres, Victoria Valls Comamala, Marta Aguayo Álvarez , Susana Malgrat Caballero, Cristopher Alan Mazo Torre Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 62920 Reference: PI22/00371 Duration: 01/01/2023 - 30/06/2027
The event brought together experts from the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR) and the Institute of Geosciences of Barcelona to analyze how environmental factors and the climate crisis impact population health.
ISMED-CLIM is a European project coordinated by the University of Cyprus and has 27 partners from 11 countries, including the Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili and the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, which lead the regional working group.
It is part of the PROFIT Project (Personalizing the Approach to Frail Oncology Patients through Assessment and Individualized Intervention), an innovative initiative focused on providing comprehensive care for oncology patients experiencing frailty.
