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.
PMID: 35402108 Journal: PeerJ Year: 2022 Reference: PeerJ. 2022 Apr 5;10:e13204. doi: 10.7717/peerj.13204. eCollection 2022. Impact factor: 2.984 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Varela-Vasquez, Luz Adriana, Girabent-Farres, Montserrat, Medina-Rincon, Almudena, Rierola-Fochs, Sandra, Jerez-Roig, Javier, Minobes-Molina, Eduard et al. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13204
PMID: 35396698 Journal: AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH Year: 2022 Reference: Aging Clin Exp Res. 2022 Aug;34(8):1827-1835. doi: 10.1007/s40520-022-02099-8. Epub 2022 Apr 8. Impact factor: 3.638 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Minaglia, C, Cherubini, Antonio, Marengoni, Alessandra, Morandi, Alessandro, Bellelli, Giuseppe, Tarasconi, A, Sella, M, Paterno, G, Faggian, G, Lucarelli, C et al. DOI: 10.1007/s40520-022-02099-8
PMID: 34800286 Journal: European Geriatric Medicine Year: 2022 Reference: Eur Geriatr Med. 2022 Feb;13(1):291-304. doi: 10.1007/s41999-021-00575-4. Epub 2021 Nov 20. Impact factor: 1.71 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Everink, Irma H J, Schols, Jos M G A, Grund, Stefan, Gordon, Adam L, Poot, Else P, Martin, Finbarr C, O'Neill, Desmond, Petrovic, Mirko, Bachmann, Stefan, van Balen, Romke et al. DOI: 10.1007/s41999-021-00575-4
PMID: 35091891 Journal: European Geriatric Medicine Year: 2022 Reference: Eur Geriatr Med. 2022 Jun;13(3):719-724. doi: 10.1007/s41999-021-00605-1. Epub 2022 Jan 29. Impact factor: 1.71 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Mezera, Vojtech, Ekdahl, Anne W, Bertschi, Dominic, Bonnici, Maria, Buzaco, Rui, Rodeles, Santiago Cotobal, Eruslanova, Kseniia, Matchekhina, Lubov, Bazan, Laura Monica Perez, Epelde, Itxaso Marin et al. DOI: 10.1007/s41999-021-00605-1
PMID: 33744918 Journal: AGE AND AGEING Year: 2021 Reference: Age Ageing. 2021 Sep 11;50(5):1719-1727. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afab036. Impact factor: 10.668 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: De Buysscher, Pieter, Walther, Sten, Oeyen, Sandra, Leaver, Susannah, Watson, Ximena, Boulanger, Carole, Szczeklik, Wojciech, Schefold, Joerg C, Cecconi, Maurizio, Marsh, Brian et al. DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afab036
PMID: 33411332 Journal: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY Year: 2021 Reference: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Feb;69(2):293-299. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16969. Epub 2020 Dec 8. Impact factor: 5.562 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Rebora, Paola, Rozzini, Renzo, Bianchetti, Angelo, Blangiardo, Paolo, Marchegiani, Alice, Piazzoli, Andrea, Mazzeo, Francesca, Cesaroni, Giulia, Chizzoli, Anita, Guerini, Fabio et al. DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16969
PMID: 33484892 Journal: EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY Year: 2021 Reference: Exp Gerontol. 2021 Apr;146:111242. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2021.111242. Epub 2021 Jan 20. Impact factor: 4.032 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Cesari, Matteo, Cherubini, Antonio, Guralnik, Jack M, Beresniak, Ariel, Rodriguez-Manas, Leocadio, Inzitari, Marco, Walston, Jeremy et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2021.111242
PMID: 33477879 Journal: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Year: 2021 Reference: Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 19;18(2). pii: ijerph18020808. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18020808. Impact factor: 3.39 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Perez, Laura M, Castellano-Tejedor, Carmina, Cesari, Matteo, Soto-Bagaria, Luis, Ars, Joan, Zambom-Ferraresi, Fabricio, Baro, Sonia, Diaz-Gallego, Francisco, Vilaro, Jordi, Enfedaque, Maria B et al. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18020808
The two centres call on people with a diagnosis of cancer over 65-years-old and living in Barcelona to participate in the trial.
The Barcelona Aging coLLaboratory (BALL) aims to create innovative solutions, with the participation of end users, to improve quality of life and health and social care for the elderly.
Entre els projectes es troben 12 investigacions on participen investigadors i investigadores de Vall d’Hebron.
PROFIT study: It evaluates the benefits of physical exercise in people over 65 who suffer from lung, prostate or gastrointestinal cancer.
FRONTSTAGE study: It evaluates the effect of physical exercise on the physical and cognitive function of elderly people with mild mobility and memory problems.
