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 aim of this group is to develop translational and clinical research in rehabilitation. From the lab-based cellular level of understanding injury to rehabilitation and recovery, our researchers are dedicated to the development and translation of more effective strategies to promote prevention, functional recovery, and improved quality of life after disability.
Our vision: make disability preventable, liveable and curable.
Our mission: conduct research and training towards the development and translation of more effective strategies to promote prevention, functional recovery, and improved quality of life after disability.
Principal investigators, investigators and associate members come together from many different departments at the Rehabilitation Service and reflecting the wide breadth of expertise through the disability. The principal investigators and researchers include professors in Universitat Autònoma and Universitat Blanquerna.
Special objectives in innovation areas with in collaboration with pharmaceutical companies (pluripotencial cells, botulinum toxins), other biotechnology companies (diagnosis, prevention and management), participating in technology transference projects with other research groups, and involvement in projects and networks endorsed by European Scientific Societies.
The Research Group of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation collaborates with the University of Andorra (UdA), specifically with Mercè Avellanet's team; and with the Universitat Jaume I of Valencia (UJI), team of Carlos Suso.
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IP: Miguel Angel González Viejo, Lluisa Montesinos Magraner
IP: Jordi Barquinero Mañez Collaborators: Francina Munell Casadesus, Esther Toro Tamargo Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 139150 Reference: PI19/00295 Duration: 01/01/2020 - 30/06/2024
IP: Susana Rodriguez Gonzalez Collaborators: - Funding agency: AAL International Association Funding: 138162.64 Reference: AAL/2020/RODRIGUEZ_NEST Duration: 01/07/2021 - 31/01/2024
IP: Gisela Teixido Tura Collaborators: Laura Gutierrez García-Moreno, Jordi Lozano Torres, Alba Gómez Garrido, Lydia Dux-Santoy Hurtado, PATRICIA LAUNOIS OBREGÓN, Filipa Xavier De Carvalho Negrao Valente, Raul Aguilar Lopez, Impact of an exercise-based rehabilitation program in patients with Marfan syndrome on physical, psychological and cardiovascula Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 45375 Reference: PI21/00448 Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2026
IP: Alberto Sandiumenge Camps Collaborators: María Deu Martín, Aroa Gomez Brey, Alba Gómez Garrido, Cristopher Alan Mazo Torre, Gonzalo Ballesteros Reviriego, Bernat Planas Pascual Funding agency: Fundación Invest. Médica Mutua Madrileña Funding: 40000 Reference: AP176932021 Duration: 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2024
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PMID: 31141442 Journal: JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY Year: 2019 Reference: J Neurophysiol. 2019 Jul 1;122(1):350-357. doi: 10.1152/jn.00762.2018. Epub 2019 May 29. Impact factor: 2.614 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Rubio Ballester, Belen, Maier, Martina, Duff, Armin, Cameirao, Monica, Bermudez, Sergi, Duarte, Esther, Cuxart, Ampar, Rodriguez, Susana, San Segundo Mozo, Rosa Maria, Verschure, Paul F M J et al. DOI: 10.1152/jn.00762.2018
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The creation of hybrid digital-human interaction spaces between avatars and people offers new opportunities for personalized medicine
En la mateixa trobada la SEP va decidir atorgar per primera vegada una beca per fer formació a l'estranger de dos mesos. La beca es va atorgar a la Dra. Teresa Crespo, adjunta a la Unitat de Lesionats Medul·lars de Vall d’Hebron.
Entre els projectes es troben 12 investigacions on participen investigadors i investigadores de Vall d’Hebron.
