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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.
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The Rheumatology Research Group (GRR) is focused on translational research in immunity-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDA), mainly in the area of rheumatology. The GRR is a multidisciplinary group made up of clinical specialists, biologists, bioinformaticians and laboratory technicians. The different research lines of the GRR emphasize the use of high-performance technologies for the study at the cellular and molecular level of the immununopathology of IMIDA, mainly chronic inflammatory arthritis and autoimmune systemic diseases.
At the clinical level, we have developed lines of research in very diverse areas of rheumatology, including chronic inflammatory arthritis (rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthropathies), systemic autoimmune diseases (lupus, myositis, Sjögren's syndrome), the study of musculoskeletal imaging, pediatric rheumatology (juvenile idiopathic arthritis, autoimmune systemic diseases, autoinflammatory syndromes), central sensitization syndromes and the study of bone metabolism. One of the main objectives of the GRR is the coordination of basic and clinical research to accelerate the transfer of knowledge to clinical practice and thus improve the quality of life of patients.
IP: José Alegre Martin Collaborators: PATRICIA LAUNOIS OBREGÓN, Ramón Sanmartín Sentañes Funding agency: Fundación Invest. Médica Mutua Madrileña Funding: 109998 Reference: MUTUA_MADRILEÑA/2022/ALEGRE Duration: 20/07/2022 - 19/07/2025
IP: Ernesto Trallero Araguas Collaborators: Albert Selva O'Callaghan, Raul Tortosa Mendez, Albert Gil Vila, Gloria Aparicio Español, Adria Aterido Ballonga, Hugo Fernando Avalos Bogado Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 135520 Reference: PI22/00708 Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2025
IP: Sara Marsal Barril Collaborators: Alejandro Gòmez Gomez, Miriam Izquierdo Sans, Ayudas para facultativos investigadores Funding agency: Fundación Española de Reumatología Funding: 135000 Reference: FER/RECERCA/2021/MARSAL Duration: 14/02/2022 - 13/02/2025
IP: Fco Javier Santos Vicente Collaborators: Beatriz Lobo Alvarez, Silvia Muñoz Caller, Carmen Alonso Cotoner, Natalia Rodriguez Santas, Ana Maria Gonzalez Castro, Development, dIagnostic and prevention of gender-related Somatic and mental COmorbitiEs in IRritable bowel syndrome In Europe (D, Marc Pigrau Pastor, Adoración Nieto Ruiz, Alejandro Henao Paez, Consuelo Cammarota , José Alegre Martin, Jesus Castro Marrero, Marta Ribases Haro, Natalia Llonga Tejedor, Amanda Rodríguez Urrutia Funding agency: EUROPEAN COMMISSION Funding: 1148684.84 Reference: DISCOVERIE_H2020-SC1-BHC2019 Duration: 01/01/2020 - 31/05/2025
Funding has been obtained for 43 projects under the calls for Health R&D&I Projects, Health Technology Development, and Independent Clinical Research
Transaction expands Formation Bio's immunology pipeline with Phase 1 ready drug candidate.
15 researchers from the Rheumatology, Systemic Diseases and the Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Digestive Tract groups gave around 25 presentations.
