Accredited Institute

The Vall d’Hebron University Hospital Accredited Health Institute is the largest in Catalonia. Awarded by the Carlos III Health Institute, this accreditation as an Accredited Health Research Institute is a recognition of the excellence of the institution's scientific results and management.

The IR-HUVH was initially accredited by the Carlos III Health Institute in 2009, and in 2014 and 2019 it successfully passed its re-accreditation.

Strategic Plan 2024-2028

What is a health research institute?

The Health Research Institutes (IIS) are entities dedicated to research, created through the association with the hospitals of the Spanish National Health System, universities, public research organizations and other public or private research centers, with the purpose of establishing multidisciplinary research programs and policies, which contribute to promoting translational research.

Organigrama Institut Acreditat IIS IR-HUVH

Composition

The Accredited Health Research Institute Research Institute - Vall d'Hebron University Hospital (IR-HUVH) is composed by:

First steps to become a health research institute

On July 29, 2003, a scientific collaboration agreement was signed in order to regulate scientific cooperation in biomedical research and in health and life sciences, the training of research staff and the publication of publications, among the different organisms.

The signatory entities were: the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, the Blood and Tissue Bank, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, the Institute of Diagnostic Imaging and the Institut Català Foundation of Pharmacology.

Integration of the VHIO in the IR-HUVH

Five years later, on June 12, 2014, the IIS received its first reaccreditation and, on May 1, 2015, a research collaboration agreement was signed in relation to the Research Institute Sanitària IIS IR-HUVH, in order to formalize the integration of the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO).

On March 21, 2018, ISCiii and the Ministry authorized the integration of VHIO into the IIS IR-HUVH.

Creation of the Governing Board of the IR-HUVH

In October 2018, the Collaboration Agreement was signed that implements the creation of the Governing Council of the Health Research Institute Accredited by the IIS IR-HUVH.

In January 2019, the first meeting of the Governing Council was held, and in April 2019, the first meeting of the Internal Scientific Council was held.

On August 5, 2019, the IIS received a second re-accreditation.

Governing bodies

In addition, the Accredited Health Research Institute Research Institute - Vall d'Hebron University Hospital (IR-HUVH) has the figure of the Scientific Director, who alternates every year between the director of VHIR, Dr Begoña Benito, and the director of VHIO, Dr Josep Tabernero.

Strategic Plan: mission

The Mission of the IIS IR-HUVH is to generate, share and transfer new knowledge in the field of health, through the promotion and development of basic, clinical and translational research of excellence, aimed at improving the health and life quality of citizens.

Strategic Plan: vision

By 2028, IIS IR-HUVH will have consolidated its prestige and position as an international benchmark for research of excellence in the field of health thanks to:

The real impact that the new knowledge generated in the different medical specialties will have on patients.
The innovative products or solutions that will have been developed.
Having incorporated the patient, in a real way, at the center of its activity, encouraging their involvement and participation in the entire research process.
Have a team of excellence that carries out its activity with a highly multidisciplinary approach.

Strategic Plan: values

The IIS IR-HUVH values are:

Leadership
Talent and commitment
Generation and maintenance of alliances
Efficiency and innovation transparency
Social commitment and responsible ethics

Strategic lines 2024-2028

Impulse translational research with an impact on society and the quality of patients’ life, at national and international levels.
Promote innovation and an entrepreneur culture to transform knowledge into products and solutions.
Promote patients and citizen participation in the research process: from the detection of needs to the development of research and return of the results obtained.
Attract, retain and enhance talent in all areas of IIS IR-HUVH.
Promote strategic alliances and collaborations with other complementary institutions.
Improve the efficiency of the internal activities of IIS IR-HUVH.

IIS IR-HUVH Quality Policy

The Quality Policy defines a frame of reference for the performance of the activity of the IIS IR-HUVH in an efficient, responsible and sustainable manner, with the aim of promoting excellence and continuous improvement to all the levels

VHIR Transparency section

Consult the transparency section of the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute.

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VHIO Transparency section

Consult the transparency section of the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology.

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Research areas

The Accredited Health Research Institute Research Institute - Vall d'Hebron University Hospital (IR-HUVH) has the following research areas:

The research staff of the Blood and Tissue Bank, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Institute of Diagnostic Imaging are integrated into the VHIR research groups.