18/05/2023 - General information
The PROMES-U project aims to improve the mental health of undergraduate students by analyzing the factors that may influence the onset of mental health problems, as well as the implementation and evaluation of online interventions for the promotion of mental health and the prevention of depression and anxiety problems. Follow-up data collection began last May 4 among students who filled out the baseline survey just one year ago, with an email being sent to those who gave up their email address. Upon completion of the questionnaire, they receive a personalized report on their mental health, as well as recommendations on healthy habits and available resources. The data collected will help to improve knowledge about the mental health of students at the university.
Més informació "Data collection is started with the PROMES-U follow-up questionnaire."
18/11/2022 - General information
A team of researchers from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute has created a model for predicting individual breast cancer risk that could be used to create personalised breast cancer screening strategies. The research, presented at the 13th European Breast Cancer Conference, could make breast screening programmes more effective and ultimately improve survival rates. It could also mean fewer people suffering from 'false positives' (when screening tests indicate cancer, but other tests show there is none) and 'overdiagnosis' (when people are diagnosed and treated for a cancer that is extremely slow growing and has not caused any problems in their lives).
28/10/2022 - General information
This is a study cohort comprising 200,000 people, which will be used to study and improve the health of the Spanish population. Dr. Jordi Alonso, head of the Health Services Research Group at the IMIM-Hospital del Mar, is a member of the project's executive committee, which has just completed its first year of work. The Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute is one of the 21 Spanish institutions that, together with the National Statistics Institute (INE), form part of the IMPaCT Cohort project. This initiative is aimed at creating a cohort of 200,000 people over the age of fifteen and using them to study and improve the health of the population. The project has been running for a year, and a meeting was held at the end of September, in Alcalá de Henares, to analyse its progress.
27/10/2022 - General information
On the occasion of the Pharmacist's Day, last October 18, the Barcelona College of Pharmacists awarded the Prize for the best community project in the CARGENCORS Study: Cardiovascular Genetic risk score for Risk Stratification of patients positive for the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus, led by researchers and physicians from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), the Institute of Biomedical Research of Girona. Josep Trueta (IDIBGI), the University Institute for Primary Care Research (IDIAP Jordi Gol) and the University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia.
Més informació "The College of Pharmacists of Barcelona awards the CARGENCORS study"
17/08/2022 - General information
A joint research project from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute and the CNIC has been selected to receive a grant from the Carlos III Health Institute to analyse whether a greater presence of omega-3 in the blood is associated with a brain that is more resistant to this neurodegenerative disease. The research project led by Dr. Aleix Sala-Vila, from the Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group at IMIM-Hospital del Mar has received one of the research, development and innovation project grants from the Carlos III Health Institute. The study will be carried out in conjunction with the National Centre for Cardiovascular Research Carlos III (CNIC) as part of the PESA study that this institute is developing with Banco Santander. The initiative will receive 114,000 euros in funding.
Més informació "Research into whether a diet rich in omega-3 helps prevent Alzheimer's disease"
28/06/2022 - General information
This is a study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the breast cancer screening program. Its main author is Dr. Guillem Bosch, resident physician of the PSMAR-UPF-ASPB Teaching Unit and member of the Health Services Research Group of the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute.
14/06/2022 - General information
It is published by Triacastela Publishing House. In it, Dr. Porta explains, in an easy and entertaining way, current epidemiological and public health issues, such as the management by governments of the COVID-19 pandemic. Epidemiology and epidemiologists have been in vogue over the last two years, when SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 have made all the headlines. A medical and scientific discipline that studies and acts on populations and groups of people under real conditions, which is carried out outside laboratories.
Més informació "Epidemiología cercana, the new book by Dr. Miquel Porta"
25/01/2022 - General information
A study by CiSAL and CIBERESP shows that, once they have returned to work, they work at a lower rate than those who have not suffered from the disease. Men and women who had no sick leave or who were on sick leave for other illnesses were at least 9% more likely to continue working compared to workers who took cancer-related sick leave, according to this study carried out in Catalonia and published in 'Scientific Reports'. Not being able to work when you can and want to leads to a loss of self-esteem and social relationships, which can make recovering from cancer psychologically difficult", explains Fernando G. Benavides, the coordinator of the study.
11/01/2022 - General information
The Government Delegation for the National Plan on Drugs has awarded the White Cross of the Order of Merit to Dr. Antònia Domingo-Salvany, who was the coordinator of the Epidemiology of Drugs of Abuse Research Group at the IMIM until 2017. This is public recognition and thanks for the work she has accomplished over a career spanning almost 30 years in the field of substance use epidemiology. Dr. Domingo has made a major contribution to our understanding of the extent and impact of drug use in the population, including aspects related to violence and illegal drug market activities, and has collaborated in the implementation of appropriate health initiatives. With her group, she has conducted studies to assess the magnitude of drug use in the population, contributing to the knowledge of its consequences, including psychiatric comorbidities, the presence of blood-borne infections, and quality of life-related health impairment. She has also been involved in studies that sought to evaluate tools for detecting substance use disorders in various settings, as well as potential associated psychiatric problems.
20/12/2021 - General information
The urgent need to find treatments for a large number of degenerative diseases has led a group of experts to develop a guide designed to accelerate new drug discoveries for neurological and psychiatric diseases. Project leads are Dr. Silvia Zaragoza Domingo, consultant and founder of Neuropsynchro, Barcelona, serving as coordinator collaborating with Drs. Jordi Alonso and Montserrat Ferrer, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM) and CIBERESP, and Dr. Manuel de Gracia, Facultat de Psicologia of Universitat de Girona (UdG). This guide was presented during the 34th Congress of the European Clinical Neurosychopharmacological College (ECNP) in Lisbon on 2-5 October and has been the group's priority project since it was established in 2018.
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