22/11/2024 - Campus Can Ruti, Projects, Research, Success Stories

La Marató Foundation funds two IGTP projects on sexual and reproductive health research

The IGTP is leading an innovative project on youth sexual health and participating in a second project funded by La Marató 2023, which has enabled the promotion of 26 research projects on sexual and reproductive health, led by 52 research teams. Yesterday, these teams received their awards at an event held at TV3. Of the funded projects, 10 are individual, and 16 are coordinated between two or more research centres.

19/11/2024 - Campus Can Ruti, Outreach

Can Ruti welcomes students from Badalona for the Science Week

Nearly 200 baccalaureate and vocational training students from the Badalona institutes visited the centres at the Can Ruti Campus. The event "Open House, get to know the Can Ruti Campus up close", organised by the Badalona Education Service and IGTP, in coordination with other institutions on the Campus, has become a flagship initiative of the Science Week.

07/06/2024 - Campus Can Ruti, Outreach, Success Stories

IGTP closes another round of La Marató visits to its laboratories

Once again, the "Visita la recerca" program of Fundació La Marató de TV3 has successfully concluded at Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), where a score of collaborators had the opportunity to discover firsthand the research projects supported through this charitable initiative. 

19/04/2024 - Research

COVID-19 increases the risk of severe cardiovascular problems in people with HIV

According to a study led by CEEISCAT-IGTP and conducted with the PISCIS cohort, individuals with HIV who have had COVID-19 face a 30% higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.

23/02/2024 - Conferences, Outreach, Success Stories

Thirteen researchers from IGTP bring science closer to students in the 6th edition of #100tífiques

On 7 February, "#100tífiques" returned for its sixth edition, a macro-event that has become a benchmark for advocacy within the Catalan female research community and schools. Expanding on last year's participant numbers, thirteen scientists from IGTP took part in this event.

02/02/2024 - Projects, Research

COVID-19 vaccination in people with HIV, a pending issue

Two studies by CEEISCAT with the PISCIS cohort show that people living with HIV have been less vaccinated with the full initial regimen against COVID-19

15/01/2024 - Projects, Research, Success Stories

CEEISCAT shares the results of the TÉSTATE project on HIV and hepatitis C

Two studies by CEEISCAT-IGTP have evaluated an online HIV and HCV self-testing strategy, demonstrating that it is effective and safe.

14/12/2023 - Campus Can Ruti, Conferences, Research

CEEISCAT celebrates its 6th Annual Conference, focusing on transdisciplinary research in vulnerable populations

The event took place at CosmoCaixa Barcelona and featured contributions from health professionals, institutions, and entities that have been collaborating closely with the centre for many years.

02/10/2023 - Campus Can Ruti, Projects, Research

Self-sampling proves effective in diagnosing asymptomatic mpox

An article published in Nature Communications on the pilot study carried out in Catalonia to evaluate the self-collection of biological samples reveals the high acceptability of the proposal and the key role of diagnosis in people without symptoms of mpox.

05/09/2023 - Conferences, Projects, Research, Success Stories

RIGHT PLUS network formalised in Buenos Aires as a collaboration between academic centres and civil society in Ibero-America

The Ibero-American network RIGHT PLUS, of which the CEEISCAT is a founding member and, together with Coalition Plus, co-coordinator, has presented its launch at a meeting in Buenos Aires (Argentina) on 28-29 August.