Patient portal
We advance research into pediatric and maternal diseases
Presentation
Nobody can make progress in pediatric disease research in isolation. Alliances between different centres are called for in order to progress through the stages involved in any research or investigation.
This approach underpins the work of the Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IRSJD), a biomedical research center made up from SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital and Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu groups, and three research institutes, Institut de Biomedicina [Institute of Biomedicine] (IBUB) and the Institut de Neurociències [Institute of Neurosciences] (UBneuro), both of them from the Universitat de Barcelona, and the Centre de Recerca en Enginyeria Biomèdica [Biomedical Engineering Research Centre] (CREB) of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
All of theses centres are points of reference in the different phases of research and development of biomarkers, treatment and drugs.
Our objective as a research centre is to straddle the entire research process, from the diagnosis of a disease, knowledge of the pathophysiological foundations through to the development of a new drug. In doing so, we go well beyond the limited possibilities of a hospital in isolation and make faster, safer and deeper progress in the search for new therapies that our patients will benefit from.
The Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu coordinates 400 researchers and clinicians from SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital and Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, who work in five major areas.
The Fundació Privada per a la Recerca i Docència Sant Joan de Déu is the managing entity of the Institute.
Our work areas
Clinical, translational and basic research of tumors of development, known as childhood cancer. It is worth highlighting molecular diagnosis, translational research, and having a tumor bank for study.
Research on neuromuscular diseases, pediatric neurometabolism, neonatal brain and child and adolescent mental health.
Research line in which we address metabolic and mitochondrial medicine, neurogenetics and molecular medicine, genomics for the diagnosis of rare diseases and the use of diagnostic and therapeutic imaging.
Pediatric diseases caused mainly by environmental factors and the adaptive response in children. It includes endocrinology and metabolism, infectious and immune diseases, and other environmental factors and adaptive response.
Studies involving large groups of patients, in areas such as the influence of the environment on well-being, hospital dentistry and periodontal medicine, pediatric ophthalmology and nursing research.
Support and promotion of innovation and collaboration, as well as excellence in research, study and training.
In addition to our activities within the framework of the institute, SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital engages in activities in its other fields of interest, with the management of the Fundació Sant Joan de Déu.
What makes us different
The research carried out at the SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital is translational, which means that laboratory learnings are transferred rapidly to the health care delivered to our patients and vice versa. Being one of the few monographic pediatric hospitals makes us somewhat unique with regard to the large adult hospitals.
Clinical Research Unit
We are the pediatric hospital that performs most clinical trials in Spain, thus allowing us to apply experimental, new and innovative treatments in diseases which as yet have no treatment or in which the existing treatments are insufficient.
Kids Corona, research on COVID-19
Kids Corona is a research initiative formed to understand whether children have a certain natural protection against COVID-19, and how the disease affects pregnant women.
Research at Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, much remains to be done. Get involved!
News
Collaborate with the Sant Joan de Déu research
You can actively contribute to advancing the research we carry out at SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital