Research - Institute of Medical and Surgical Specialties

Most of the research of the Institute of Medical and Surgical Specialties (ICEMEQ) is carried out through the August Pi i Sunyer Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBAPS), in the areas of:

ICEMEQ research also works along the following lines:

• Metabolic bone disease. Metabolic bone diseases, especially osteoporosis, have important implications for health, as they are often at the root of many bone fractures. Despite their importance, they are a health problem that has not been studied a great deal. 
• Clinical and Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy (CERI). Respiratory and food allergies, chronic rhinosinusitis and asthma are chronic inflammatory illnesses with a very high prevalence: they affect over a third of the general population, have a great impact on patients' sense of smell, reduce their quality of life, and involve an enormous cost in terms of social and healthcare resources.