Research - Allergology Service

The professionals of the Department are part of:

• MeTRI2A research group at IDIBAPS (August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute)
• RICORS (Cooperative Research Networks Focused on Health Outcomes) of the Carlos III Health Institute (Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities) Inflammatory Diseases Network
• CIBERES (Centre for Biomedical Research in Respiratory Diseases Networks) of the Carlos III Health Institute (Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities)

Lines of research in the area of food allergies, drugs, anaphylaxis, and asthma are led by doctors in the Allergy Department with funding from competitive projects from public agencies (Agency for the Management of University and Research Grants, Government of Catalonia; Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities; European Union funds) and private agencies, as well as scientific societies (Catalan Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Spanish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology).

Three allergology specialists funded by public agencies form part of the research structure for the development of the projects.

The scientific output in which some of the Department's doctors have participated as authors or co-authors over the last five years exceeds 125 scientific articles in scientific journals of major international impact, including guidelines and position papers.

The Allergy Department has a Clinical Trials Unit for both independent and external sponsor-dependent trials, which allows participation in the development of new drugs. This Unit has two nurses and various doctors who are the principal investigators and collaborators for each of the trials.