Research - Maternal and Fetal Medicine Service

Our main purpose is to make early diagnoses and intervene to treat diseases during the prenatal period that will affect the patient throughout their life. We seek to reduce the severity and incidence in adulthood of conditions associated with neurological, cardiovascular and pulmonary disorders that manifest themselves during foetal life. We carry out various research projects. One example of the projects we lead includes improving the prognosis in cases of foetal growth restriction and the early identification of risks during pregnancy through the analysis of biomarkers. We also develop innovative surgical techniques that are at the forefront of foetal surgery. These innovative methodologies offer valuable alternatives in situations where the foetus can currently survive.

The research is carried out at the August Pi Sunyer Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBAPS), in the area of Liver, Digestive System and Metabolism in the following group:

It also carries out its research at the CIBER of Rare Diseases.

The Maternal and Fetal Medicine Department is the world's second largest production center for perinatal medicine research. Since 2010, it has published more than 350 studies in indexed journals, has 22 competitively funded projects underway and the research group has an annual budget of 1.8 million euros.

The defined lines of research are:

• Fetal neurodevelopment

• Prematurity

• Fetal cardiovascular programming

• Fetal therapy and surgery

• Placental disease

• Atmosphere and complications of pregnancy

There are fellowship programs in maternal and fetal medicine research and quality in fetal medicine (2 years in duration)