The Pere Virgili Health Research Institute (IISPV) aims to identify and promote the major research areas in the biomedical field in El Camp de Tarragona and Les Terres de l’Ebre, strengthening close ties between basic, translational and epidemiological and health service research.
The institute is modelled as a networking centre, which strives for efficiency in the use of resources and efficacy in results. The institute’s headquarters gathers together research conducted at the institutions it comprises (hospitals, universities and primary healthcare centres) and is a key structure for developing the integrated biomedical research model.
Its main lines of research focus on nutrition and metabolism, oncology and haematology, neuroscience and mental health, and health and the environment.
