Barcelona Centre for International Health Research

Responding to new global health challenges in the 21st century

The Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (ISGlobal) is the result of an innovative alliance between the “la Caixa” Foundation and academic and government bodies that contributes to international efforts to tackle health challenges in a globalised world.

ISGlobal has consolidated a node of excellence based on research from hospitals (Hospital Clínic and MAR Health Park) and academia (University of Barcelona (UB) and Pompeu Fabra University (UPF)) and has over 30 years of experience in the field of global health. Its working model focuses on the transfer of knowledge generated by science via the fields of training and analysis and global development.

The goal of the projects in the ISGlobal agenda is to redress inequalities in the health of the world’s diverse populations.

In June 2016, the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), an institution with 10 years of excellence in promoting and conducting advanced epidemiological research on environmental factors affecting human health, was integrated into ISGlobal. The merger of the two centres into the larger, higher-capacity ISGlobal is the culmination of a strategic alliance that began in 2013.

In doing so, ISGlobal has consolidated an innovative research-based knowledge cluster with the capacity to address health challenges, including infectious diseases and chronic non-communicable diseases, focussing closely on environmental factors.

Structure

Foundation

Founded

2010

Field

Medical and health sciences

Keywords

Bacterial infections, Cancer, Children's health, Climate, Environment, Global health, HIV/AIDS, Infectious pathology, International health, Malaria, Migration, Pollution, Radiation, Viral infections

Board of Trustees/Executive Council

Fundació Bancària “la Caixa” – Ministeri de Sanitat, Serveis Socials i Igualtat – Ministeri d’Afers Exteriors i Cooperació – Generalitat de Catalunya – Ajuntament de Barcelona – Universitat de Barcelona (UB) – Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) - Hospital Clínic de Barcelona – Fundació Ramón Areces – Parc Salut MAR

Networks

ACER - Associació Catalana d’Entitats de Recerca
ICREA - Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
SOMMa - Excellence Alliance

RIS3CAT Fields

Education and knowledge generation system

Sustainable Development Goals

Contact

Rosselló, 132, 7a
08036 Barcelona

Tel. +34 932 271 806

UE Identifier (PIC) 951414122

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