Partners

Generalitat de Catalunya

www.gencat.cat

Research in Health Sciences is one of the priority areas of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the autonomous Catalan Government. The Government is committed to the development of knowledge society pursuing policies which promote research and support the creation of a business network based on new technology-based companies related to health.

Bellvitge University Hospital

Bellvitge University Hospital belongs to the Catalan Health Institute (ICS), the leading public company in providing health services in Catalonia. The centre is part of the Southern Metropolitan Management Administration Area of the Catalan Health Institute (ICS), the highest management and coordinaton body of the whole centers, services and healthcare institutions of ICS in the city of L'Hospitalet de Llobregat and the towns of El Baix Llobregat, L'Alt Penedès and El Garraf.

Bellvitge Hospital is one of  five accredited tertiary centres of Catalonia. This is the highest level of complexity, which allows to attend patients who require the highest technology.

Bellvitge Hospital has won several times the TOP20 award (years 2004, 2006 and 2009). The award recognises the centre as one of the best hospitals in Spain.

Its experience and professionalism credits are one of the pillars of IDIBELL's activity. 

Catalan Institute of Health

www.gencat.cat/ics

The Catalan Institute of Health (ICS) is a public corporation of the Catalan Government. It is the largest health service provider in Catalonia. With a workforce of over 41,000 professionals, ICS provides health care to nearly six million citizens. That represents about 80% of total insured people in Catalonia.

Currently, ICS operates eight hospitals within the hospital network for public use and 285 primary care centres, and several specific health resources.

In addition to those services, ICS develops scientific activity through nine research institutes, integrated into hospitals and primary care centres.

Catalan Institute of Oncology

Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO) is a public non-profit institute, created in March 1995 and assigned to the Catalan Health Service (CatSalut). ICO is a comprehensive cancer care centre that manages all the elements and efforts to combat cancer.

ICO Network has three centers, associated with big public hospitals: ICO L'Hospitalet, in Duran i Reynals Hospital in Bellvitge Campus; ICO Girona, in Josep Trueta Hospital, and ICO Badalona, in Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital. It also has established collaboration agreements with several regional hospitals.

The institution is leader in cancer care in Catalonia, with a high international recognition. The ICO engagement set IDIBELL among leading cancer research centres in Europe.

University of Barcelona