28/07/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Projects, Research

A community-based action led by IGTP facilitates screening and access to treatment for viral hepatitis among migrant populations in Catalonia

On the occasion of World Hepatitis Day, IGTP presents the results of the HepBClink project, which has combined community educational actions on hepatitis B and C with screening and referral to treatment for migrants from Pakistan, Senegal and Romania. The project has involved the participation of the DxEpiPath group at IGTP and is part of the Tranversal Program CORE.

17/02/2025 - Conferences, Projects, Success Stories

Researchers from the Sextra project visit IGTP as part of the CORE Program

From 4 to 7 February, IGTP hosted a meeting of researchers from the "Hub de recherche communautaire de Can Ruti", a network that is part of IGTP's CORE program, with the participation of CEEISCAT-IGTP, Coalition Plus, and Fundació Sida i Societat. The event strengthened synergies between teams, reinforcing international collaboration in HIV and STI research.

13/02/2025 - Campus Can Ruti, Innovation, Projects, Success Stories

IIS IGTP secures over €6.5 million through the Acción Estratégica en Salud 2024

The Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria IGTP has secured a total of €6,518,867 for various research projects and researcher contracts within the Acción Estratégica en Salud 2024 calls.

03/12/2024 - Campus Can Ruti, Conferences

Researchers from IIS IGTP share their CIBER group advances at the consortium’s conference

Researchers from the Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IIS) -  Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) took part in the Consorcio CIBER congress, some of them sharing their advances during the 'flash talk' sessions.

07/06/2024 - Campus Can Ruti, Outreach, Success Stories

IGTP closes another round of La Marató visits to its laboratories

Once again, the "Visita la recerca" program of Fundació La Marató de TV3 has successfully concluded at Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), where a score of collaborators had the opportunity to discover firsthand the research projects supported through this charitable initiative. 

15/01/2024 - Projects, Research, Success Stories

CEEISCAT shares the results of the TÉSTATE project on HIV and hepatitis C

Two studies by CEEISCAT-IGTP have evaluated an online HIV and HCV self-testing strategy, demonstrating that it is effective and safe.

28/07/2023 - Campus Can Ruti, Institutional, Outreach, Success Stories

Latest episode of IGTP’s 'Un Bri de Ciència' takes on viral hepatitis

To mark World Hepatitis Day, the podcast 'Un Bri de Ciència' dedicates an episode to viral hepatitis, specifically focusing on Hepatitis B and C, which are considered to be the most severe types. Researcher Elisa Martró unravels what we know about these diseases and discusses her projects, both in the hospital setting and in communities, working with vulnerable populations. The podcast enhances the mission of awareness and dissemination of IGTP.

14/03/2023 - Research

Breaking barriers in hepatitis C diagnosis and treatment for populations at risk

A study with people who inject drugs evaluated a minimally invasive test based on dried blood spots (DBS) for the monitoring of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The use of DBS samples for HCV RNA detection and genotyping was shown to effectively assess cure after treatment and to differentiate between reinfection and treatment failure. The results support the viability of decentralizing treatment and post-treatment monitoring for people who inject drugs, who frequently face challenges accessing the healthcare system. The study has been published in the Journal of Medical Virology.

28/07/2022 - Research

A community-based intervention for the micro-elimination of hepatitis C in the Pakistani population in Catalonia

Since 2019, around 1,000 immigrants from endemic countries have participated in a new model of diagnosis and management of viral hepatitis that has been designed by the Clinical Virology and New Diagnostic Approaches Research Group of the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), in the Microbiology Service of the Germans Trial Hospital (headed by Dr. Elisa Martró), along with the Public and Community Health Team (eSPiC) of Drassanes-Vall d'Hebron International Health Unit.

07/06/2022 - Research

The IGTP and the Clinical Laboratory North Metropolitan Area are the first to publish the complete sequence of a sample of monkey pox virus

The IGTP and the Microbiology Service of the Clinical Laboratory of the North Metropolitan Area led by the researcher Elisa Martró have been the first to carry out the complete sequencing of a sample of monkey pox virus in Spain. This is a milestone in itself, but will also be fundamental for epidemiological surveillance of the infection and the study of future outbreaks as it provides a description of the genetic material of the virus.