The Research Institute, established on June 4, 1992, is a scientific foundation whose mission is to promote basic, clinical, epidemiological, and healthcare research in health sciences and biomedicine. The main aims of the Institute are to improve people’s health and quality of life through the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge, training of researchers at the international level, the generation of healthcare innovations, and the application of advances in care practices and health policies.

The Institute, located on the Sant Pau Campus, is a biomedical research centre of excellence. It has been affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) since 2009 and it has been a member of the CERCA system in Catalonia since 2011.

The Institute has its own team of researchers as well as affiliated researchers. These investigators conduct their research work in multidisciplinary groups, performing both basic and clinical research, in collaboration with researchers from other “sister” organizations located on the Sant Pau campus and the surrounding area. As a result, all research advances are visible under the IIB Sant Pau brand. Since 2011, the Institute has been recognized as a high-level health research centre whose objectives are to develop new techniques and processes through innovation in health care.