La Marató 2023 supports UB research studies on sexual and reproductive health

The 8.2 million euros raised by La Marató 2023 will help to promote 26 research projects on sexual and reproductive health led by 52 teams. These resources will be decisive in the coming years to find more answers to problems that affect three million people only in Catalonia, with 211,000 new cases each year, especially among women and young people. Out of the projects that were funded, ten are unitary and sixteen are coordinated between two or more research centres.

The 8.2 million euros raised by La Marató 2023 will help to promote 26 research projects on sexual and reproductive health led by 52 teams. These resources will be decisive in the coming years to find more answers to problems that affect three million people only in Catalonia, with 211,000 new cases each year, especially among women and young people. Out of the projects that were funded, ten are unitary and sixteen are coordinated between two or more research centres.
List of La Marató 2023 award-winning projects linked to the University of Barcelona
“Interrelació metabòlica en la disfunció ovàrica: Investigació de les interaccions fetge-adipós-ovari. Xarxes moleculars i associacions clíniques” (Metabolic interplay in ovarian dysfunction: Study of liver-adipose-ovary interactions. Molecular networks and clinical associations)
Maria Isabel Hernández, UB’s Faculty of Biology and Institute of Biomedicine (IBUB)
José Manuel Fernández-Real, Girona Biomedical Research Institute Dr. Josep Trueta
María Rosa Insenser, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital and the Biomedical Research Networking Center Consortium (CIBER)
Funding: €399.333,75
Other projects related to the UB’s research environment
“Estratificació del risc: explorant de la relació bidireccional entre lesions anogenitals relacionades amb el VPH en dones immunocompetents” (Risk stratification: exploring the bidirectional relationship between HPV-related anogenital lesions in immunocompetent women)
Maria Eulàlia Alemany, Catalan Institute of Oncology and Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL)
Marta del Pino, Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica (Clinic Foundation for Biomedical Research)
Funding: €299.788,42
“Personalització de la prevenció del càncer d’endometri en la síndrome de Lynch: Empoderament de la dona en la presa de decisió de cirurgia reductora del risc” (Personalizing endometrial cancer prevention in Lynch syndrome: Women’s empowerment to make risk-reducing surgery decisions)
Gabriel Capellà, Catalan Institute of Oncology and Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL)
Jordi Guiu Segarra, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL)
Funding: €299.998,15
“Tractament farmacogenètic de l’endometriosi” (Pharmacogenetic treatment of endometriosis)
Francisco Carmona, Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica (Clinic Foundation for Biomedical Research)
Francisco Abad, Fundación para la Investigación Biomédica del Hospital Universitario de La Princesa (Biomedical Research Foundation at the University Hospital La Princesa)
Funding: €299.938,75
“Estudi prospectiu randomitzat sobre la salut sexual i la qualitat de vida autopercebudes (PROMs) en pacients amb càncer de coll uterí. Estudi PROVIDENCE” (Prospective randomized study of self-perceived sexual health and quality of life (PROMs) in patients with cervical cancer. PROVIDENCE study)
Berta Díaz Feijoo, Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica (Clinic Foundation for Biomedical Research)
Funding: €194.775,78
“FETAL-SEALING: un sistema integrat per segellar membranes fetals després de cirurgia fetal fetoscòpica” (FETAL-SEALING: an integrated system for sealing fetal membranes after fetoscopic fetal surgery)
Elisenda Eixarch, Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica (Clinic Foundation for Biomedical Research)
Salvador Borrós, Ramon Llull University –Chemical Institute of Sarrià
Funding: €299.925,63
“Prevalença de l’exposició prenatal a l’alcohol” (Prevalence of prenatal exposure to alcohol)
Oscar Garcia, Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica (Clinic Foundation for Biomedical Research)
Funding: €105.786
“Impacte de l’ambient (exposoma) en la salut sexual i reproductiva en una cohort de naixements multicèntrica nacional” (Environmental impact — exposome — on sexual and reproductive health in a national multicentre birth cohort)
María Dolores Gómez, Sant Joan de Déu Hospital Research and Teaching Private Foundation
Mariana Fátima Fernández, University of Granada
Sabrina Llop, Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of the Valencian Community
Amaia Irizar Loibide, Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute
Funding: €399.632,50
“Fenoagrupament basat en ‘Machine Learning’ en preeclàmpsia per a una nova classificació i una prevenció personalitzada del risc cardiovascular posterior en dones” (Machine Learning-based phenoclustering in pre-eclampsia for new classification and personalized prevention of subsequent cardiovascular risk in women)
Eduard Gratacós, Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica (Clinic Foundation for Biomedical Research)
Gabriel Bernardino, Pompeu Fabra University
Funding: €294.025,01
“Tractament amb estatines per a la insuficiència placentària severa d’inici precoç: Assaig clínic randomitzat (STATIN-PRE)” (Statin therapy for early onset severe placental insufficiency: randomized clinical trial)
Elisa Llurba, Research Institute Foundation of Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Diana Marre, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Francesc Figueras, Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica (Clinic Foundation for Biomedical Research)
Jaume Alijotas, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital Research Institute Foundation
Funding: €396.062,15
“Descobrint la complexitat molecular i fenotípica de l’endometriosi a través de nous models i integrant òmiques: cap a una gestió clínica personalitzada” (Finding the molecular and phenotypic complexity of endometriosis through new models and integrating omics: towards personalized clinical management)
Mireia Martín, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute Foundation
Núria Eritja, Dr. Pifarré Foundation Biomedical Research Institute of Lleida
Irene Cervelló, Research Foundation of La Fe University Hospital
Caroline Gargett, Hudson Institute of Medical Research - The Ritchie Centre, Australia
Funding: €399.634,33
“Endometriosi més enllà del dolor pelvià: Estudi clínic i molecular de les comorbiditats del dolor en una gran cohort de pacients amb seguiment a llarg termini” (Endometriosis beyond pelvic pain: A clinical and molecular study of pain comorbidities in a large cohort of patients with long-term follow-up)
María Ángeles Martínez, Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica (Clinic Foundation for Biomedical Research)
Daniel Closa, Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona (IIBB - CSIC)
Funding: €299.090
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