The Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) is a public research centre in the Autonomous region of Catalonia in Northern Spain dedicated to increasing scientific knowledge and transferring it to improve the care and lives of patients.

The institute is attached to one of the large teaching hospitals in the Barcelona area, the Germans Trias University Hospital (HUGTP), and is located on the biomedical campus that surrounds it, Campus Can Ruti. It is a CERCA centre, a member of the biocluster supported and supervised by the Autonomous Catalonian Government. It is also accredited as a Centre of Excellence by the Instituto Carlos III (Spanish Government) and in this capacity acts as an umbrella organization for scientific research on the campus, where it works closely with the other centres.

The mission of the IGTP is to create a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional environment that opens the gates to highly efficient translational research with a view to improving people’s heath and quality of life.

The Germans Trias Institute carries out research within 9 areas:

• • Science of Behaviour and Substance Abuse
• • Immunology and Inflammation
• • Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases
• • Infectious Diseases
• • Endocrine and Diseases of the Metabolism, Bones and Kidneys
• • Diseases of the Liver and Digestive Tract
• • Cancer
• • Neuroscience
• • Community Health

Scientists working in these areas publish an average of over 500 papers a year, contribute to improved treatment and healthcare protocols, produce patents and set up spin-off companies in order to improve the lives of patients.