The Barcelona Centre for International Health Research, CRESIB is a new global health research institute developed from some of the leading academic and biomedical research institutions in Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS) together with the Catalan Government as a response to the new international health challenges of the 21st century.

CRESIB is organized in 4 programmes 

Research at CRESIB is organised in four programmes: 

The centre promotes multidisciplinary research and collaborates with other research centres both in developed and developing countries.

CRESIB Open Calls

CRESIB offers the opportunity to work in an expanding centre with a commitment to multidisciplinary research that is at a crucial stage of its development.

NEW Job Opportunities

  • Financial Controller  

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  • Grants Manager  

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  • Statistician for CRESIB´S Bioestatistics Unit  

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  • Clinician/ Paediatrician to be seconded to Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research (IMR) by CRESIB

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News

  • A vaginal gel has proven to protect women against HIV/AIDS infection

    A phase II clinical trial has demonstrated that the antiretroviral tenofovir gel reduces HIV infections by 39% in 889 African women [+]

  • CRESIB joined a basket match against malaria

    Barcelona, 3 July, 2010 [+]

  • Speaking at CosmoCaixa Barcelona, Bill Gates stresses his commitment to global health and development in cooperation with ISGlobal

    Barcelona, 4 of June, 2010 [+]

  • CRESIB and ISGlobal broadcast live Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s lecture

    In Barcelona, 3rd June 2010, at 12:00 h from CRESIB´s website [+]

  • Launch of the “Todos contra la Malaria” campaign, promoted by CRESIB

    With the support of relevant entities and the Spain National Football Team [+]

  • Two leading centres in malaria research in Spain will join forces to fight against this disease

    On 1st June in Barcelona [+]

  • Constitution of the new Global Health Institute Barcelona

    On 26th May in Barcelona [+]

  • More than 30 entities join the project Campus of International Health Excelence of the Universitat de Barcelona

    On 27th May in Barcelona [+]

  • 2nd Annual Meeting of the PregVax Executive Committee

    On 25th-27th May in Antigua (Guatemala) [+]

  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus is the foremost viral cause of severe pneumonia and childhood pneumonia worldwide

    As published in The Lancet with the participation of CRESIB [+]

  • Dr. Pedro L. Alonso has been bestowed with the Narcís Monturiol award for his scientific contribution

    14-04-2010, Palau de la Generalitat (Barcelona) [+]

  • 25 April World Malaria Day

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  • CRESIB organizes the International Meeting on Culture and End of Life

    17-18 May 2010 (Vic, Spain) [+]

  • 24 March World Tuberculosis Day

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  • DNDi, CRESIB and Fundació Clínic join forces to tackle Chagas disease

    An agreement signed to enhance efforts on clinical research [+]

  • Public presentation of the new Global Health Institute Barcelona (ISGlobal Barcelona)

    Designed to fight the diseases that affect the most disadvantaged populations [+]

  • VI Workshop on Imported Chagas Disease: Immunosuppression and Transplants

    Successfuly completed on February the 1st (Barcelona)   [+]

  • HIV ‘prevention’ gel PRO 2000 proven ineffective

    CRESIB participated in the largest international clinical trial into a preventative HIV gel. [+]

  • CRESIB participates in an open meeting at CosmoCaixa, Who killed Darwin?

    On the centenary of the discovery of Chagas Disease. [+]

 

  • Generalitat de Catalunya
  • Clínic Barcelona - Hospital Universitari
  • IDIBAPS - Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer
  • UB - Universitat de Barcelona