Barcelona City Council and “la Caixa” Foundation fund two projects involving the Hospital del Mar Research Institute

27/01/2026

The Hospital del Mar Research Institute is participating in two of the projects selected by Barcelona City Council and the "la Caixa" Foundation as part of the 2025 edition of the grants awarded by the two entities to emerging research projects in the fields of health and sustainability. Altogether, the initiatives will receive a total of two million euros in funding.

One of the projects (DESODEM-BCN) will analyse social determinants in urban dementia. It will study how socioeconomic position, social infrastructure and air pollution influence dementia symptomatology and biology in Barcelona. The project combines biomedical, social and urban research to identify inequalities in diagnosis and disease progression, with special attention to the pTau217 biomarker. It is led by the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), in collaboration with the Hospital del Mar Research Institute, the Barcelona Urban Research Institute (IDRA) and the Barcelona Public Health Agency (ASPB).

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