Together with professionals from various health centres, they assessed up to 45 patients, 14 of whom required surgical intervention
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He is the first researcher in Spain to receive this European recognition in its more than thirty years of history. Fundamental factors in the award were his long professional career and his research on the effects of environmental and food pollutants on human health.
24/03/2023
The first URV Festival: a great success
Figa Flawas, JazzWoman and DJ Ceba top the bill at the Festival attended by hundreds of people
The molecule found makes possible an early diagnosis of whether a patient is at greater risk of suffering health complications as a result of this disease. The study has been led by a research group from the URV and the IISPV.
Led by the URV and the IISPV, the research has involved young people in a citizen science project to find solutions to reduce the time they spend in front of a screen and acquire healthier habits
Chemistry has once again been ranked top in Spain and Food Science is in the top seven and still in the world’s top 100. A total of 54 subjects are analysed, grouped into five areas of knowledge
A study by the URV research group TecnAtox has detected 1,460 microplastics en 2,300 molluscs collected by producers along the Catalan coastline. From these data, they have calculated that the mean annual consumption of microplastics is about 8,100. Oysters and mussels contain the most microplastics, mainly fibres
A study by a research team from the URV and the IISPV shows that people who live in cities where airborne pollutants exceed the threshold set by the WHO suffer from COVID-19 more severely and are more likely to die
The professor and director of the URV’s Human Nutrition Unit is among the most influential scientists in the world due to the impact of his research, according to the “Highly Cited Researchers 2021” list
Pilar Galán has helped create a bank of biological samples for understanding the mechanisms involved in the relationship between food and cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity and diabetes and has launched food labels containing nutritional information.
The URV’s TecnATox research group has found high levels of these chemicals in indoor spaces in a study carried out in the province of Tarragona and has studied their effects on the health of adults and children
A research group from the URV and the Pere Virgili Health Research Institute have analysed the concentration of various toxic elements in these foods and evaluated the risk of consuming them in infant, adolescent and adult populations
The URV is offering new grants for students applying for full-time master’s degrees until 29 July
The Predimed-Plus study shows that the Mediterranean diet has the capacity to modify our microbiota. This diet induces changes in our microbiota that could be related to its healthy effect
Results from a landmark European project have laid the foundations to strengthen the seafood production and processing industry in Europe and safeguard sustainable seafood for future generations
A study by the URV and the Jordi Gol Institute of Research into Primary Care (IDIAP) concludes that more than half of the pregnant women in the Mediterranean basin have low levels of vitamin D. Above all, this affects women who are Arabian dark-skinned or obese, who lead a sedentary lifestyle and have a low socioeconomic level
274 individual European scientists and 26 expert associations have signed a Call demanding the European Commission “to adopt Nutriscore as soon as possible in the interest of both consumers and public health”
A study by two URV-IISPV research groups shows that in patients with a lupus flare up, when artery cells come in contact with LDL lipoproteins, the reaction is similar to arteriosclerosis, which involves a blockage of the arteries. It is shown for the first time that, during flare ups, these lipoproteins cause cells to respond differently and are therefore more dangerous for the arteries
For the fourth consecutive year, the Universitat Rovira i Virgili appears in the QS World University Rankings by Subject. Chemistry and Chemical Engineering retain their places and two more have been added: Archaeology and Medicine, which until now had not featured on this list
Jennifer Masip will present the paper at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, which brings together more than 4000 leading researchers in HIV from almost 90 countries. Ms Masip is a member of the Infection and Immunity Research Group of the Joan XXIII University Hospital in Tarragona, the Pere Virgili Health Research Institute and the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.