Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre (I+12)

Address Centro de Actividades Ambulatorias, 6ª Planta Bloque D
Avda. de Córdoba, s/n
28041 Madrid, Spain
Platforms ATMP & Biological, Biomarkers

The Research Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre in Madrid (i+12 Institute) was created on 15 December 2009 by an agreement signed between the Madrid Health Service, the Complutense University of Madrid, the Autonomous University of Madrid, the Foundation for Biomedical Research of the 12 de Octubre Hospital and the Pedro Laín Entralgo Agency for Training, Research and Health Studies of the Community of Madrid. Subsequently, in 2015 the CIEMAT (Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas) and European University were integrated.

The i+12 Institute is conceived as a functional structure of multidisciplinary and translational biomedical research focused on basic, clinical, epidemiological and health services research. The Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre is the basic nucleus of the Institute, connecting teaching and research staff of the Complutense University of Madrid and the Autonomous University of Madrid, as well as research groups of Primary Care of the Community of Madrid, being the Foundation for Biomedical Research of this hospital, the Institute’s managing entity. The Institute includes in the same figure assistance, research and teaching.

The i+12 Institute is conceived as a dynamic and integrating structure, oriented towards collaboration and association with other agents and related entities in its environment. In this context, the Institute is currently in the process of incorporating new partners that will strengthen and complement the activity carried out by its professionals.