The Fundació IMIM (FIMIM) is a private non-profit entity  which objectives focus on post-doctoral research and teaching activities in the field of Biomedicine and Health and Life Sciences and the promotion of such activities within the Institut Municipal d’Assistència Sanitària” (IMAS), mainly in its research centre the “Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica” (IMIM) and the “Hospital del Mar”. At present, the IMIM’s Research Groups and Units activity is concentrated on the fields of basic, clinical, and epidemiological cancer research; clinical and epidemiological research on drugs and abuse substances; research on the effectiveness of health care services; research on cardiovascular diseases; research on respiratory medicine and environmental health; and research on biomedical informatics. The Fundació IMIM is one of the main promoters of the and in conjunction with the Foundation for Research of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Center for Genomic Regulation, actually constitutes the PRBB.

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The following are some of the functions of FIMIM: to manage and follow- through research projects and funding endeavours it supports, to promote high quality research, to ensure the ethical aspects of its research as well as the application of the deontological principles, to disseminate research results, and to promote specialized teaching activities and the continuing education of professionals in the field of Health Sciences.

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