The latest edition of La Marató, organized by the La Marató Foundation of TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio, supports innovative projects aimed at improving the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of respiratory conditions that affect thousands of people across the country.

The projects selected with participation from IDIAPJGol researchers are as follows:

• “Smoke-Free Homes intervention to improve children’s respiratory health: an effectiveness and implementation study in primary care paediatric services” (Smoke-Free Homes), led by Pere Torán Montserrat from IDIAPJGol, in coordination with the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL). The project has a budget of 115,061€ and aims to improve children’s respiratory health through interventions that reduce exposure to tobacco smoke in the home environment.
• “Is there a relationship between respiratory syncytial virus lower respiratory tract infection and preschool recurrent wheezing? An observational cohort study after universal nirsevimab prophylaxis implementation” (recurrent wheezing), involving Laura Soler Colomer, Elena Quintana, and Francesc Orfila, researchers from IDIAPJGol, and coordinated by the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital Research Foundation – Research Institute (VHIR). The project, funded with 106,250€, studies the relationship between respiratory syncytial virus and recurrent wheezing in children following the universal introduction of nirsevimab prophylaxis.
• “Protecting Respiratory Health in Catalonia: Climate, Pollution, and Patient Perspectives (PRISMA-CAT)”, led by Talita Duarte Salles, researcher at IDIAPJGol and coordinated by ISGlobal, with a budget of 176,249€. The research analyses how climate change and air pollution affect the respiratory health of the Catalan population, also incorporating patients’ perspectives.

These grants help strengthen and promote biomedical and public health research carried out within primary care.