Strategic objectives

• To promote the synthesis of the best available scientific knowledge to support informed decision-making in health matters.
• To evaluate clinical practice to obtain relevant and useful information for improving the appropriateness of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
• To evaluate, develop, and validate statistical methods for prognostic research using primary patient data or secondary data from systematic reviews.
• To promote the use of optimal research methodology and the most advanced biostatistical techniques for the development of clinical-epidemiological research.
• Advance epidemiological knowledge of perinatal and maternal-child health through the rigorous analysis of primary and secondary data, in order to identify risk factors, evaluate clinical and obstetric interventions, and generate high-quality evidence that contributes to improving health outcomes for mothers and newborns

Research lines

• Synthesis research for health decision-making.
• Development of methods and tools for research on diagnosis and prognosis.
• Analysis of causality using real-world data (observational studies).
• Perinatal epidemiology and maternal and child health.