The CARE Program is a multidisciplinary network of researchers from the Can Ruti Campus who share common interests and resources in the field of cancer research.

Scope and aim

The main objectives of the CORE Program are:

• Visualisation of population-based research conducted at the Can Ruti Campus.
• Creation of a multidisciplinary research framework that facilitates synergies to design and implement applied research at the population level.
• Generation of knowledge to promote management and public health policies based on scientific evidence.
• Strengthening of primary care as the core pillar of the health system.

The program pursues these aims through activities that:

• Encourage population based collaborative multidisciplinary research between the different actors on the Can Ruti Campus, including Primary Healthcare, and other primary care and public health units.
• Promote and visualise action-oriented program-based and participatory research.
• Facilitate the integration of research results into primary care clinical practice, hospital care and public health policies.
• Facilitate the integration of talent into research groups of the program and implement strategies to assure their sustainability and competitivity.
• Facilitate the use of shared technological platforms, facilities and analytical skills.
• Act as a hub for training and teaching to improve the population research abilities of its investigators and those on the Can Ruti Campus.
• Strengthen emerging groups.

Structure of the program

The CARE program articulates its research activity in transversal nodes, focused on shared technologies or methodological areas, and in multidisciplinary groups, oriented towards specific pathologies and formed by clinical, translational and basic professionals.

Research groups

2025 highlights

During 2025, the already well-established CARE program was further strengthened through the incorporation and development of the new Bioinformatics node, the creation of new multidisciplinary working groups focused on specific diseases, such as the Gastric Cancer and Melanoma Working Groups, and the reorganisation of the coordinating group's structure and activities.

The different CARE nodes continued to meet regularly and organised specialised training capsules and seminars. In addition, the CARE Translational Seminars continued to be held fortnightly, attracting high levels of participation.

CARE also devoted part of its activity to raising awareness of cancer research and bringing it closer to patients and society as a whole. The program featured in a new episode of IGTP's podcast Un bri de ciència; several CARE researchers took part in the 8th edition of #científiques, helping to bring science into schools; and the Can Ruti Campus welcomed patients and families from across Europe as part of the Neurofibromatosis Academy 2025.

In the field of innovation, members of the program once again participated in GrowInn, the project incubator promoted within the framework of the Innomed Program.

In addition, the program began its activities as part of the Northern Catalonia Comprehensive Cancer Centre (CCC Nord-Catalunya), contributing to its consolidation within the European pilot program.

Annual Reports

The 2025 Annual Report will be available soon.

2024 Annual Report

Contact and participation

If you would like to learn more about the CARE Programme, take part in its activities, or get in touch with any of its nodes or multidisciplinary groups, please contact care(ELIMINAR)@igtp.cat.

The programme is open to researchers and professionals across the Can Ruti Campus interested in advancing translational cancer research and fostering new collaborations between the clinical, translational and basic research fields.