The AFIN Group invites perinatal health professionals in the fields of gynecology, obstetrics, nursing, and midwifery to participate in the questionnaire: Health professionals: management of early pregnancy loss. This project, funded by the “La Caixa” Foundation, is...
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AFIN participates in a study on cardiovascular health in women during the postpartum period
A team of anthropologists from AFIN, led by Diana Marre and including Alexandra Desy and Carolina Remorini, participates in the study Evaluation of cardiovascular risk in young women after pregnancy with or without placental complications (CARDIOMOM Study). The...
World Preeclampsia Day: AFIN Group’s Contributions to Maternal Health Research
On May 22, World Preeclampsia Day was commemorated to raise awareness about this serious pregnancy complication, affecting between 5% and 8% of pregnancies globally. The AFIN Research Group, as part of the RICORS-SAMID network of maternal and child health research...
AFIN Secures Funding from the Carlos III Health Institute for a Research Project
As part of a network funded for three years starting in January 2025 by the Carlos III Health Institute, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades of Spain, led by Dr. Elisa Llurba from the Research Institute of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau and...
AFIN Secures Funding from TV3’s La Marató for a Research Project
The consortium led by Dr. Elisa Llurba from the Research Institute of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, including research groups from Hospital Clínic, Vall d’Hebron, and the AFIN research group, has obtained funding from the Fundació La Marató de TV3 to carry...
Closure of the Austerity and Altered Life-Courses Project
On October 16th, the closure of the Austerity and Altered Life-Courses project was celebrated, in which the AFIN research group participated, simultaneously in Barcelona (Spain), Manchester (United Kingdom), and Sardinia (Italy). The objective of this project was to...
Several media reported on AFIN’s research on early pregnancy losses
Several Catalan media, such as La Vanguardia and Ara.cat, have covered the results of the research project entitled Pérdidas reproductivas tempranas: del malestar físico y emocional invisible al posible duelo personal, familiar y social (Early Reproductive Losses:...
Carolina Remorini elected Convenor at ENPA (European Network of Psychological Anthropology)
On September 5th, after a pre-selection process and subsequent voting by its members, Carolina Remorini was elected convenor for the next 4 years in a virtual meeting of the Network. ENPA is a European network founded in 2018, affiliated with EASA (European...









