With 200 investigators, the Institute is a world-leading research institute for pediatric medicine.

Since 2012 the Institute of Pediatric Research “Città della Speranza” (IRP) is an excellence center in pediatric medicine and research. Its 7 top research programs are focused on pediatric oncology, experimental cardiology, regenerative medicine, genetic and rare diseases, immunology, biotechnology, and predictive medicine.

The Institute adopts a unique multidisciplinary approach that blends ideas from biomedicine, bioengineering, biochemistry and materials science.

It also strives to promote cooperation with national and international university hospitals and research institutes, to provide high-level training in pediatric research to students and researchers, to foster innovation and technology transfer, and to facilitate dialogue with the public through conferences and educational activities.