A Hospital–University Federation (FHU) is a structure that brings together hospital teams, academic institutions, and research groups around a shared scientific and medical project.

Its objective is simple: to combine expertise in order to advance healthcare and innovation more rapidly and more effectively.

An FHU is neither an additional hospital nor a stand-alone research laboratory. Rather, it is a collaborative framework that enables professionals from different fields to work together on a priority health topic.

Why Create an FHU?

FHUs are designed to: accelerate research in important medical fields, improve the quality of care through new scientific knowledge, strengthen the training of healthcare professionals, organize expertise to provide patients with more coherent and coordinated care pathways.

In this sense, an FHU is a tool for the medicine of tomorrow, based on interdisciplinarity, innovation, and the rapid translation of scientific discoveries into clinical practice.

An FHU represents a partnership between hospitals, universities, and research institutions. This collaboration allows a disease or health issue to be addressed from multiple perspectives: clinical, scientific, social, and technological.

How Does an FHU Operate?

• Supports innovative research projects
• Facilitates the implementation of clinical studies
• Encourages the sharing of data and expertise
• Develops training initiatives and awareness activities
• Strengthens collaboration between professionals to improve the continuity of care pathways

Each FHU is structured around a steering committee, a scientific leadership team, and multidisciplinary working groups bringing together clinicians, researchers, and academic partners.