GIMIR was formally established as a multidisciplinary research group in 2008, coinciding with the start of activities at Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro at its Majadahonda site, and as a result of the new research coordination policy of the Internal Medicine Department, brought about by the actual integration, into a single department, of the three Internal Medicine departments that existed at the former site of Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro in Madrid. However, the research experience of some GIMIR members dates back to the work carried out (together with other researchers) over the last twenty years at the former site of Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro in Madrid.

GIMIR members currently work in an organised manner with objectives defined by those responsible for the different lines of research, coordinated by the Group leader. GIMIR collaborates with other national and international research groups through cooperative projects in clinical and basic research.

The Internal Medicine research group has a laboratory with the facilities and instruments necessary to carry out applied research. In addition, GIMIR has a guaranteed continuous supply of biological samples and clinical data for carrying out applied clinical and basic research, derived from its clinical activity in the areas on which its research focuses.

The Internal Medicine research group has obtained continuous, stable and diversified funding for its research, from competitive projects funded by public and private institutions, and research contracts with the pharmaceutical industry.

GIMIR mantiene también una adecuada capacidad formativa. Durante los últimos cinco años ha tenido un becario predoctoral (PFIS), un contrato postdoctoral Sara Borrel, dos contratos Rio Hortega, un contrato Juan Rodés, dos Ayudantes de Investigación y dos técnicos de laboratorio del Programa Operativo de Empleo Juvenil, de la Consejería de Educación, Juventud y Deporte de la Comunidad de Madrid. En los últimos cinco años se han dirigido trece trabajos de Tesis Doctoral enmarcados dentro de las diferentes líneas de investigación del grupo.

The Internal Medicine Research group has had, since 2008, the UAM-Fundación Lair Sponsored Chair “Teaching and research in immunologically-based diseases”.