Description
Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) is the biggest teaching hospital in Europe, federating 38 different hospitals and groups of hospitals (22,474 beds) mainly located in Paris and its suburban area. It offers advanced treatments to 8M patients per year, including 1.5M hospitalizations (10% of all hospitalizations in France). It is also the largest employer in the Paris region with 92,000 people working for this public institution representing more than 150 different jobs. With more than 19,000 medical staff, 3000 hospital physicians, including 1000 professors and more than 6000 residents and medical students, AP-HP's staff cover all the major medical specialties. As a public health institution, AP-HP pursues 3 main missions: healthcare delivery, medical and paramedical teaching and biomedical and clinical research. AP-HP' teams develop high quality research activities, including European and International Research projects. In particular, AP-HP is involved and/or co-ordinates more than 100 European research projects supported by the Research and Technological Development Research Program from the European Union. AP-HP is also the first biomedical research center in Europe with > 500 clinical trials per year and > 8,000 publications per year (25% of all medical research publications in France).
Role with PROBE
Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) contributes clinical and translational expertise in osteoarthritis, supporting the clinical validation of patient-relevant endpoints and helps ensure their relevance to clinical practice, trial design, and regulatory expectations.
