QUALIREHAB consortium meets in Palavas-les-Flots

In June 2026, the QUALIREHAB consortium gathered at Institut Saint-Pierre in Palavas-les-Flots, France, one of the program's founding partner institutions and a pioneering center in pediatric cardiac rehabilitation, for a key project meeting bringing together partners from across Europe.

Institut Saint-Pierre, located on the Mediterranean coast near Montpellier, has been central to the QUALIREHAB program since its earliest days. It was one of the nine French centers that participated in the original randomized controlled trial, and it continues to play an important role in the current EU-funded phase as a collaborating center.

The meeting brought together researchers, clinicians and project coordinators from France, Spain, Belgium and Switzerland to review progress across the program's work packages, share implementation insights from the first year of the EU project, and plan the next steps for European expansion. Key topics included the development of the digital platform, progress on patient enrollment across partner sites, and the integration of the program into primary care settings, one of the most ambitious and novel aspects of the current QUALIREHAB project.

Beyond the science, the meeting was an opportunity to strengthen the human connections that make a consortium work: the shared commitment to improving the lives of children and young adults with chronic conditions that brings this diverse team together across borders and disciplines.

The QUALIREHAB consortium meets regularly throughout the project period to ensure coordination, quality and momentum across all eight partner institutions.