The Corporate Public Hospital of Alessandria considers training and upgrading to be a strategic element as they represent:

Health research, considered as part of the Italian National Health Service's (NHS) activities and regulated by legislative decree 502/92, is a crucial element in guaranteeing citizens efficient healthcare that meets the country's real needs for care and treatment.

The Corporate Public Hospital of Alessandria (AOAL) is a health hub where today care, research, lecturing and training co-exist, thanks to the coordination of its relations with the Local Health Authority of Alessandria (ASL AL) and the Eastern Piedmont University (UPO), which is expressed in the Department of Integrated Activities Research and Innovation (DAIRI).  

The aim of these research activities is to improve patient care, in the awareness that 'he who researches, cures' by means of the following objectives: