eCORE
- Advanced Therapies and Advanced Interventions, Nanomedicine, Transplant & Donation
- Chronic, Prevalent Diseases & Aging
- Global Health
- Personalized Medicine, Innovative Diagnostics, Molecular Imaging & Digital Health
- Woman & Child Health & Rare Diseases
Team
Group Leader
Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona, Jaume Ferrer Sancho
Principal Investigator (PI)
Miriam Barrechenguren Fernández, Cristina Berastegui Garcia, Susana Gómez Olles, Manuel López Meseguer, Marc Miravitlles Fernández, Victor Monforte Torres, Xavier Muñoz Gall, Iñigo Ojanguren Arranz, Eva Polverino, Berta Saez Gimenez
Researchers
Antonio Álvarez Fernández, Irene Belmonte Mula, Carlos Bravo Masgoret, David Clofent Alarcón, Mario Culebras Amigo, María Luiza De Souza Galvao, Mª Ángeles Jiménez Fuentes, Mª José Jurado Luque, Karina Loor Reyes, Sergi Martí Beltran, Cèlia Milà Augé, Mercedes Pallero Castillo, Mª Antonia Ramón Belmonte, Christian Romero Mesones, Odile Romero Santo-Tomas, Gabriel Sampol Rubio, Julia Sampol Sirvent, Ana Villar Gómez
PhD Students
Cristina Aljama, Meritxell Boada, David Espejo, Almudena Felipe, Galo Granados, Ander Goitisolo, Victor Guerra, Marc Massa, Gerard Orriols, Mª Florencia Pilia, María Saez, Júlia Sampol, David Soler, Letizia Traversi, Marta Zapata
Lab Technicians
Ares de Moner, Janet Illa, Sonia López Rodríguez, Rosa Lloria Verges, Montserrat Murillo Andrés, Jordi Rabadan Carnicero, Saliha Omari
Nursing and Technical Staff
Roser Escobar Fornieles, Georgina Farago
Selected Publications
Polverino E, Dimakou K, Traversi L, Bossios A, Haworth CS, Loebinger MR, De Soyza A, Vendrell M, Burgel PR, Mertsch P, McDonnell M, Škrgat S, Maiz Carro L, Sibila O, van der Eerden M, Kauppi P, Hill AT, Wilson R, Milenkovic B, Menendez R, Murris M, Digalaki T, Crichton ML, Borecki S, Obradovic D, Nowinski A, Amorim A, Torres A, Lorent N, Welte T, Blasi F, Van Braeckel E, Altenburg J, Shoemark A, Shteinberg M, Boersma W, Elborn JS, Aliberti S, Ringshausen FC, Chalmers JD, Goeminne PC; EMBARC registry investigators.
Bronchiectasis and asthma: Data from the European Bronchiectasis Registry (EMBARC).
J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2024 Jun;153(6):1553-1562
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2024.01.027
IF: 11.40
Ma D, Muñoz X, Ojanguren I, Romero-Mesones C, Soler-Segovia D, Varona-Porres D, Cruz MJ.
Increased TGFβ1, VEGF and IFN-γ in the Sputum of Severe Asthma Patients with Bronchiectasis.
Arch Bronconeumol. 2024 Nov;60(11):682-689
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2024.05.036
IF: 8.7
Polverino E, De Soyza A, Dimakou K, Traversi L, Bossios A, Crichton ML, Ringshausen FC, Vendrell M, Burgel PR, Haworth CS, Loebinger MR, Lorent N, Pink I, McDonnell M, Skrgat S, Carro LM, Sibila O, van der Eerden M, Kauppi P, Shoemark A, Amorim A, Brown JS, Hurst JR, Miravitlles M, Menendez R, Torres A, Welte T, Blasi F, Altenburg J, Shteinberg M, Boersma W, Elborn SJ, Goeminne PC, Aliberti S, Chalmers JD.
The Association between Bronchiectasis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Data from the European Bronchiectasis Registry (EMBARC).
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 Jul 1;210(1):119-127.
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202309-1614OC
IF: 19.30
Candal-Pedreira C, Díaz-Pérez D, Velasco V, Casanova C, Acosta O, Peces-Barba G, Barreiro E, Cañas A, Castaño A, Cruz Carmona MJ, Diego C, Garcia-Aymerich J, Martínez C, Molina-Molina M, Muñoz X, Sánchez-Íñigo FJ, Ruano-Ravina A.
Lung Function and Symptoms of Exposure to the Volcanic Eruption in the Canary Islands: First Follow-Up of the ASHES Study.
Arch Bronconeumol. 2024 Aug;60(8):475-482.
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2024.05.002
IF: 8.7
Aljama C, Granados G, Ramon M, Barrecheguren M, Loeb E, Nuñez A, Pleguezuelos E, García-Río F, Miravitlles M.
Motivation and Confidence about Physical Activity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients: Health Benefits Matter to Patients
Respiration. 2024;103(7):378-387.
DOI: 10.1159/000539206
IF: 3.5
Selected Projects
Mapping Exposure-Induced Immune Effects: Connecting the Exposome and the Immunome (EXIMIOUS)
Principal Investigator: María Jesús Cruz
Agency: European Commission (EXIMIOUS_H2020_SC1-BHC-2019)
Funding: 395,500 €
Period: 2020 - 2025
Characterisation and risk factors of PULmonary SEquelae in patients discharged after COVID-19 pneumonia (PULSE-COVID).
Principal Investigator: Xavier Muñoz Gall / Marc Miravitlles Fernández
Agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Fis PI21/01046
Funding: 135,520 €
Period: 2022 - 2024
MicroRNA expression profiles in asthmatic patients with different disease phenotypes exposed to pollutants.
Principal Investigator: María Jesús Cruz Carmona
Agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Fis PI21/01346
Funding: 141,570 €
Period: 2022 - 2024
Asthmatic exacerbations of viral origin and their impact on different asthmatic phenotypes: Etiology, immunological and inflammatory mechanisms.
Principal Investigator: Iñigo Ojanguren Arranz
Agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Fis PI21/01100
Funding: 75,000 €
Period: 2022 - 2024
Non-invasive biomarkers of chronic dysfunction in lung transplantation.
Principal Investigator: Cristina Berastegui / Susana Gomez.
Agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III (PI22/01103).
Funding: 117,370 €
Period: 2023 - 2025
Selected Dissemination Activities
Talk 30 years of VHIR
Place: Hospital Vall d'Hebron
Date: 10/09/2024
Brief: On October 9th, we held the second talk in the series organized as part of the 30th anniversary of the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR). On this occasion, under the title ‘Impact of Research on Society: Environment and Global Health,’ the event featured Dr. María Jesús Cruz, head of the Pneumology group at VHIR, and Mònica Usart, the weather presenter from RAC1. Once again, it took place at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital Library and was moderated by Fran Garcia, Director of Communication, Corporate Strategy, and Citizen Services at Vall d'Hebron.
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La calidad del aire en los edificios
Place: Spotify
Date: 26/07/2025
Brief: Project Objectives
Organized by SEPAR. Raise awareness about the impact of environmental pollution on respiratory health. Provide useful tools to mitigate/avoid the effects of pollution.
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World Environment Day: The impact of drought and high temperatures on health
Place: Hospital Vall d'Hebron
Date: 06/05/2024
Brief: The drought and high temperatures, which are increasingly recorded for longer months of the year, caused 2,155 more deaths than expected in the country last summer. On the occasion of World Environment Day, Vall d'Hebron launched a communication campaign to raise awareness that climate change is already impacting people's health and the measures that can be taken to mitigate it. The General Hospital, the Traumatology, Rehabilitation, and Burn Unit, and the Children's and Women's Hospital have hosted informational panels to alert about the effects that heat and water scarcity, which worsen environmental pollution problems, are already having on people. Throughout the morning, Vall d'Hebron experts have been at the panels to spread awareness about the importance of protecting oneself from the heat among patients, families, and professionals.
