Research Group

Respiratory

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The Respiratory Research Group at IDIBGI includes several researchers from the Pulmonology Service. It is focused on research into bronchiectasis, sleep disorders, occupational respiratory diseases, and interstitial lung diseases.

The research is complemented by intense clinical activity, which has led the group to be invited to conferences in international congresses, to carrying out draft reviews and to publishing in high impact journals, as well as to being experts in the field of respiratory diseases, both nationally and internationally.

Main lines of research

Bronchiectasis: Etiology, diagnosis, and treatment
Sleep disorders: Diagnosis in primary medicine and vascular repercussions of the disease
Pulmonary hypertension
Early diagnosis of lung cancer
Occupational respiratory pathologies
Diffuse interstitial lung disease

Strategic objectives

Bronchiectasis: objectives: to investigate in the field of Bronchiectasis with different aetiologies, including cystic fibrosis, in terms of etiology, diagnosis, bronchial infection, and treatment.
Obstructive sleep Apnoea Syndrome (OSA): Objectives: Early diagnosis, endothelial and metabolic dysfunction and identification of plasma and cellular biomarkers.
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH): Objectives: New therapeutic targets, causes of the disease, vascular dysfunctions and in vitro 3D and in vivo models of endothelial pathology within CTEPH.
Lung cancer: Objectives: Detection of ctDNA as a diagnostic tool in lung cancer.
COVID-19: Objectives: Advanced respiratory therapies in COVID-19 patients. Pulmonary respiratory and vascular sequelae in patients that have been through COVID-19.

Publications

Cerebrovascular Pathology , Aging, Disability and Health , Medical Imaging , Neurodegeneration and Neuroinflammation , Mental Health and Addictions , Descriptive epidemiology, genetics and cancer prevention , Nutrition, Eumetabolism and Health , Respiratory , Digestive diseases and microbiota , Paediatric obesity and cardiovascular risk , Metabolic and Maternofoetal , Cardiovascular Genetics , Research in Vascular Health

Garre-Olmo J, Turró-Garriga O, Martí-Lluch R, Zacarías-Pons L, Alves-Cabratosa L, Serrano-Sarbosa D, Vilalta-Franch J, Ramos R, Girona Healthy Region Study Group

Changes in lifestyle resulting from confinement due to COVID-19 and depressive symptomatology: A cross-sectional a population-based study.

COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRY, 2021, 104, 152214-152214 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2020.152214

Respiratory

Muñoz G, de Gracia J, Buxó M, Alvarez A, Vendrell M

Long-term benefits of airway clearance in bronchiectasis: a randomised placebo-controlled trial.

EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, 2018, 51, 1701926 dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01926-2017

Competitive projects

Respiratory

Impacte de la COVID-19 en pacients amb bronquièctasis no degudes a fibrosi quística.

Codi oficial: COVBQ-21 Start date:18/08/2021 Data fi: 18/08/2023 Investigador/a principal: MONTSERRAT VENDRELL RELAT Organisme finançador: COL·LEGI FISIOTERAPEUTES DE CATALUNYA Ajuda: 0 €

Respiratory

Targets of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH); the root cause and an in vivo model of CTEPH endothelial pathology.

Codi oficial: CP17/00114 Start date:01/01/2018 Data fi: 30/06/2022 Investigador/a principal: OLGA TURA CEIDE Organisme finançador: INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III Ajuda: 99,971 €

Respiratory

Ayuda de personal Miquel Servet. Targets of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH); the root cause and an in vivo model of CTEPH endothelial pathology.

Codi oficial: MS17/00114 Start date:01/01/2017 Data fi: 31/12/2021 Investigador/a principal: OLGA TURA CEIDE Organisme finançador: INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III Ajuda: 202,500 €

Respiratory

ESTUDIO DEL METABOLISMO Y DE LA FUNCIÓN ENDOTELIAL EN PACIENTES CON HIPERTENSIÓN PULMONAR TROMBOEMBÓLICA: EFECTO DE LA ESTIMULACIÓN DE RIOCIGUAT.

Codi oficial: PI18/00960 Start date:01/01/2019 Data fi: 30/06/2023 Investigador/a principal: OLGA TURA CEIDE Organisme finançador: INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III Ajuda: 159,115 €

Transfer

Guies clíniques

- Martínez-García MÁ, Máiz L, Olveira C, Girón RM, de la Rosa D, Blanco M, Cantón R, Vendrell M, Polverino E, de Gracia J, Prados C. Spanish Guidelines on the Evaluation and Diagnosis of Bronchiectasis in Adults. Arch Bronconeumol. 2018 Feb;54(2):79-87. doi: 10.1016/j.arbres.2017.07.015. Epub 2017 Nov 9. English, Spanish.

- Polverino E, Goeminne PC, McDonnell MJ, Aliberti S, Marshall SE, Loebinger MR, Murris M, Cantón R, Torres A, Dimakou K, De Soyza A,, Hill AT, Haworth CS, Vendrell M, Ringshausen FC19, Subotic D20, Wilson R, Vilaró J, Stallberg B, Welte T, Rohde G, Blasi F, Elborn S, Almagro M, Timothy A, Ruddy T, Tonia T, Rigau D, Chalmers JD. European Respiratory Society guidelines for the management of adult bronchiectasis. European Respiratory Journal. 2017 Sep 9;50(3)

Job offers

Grup de Recerca Pneumologia | Respiratory

Postdoctoral position: SARA BORRELL, ISCIII Data del termini d'inscripció: 20220201

Grup de Recerca de Pneumologia | Respiratory

Predoctoral position: FI, AGAUR Data del termini d'inscripció: 20221010