About me

Jacobo Sellarés is a pulmonologist at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, where he directs the interstitial lung disease programme, and leads the IDIBAPS group Mechanisms of lung injury: from infection and critical illness to fibrosis. He obtained his PhD at the University of Barcelona (2010) and trained in systems biology at the University of Pittsburgh (2015-2017). His research seeks biomarkers of progression and treatment response in sarcoidosis and pulmonary fibrosis. He co-chairs the ERS SARCOIDOMICS network and has published nearly 100 papers.

Featured publications

Featured Projects

  • PREDICT-SARC: Identificació precoç del fracàs terapèutic en la sarcoïdosi pulmonar mitjançant una anàlisi multiòmica integrada

    Principal investigator: Jacobo Sellarés Torres
    Funder: Fundació La Marató de TV3
    Code: 202534-30-31-32-33
    Duration: 01/01/2026
  • SARCOIDOMICS: Advancing in High-Risk Sarcoidosis Research Through Multi-Omics

    Principal investigator: Jacobo Sellarés Torres
    Funder: European Respiratory Society
    Duration: 01/04/2025
  • FIBROPROG: Identificando nuevos biomarcadores de fibrosis pulmonar progresiva, avanzando hacia la medicina de precisión

    Principal investigator: Jacobo Sellarés Torres
    Funder: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
    Code: PI23/00924
    Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2026
  • Asociación de la deficiencia de la vía de la MBL (Mannose-Binding Lectin) y los serotipos de neumococo en la enfermedad invasiva neumocócica

    Principal investigator: Jacobo Sellarés Torres
    Funder: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
    Code: PI13/01227
    Duration: 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2016