Joan A. Barberà
About me
Head of the Pulmonary Medicine and Respiratory Allergy Departmen at the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona. Currently, Head of the Pulmonary Hypertension Unit of the Hospital Clínic, National Reference Unit for Complex Pulmonary Hypertension, belonging to the European Reference Network for Rare Lung Diseases (ERN-LUNG). Research interests focus on pulmonary vascular diseases, especially those associated with chronic respiratory diseases; the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, both at the cellular and molecular level; and the physiology of vascular regulation of gas exchange.
Featured publications
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The ADAMTS13-VWF axis is dysregulated in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Authors: Newnham M; South K; Bleda M; Auger WR; Barberà JA; Bogaard H; Bunclark K; Cannon JE; Delcroix M; Hadinnapola C; Howard LS; Jenkins D; Mayer E; Ng C; Rhodes CJ; Screaton N; Sheares K; Simpson MA; Southwood M; Su L; Taboada D; Traylor M; Trembath RC; Villar SS; Wilkins MR; Wharton J; Gräf S; Pepke-Zaba J; Laffan M; Lane DA; Morrell NW; Toshner M .Reference: European Respiratory Journal 2019. -
ERS statement on exercise training and rehabilitation in patients with severe chronic pulmonary hypertension
Authors: Grünig E, Eichstaedt C, Barberà JA, Benjamin N, Blanco I, Bossone E, Cittadini A, Coghlan G, Corris P, D'Alto M, D'Andrea A, Delcroix M, de Man F, Gaine S, Ghio S, Gibbs S, Gumbiene L, Howard LS, Johnson M, Jurevi?ien? E, Kiely DG, Kovacs G, MacKenzie A, Marra AM, McCaffrey N, McCaughey P, Naeije R, Olschewski H, Pepke-Zaba J, Reis A, Santos M, Saxer S, Tulloh RM, Ulrich S, Vonk Noordegraaf A, Peacock AJ .Reference: European Respiratory Journal 2019. -
Pulmonary hypertension in chronic lung disease and hypoxia
Authors: Nathan SD; Barbera JA; Gaine SP; Harari S; Martinez FJ; Olschewski H; Olsson KM; Peacock AJ; Pepke-Zaba J; Provencher S; Weissmann N; Seeger W.Reference: European Respiratory Journal 2019. -
Pulmonary vascular endothelium: the orchestra conductor in respiratory diseases: Highlights from basic research to therapy.
Authors: Huertas A; Guignabert C; Barberà JA; Bärtsch P; Bhattacharya J; Bhattacharya S; Bonsignore MR; Dewachter L; Dinh-Xuan AT; Dorfmüller P; Gladwin MT; Humbert M; Kotsimbos T; Vassilakopoulos T; Sanchez O; Savale L; Testa U; Wilkins MR.Reference: European Respiratory Journal 2018. -
An official European Respiratory Society statement: pulmonary haemodynamics during exercise.
Authors: Kovacs G, Herve P, Barbera JA, Chaouat A, Chemla D, Condliffe R, Garcia G, Grünig E, Howard L, Humbert M, Lau E, Laveneziana P, Lewis GD, Naeije R, Peacock A, Rosenkranz S, Saggar R, Ulrich S, Vizza D, Vonk Noordegraaf A, Olschewski H .Reference: European Respiratory Journal 2017. -
Initial combination therapy with ambrisentan and tadalafil and mortality in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a secondary analysis of the results from the randomised, controlled AMBITION study
Authors: Hoeper, Marius M.; McLaughlin, Vallerie V.; Albert Barbera, Joan; Frost, Adaani E.; Ghofrani, Hossein-Ardeschir; Peacock, Andrew J.; Simonneau, Gerald; Rosenkranz, Stephan; Oudiz, Ronald J.; White, R. James; Miller, Karen L.; Langley, Jonathan; Harris, Julia H. N.; Blair, Christiana; Rubin, Lewis J.; Vachiery, Jean-Luc;.Reference: Lancet Respiratory Medicine 2016. -
Long-Term Outcome of Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH): Results From an International Prospective Registry
Authors: Delcroix M; Lang I; Pepke-Zaba J; Jansa P; D'Armini AM; Snijder R; Bresser P; Torbicki A; Mellemkjaer S; Lewczuk J; Simkova I; Barberà JA; de Perrot M; Hoeper MM; Gaine S; Speich R; Gomez-Sanchez MA; Kovacs G; Jaïs X; Ambroz D; Treacy C; Morsolini M; Jenkins D; Lindner J; Dartevelle P; Mayer E; Simonneau G .Reference: Circulation 2016.
Featured Projects
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Caracterización fenotípica de la hipertensión pulmonar en las enfermedades respiratorias
Funder: HOSPITAL CLINICO Y PROVINCIAL DE BARCELONA (Sede); Instituto de Salud Carlos IIIDuration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021 -
Proliferación celular en la hipertensión pulmonar: Detección y mecanismos de regulación epigenética
Funder: HOSPITAL CLINICO Y PROVINCIAL DE BARCELONA (Sede); Instituto de Salud Carlos IIIDuration: 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2018 -
Recerca traslacional en malalties pulmonars
Principal investigator: Joan Albert BarberàDuration: 01/03/2018 - 28/02/2021 -
Targeting endothelial dysfunction in highly prevalent diseases: characterization and validation of prognostic biomarkers and identification of potential therapeutic strategies
Principal investigator: Joan Albert BarberàDuration: 01/01/2016 - 31/12/2018 -
MoGlyNet. Modulation of glycolytic flux as a new approach for treatment of atherosclerosis and plaque stabilization: a multidisciplinary study
Principal investigator: Joan Albert BarberàDuration: 15/09/2015 - 31/12/2019