Maria Rosa Faner
Research group
- Inflammation and repair in respiratory diseases Group leader (R4-UB)
About me
Rosa Faner, PhD, is a Serra Húnter Professor at the University of Barcelona, Department of Biomedicine, ICREA Academia awardee (2024), accredited researcher at IDIBAPS and CIBER, Fellow of the European Respiratory Society. Her research focuses on advancing our understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying the early origins and the clinical heterogeneity of airway diseases across the lifespan.
Featured publications
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Treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: current pipeline and new opportunities
Authors:Reference: NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY 2026. -
General population-based lung function trajectories over the life course: an accelerated cohort study
Authors:Reference: Lancet Respiratory Medicine 2025. -
Lung Tissue Multilayer Network Analysis Uncovers the Molecular Heterogeneity of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Authors:Reference: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 2024. -
Lung-function trajectories: relevance and implementation in clinical practice
Authors:Reference: LANCET 2024. -
Circulating Biomarkers in Young Individuals With Low Peak FEV1
Authors:Reference: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 2023. -
Pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: understanding the contributions of gene-environment interactions across the lifespan
Authors:Reference: Lancet Respiratory Medicine 2022. -
Lung DNA Methylation in COPD: Relationship with Smoking Status and Airflow Limitation Severity
Authors:Reference: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 2021.
Featured Projects
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Respire-Excel
Principal investigator: Maria Rosa Faner CanetFunder: Marie Courie Doctoral NetworksCode: 101169403Duration: 01/09/2025 - 31/08/2028 -
ICREA Academia
Principal investigator: Maria Rosa Faner CanetFunder: Departament de Recerca i UniversitatsCode: 2024 ICREA 00045Duration: 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2029 -
“PredictCOPD” Understanding the host-environmental interactions across the lifespan determining lung function trajectories and COPD
Principal investigator: Maria Rosa Faner CanetFunder: European Research CouncilCode: 101044387Duration: 01/12/2022 - 01/11/2027 -
“3TR” Taxonomy, Treatment, Targets and Remission Identification of the Molecular Mechanisms of non-response to Treatments, Relapses and Remission in Autoimmune, Inflammatory, and Allergic Conditions
Principal investigator: Maria Rosa Faner CanetFunder: Innovative Medicines InitiativeCode: 831434Duration: 02/09/2019 - 31/08/2027 -
"CADSET" Chronic Airway Diseases Early Stratification
Principal investigator: Maria Rosa Faner Canet, Erik Melén, Àlvar Agustí García-Navarro, Jadwiga WedzichaFunder: European Respiratory SocietyDuration: 01/12/2018 - 01/11/2029
