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

Featured Projects

  • Knowledge for Improving Indoor Air Quality and Health (K-Health in Air - KHiA)

    Principal investigator: Joan Albert Barbera Mir
    Funder: Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (Entidad de origen); Mecanismes fisiopatològics de les malalties respiratòries. Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (Investigador principal (ip)); European Union
    Code: 101057693
    Duration: 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2026
  • Análisis transcriptómico de células endoteliales en la hipertensión arterial pulmonar para identificar firmas de genes relacionados con la enfermedad y cambios moleculares inducidos por el tratamiento

    Principal investigator: Joan Albert Barbera Mir
    Funder: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
    Code: PI21/00403
    Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2024
  • Caracterización fenotípica de la hipertensión pulmonar en las enfermedades respiratorias

    Principal investigator: Joan Albert Barbera Mir
    Funder: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
    Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2021
  • Recerca traslacional en malalties pulmonars

    Principal investigator: Joan Albert Barberà
    Funder: HOSPITAL CLINICO Y PROVINCIAL DE BARCELONA (Sede o evento); Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
    Duration: 01/03/2018 - 28/02/2021
  • MoGlyNet. Modulation of glycolytic flux as a new approach for treatment of atherosclerosis and plaque stabilization: a multidisciplinary study

    Principal investigator: Joan Albert Barberà
    Funder: HOSPITAL CLINICO Y PROVINCIAL DE BARCELONA (Sede o evento); Unión Europea
    Duration: 15/09/2015 - 31/12/2019