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Albert Selva O'Callaghan

I've been a doctor for over 30 years now and I work at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital.

Institutions of which they are part

Main researcher
Systemic Diseases
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Internal Medicine
General Hospital
Albert Selva O'Callaghan

Albert Selva O'Callaghan

Albert Selva O'Callaghan

Institutions of which they are part

Main researcher
Systemic Diseases
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Internal Medicine
General Hospital

I've been a doctor for over 30 years now and I work at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital.

Was born in Barcelona on May 1st, 1959. He obtained his medical degree at the University Autonomous of Barcelona in 1982, and so he did also the Doctoral Thesis at the same University in 1992. Since 2010 he is Associated Professor of Medicine, since june 2021 Full Professor. He attended to the internal resident program (MIR) at the Internal Medicine Department at Vall d’Hebron General Hospital in Barcelona from 1986 to 1990, and currently is working as a Senior Consultant and as Head at the Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit at the same hospital. He has been focused to the study of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy for more than 25 years and has published several relevant articles and book chapters on the field. Taking care of the patients, teaching at the University and doing research are the three main activities in regard to myositis patients he is committed to.

Research lines

Canine-myositis study

In this study we collaborate with the Faculty of Veterinary located at the Barcelona Autonomous University (Dr. Santiago Lavin) along with the Department of Pathology of the University of California (Prof G. Diane Shelton).

The only myositis spontaneous animal model is found in dogs, especially in Collies, and when it accompanies cancer, in Boxers. Several antibodies have been described in dogs but it is not known if they are also found in humans. Alternatively, myositis specific antibodies may be positive or negative in dogs. If human beings and dogs share a common autoimmune response, a new door can be opened to deepen in the etiopathogenia and the species-specificity of these illnesses.


IP: Albert Selva O'Callaghan

Projects

Autoinmunitat i Malaltia Trombotica

IP: Albert Selva O'Callaghan
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Funding: 0.01
Reference: 2017SGR01129
Duration: 01/01/2017 - 31/12/2020

Identificación de nuevos antígenos en pacientes con miopatía inflamatoria

IP: Albert Selva O'Callaghan
Collaborators: Ernesto Trallero Araguas
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 121000
Reference: PI15/02100
Duration: 01/01/2016 - 30/11/2020

Autoimmunitat i Malaltia Trombòtica (GRC)

IP: Miguel Vilardell Tarres
Collaborators: Carmen Pilar Simeón i Aznar, Roser Solans Laque, Segundo Bujan Rivas, Vicenç Fonollosa Pla, José Ordi Ros, Josefina Cortes Hernandez, Fernando Martínez Valle, Albert Selva O'Callaghan, Cristina Solé Marce
Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Funding:
Reference: 2014 SGR 329
Duration: 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2016

Proteinas TIF1 y dermatomiositis paraneoplásicas

IP: Ernesto Trallero Araguas
Collaborators: Vicente García-Patos Briones, Berta Ferrer Fábrega, Albert Selva O'Callaghan, Gloria Aparicio Español
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 121000
Reference: PI12/01320
Duration: 01/01/2013 - 31/12/2016

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