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Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall

Institutions of which they are part

Main researcher
Pneumology
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca

Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall

Institutions of which they are part

Main researcher
Pneumology
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca

Research lines

Work-related diseases, asthma and fibrosis.

The Group is considered a referral team for the diagnosis and treatment of work-related lung diseases in Catalonia, centring mainly on occupational asthma, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and occupational disease caused by asbestos exposure. It is responsible for the creation and monitoring of the Spanish Registry of Occupational Diseases (EROL), an important task that had not been covered previously. 


The Group forms a part of the Grup Col.laboratiu per la Investigació de l’Asma per Soja a Barcelona (Collaborative Research Group for Soy Asthma in Barcelona). Moreover, it is an officially accredited center to carry out daily determinations of environmental levels of soy aeroallergens in Barcelona. For this purpose, the Group has an agreement with the Servicio de Medio Ambiente del Puerto de Barcelona (Environmental Service of the Port of Barcelona), which uses the results of these analyses to monitor the unloading of soy products in the city’s port. This daily monitoring of soy aeroallergen in the city has helped the authorities been to eliminate further asthma epidemics The Group has been given several awards for its work in the area of soy asthma, such as the Fundació Cor Vilacasas award (1993), the Science Award of the City of Barcelona (1995), and the Josep Trueta Award from the Acadèmia de Ciències Mèdiques (1995).


The team also has broad experience in the study of hypersensitivity pneumonitis, with a series of 150 patients that is one of the largest in the country, given the low prevalence of this condition. In addition, our center is considered a national referral hospital for the diagnosis and treatment of this pathology. Within the research into occupational disease due to asbestos exposure, our research laboratory is the only one in Spain that carries out determinations of asbestos bodies in the lung.

IP: Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall

Projects

Grup de Recerca en Pneumologia

IP: Jaume Ferrer Sancho
Collaborators: Sergi Martí Beltran, Marta Vicenta Arjona Perís, Christian Eduardo Romero Mesones, Maria Angeles Jiménez Fuentes, Mª Jose Jurado Luque, Marc Miravitlles Fernández, Ana Villar Gomez, Antonio Álvarez Fernandez, Victor Monforte Torres, Odile Romero Santo-Tomas, Miriam Barrecheguren Fernández, David Clofent Alarcón, Carles Bravo Masgoret, Mario Culebras Amigo, Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall, Gabriel Sampol Rubio, Maria Antonia Ramon Belmonte, Mercedes Pallero Castillo, Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona, Cristina Berastegui Garcia, Almudena Felipe Montiel, Eva Maria Revilla Lopez, Gerard Orriols Torras, Julia Sampol Sirvent, Meritxell Boada Perez, David Espejo Castellanos, Manuel López Meseguer, David Soler Segovia, Susana Gómez Olles, Berta Saez Gimenez, Iñigo Ojanguren Arranz, Eva Polverino, Letizia Traversi
Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Funding: 0.01
Reference: 2021 SGR 00788
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2025

Caracterización y factores de riesgo de las SEcuelas PULmonares de los pacientes que superan una neumonía por COVID-19 (PULSE-COVID).

IP: Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall
Collaborators: Maria Angeles Jiménez Fuentes, Marc Miravitlles Fernández, David Clofent Alarcón, David Soler Segovia
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 135520
Reference: PI21/01046
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2024

Exposición a partículas diesel y su impacto en diferentes fenotipos asmáticos: mecanismos inmunológicos e inflamatorios.

IP: Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: SOCIETAT CATALANA DE PNEUMOLOGIA
Funding: 14400
Reference: 2019/SOCAP/MUÑOZ
Duration: 15/05/2019 - 14/05/2020

Mapping Exposure-Induced Immune Effects: Connecting the Exposome and the Immunome (EXIMIOUS)

IP: Mª Jesús Cruz Carmona
Collaborators: Fco. Javier Muñoz Gall, David Espejo Castellanos, David Soler Segovia, Ana Villar Gomez
Funding agency: EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Funding: 395500
Reference: EXIMIOUS_H2020_SC1-BHC-2019
Duration: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2024

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