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Joan Genescà Ferrer

Internal medicine doctor expert in hepatology. Special dedication to advanced liver disease, liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Interest in non-invasive methods for the diagnosis and control of liver disease, especially liver elastography. Both clinical and experimental research in animal models of liver disease, including therapeutic studies with nanomedicine.

Institutions of which they are part

Head of group
Liver Diseases
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Hepatologia
General Hospital

Joan Genescà Ferrer

Institutions of which they are part

Head of group
Liver Diseases
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Hepatologia
General Hospital

Internal medicine doctor expert in hepatology. Special dedication to advanced liver disease, liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension. Interest in non-invasive methods for the diagnosis and control of liver disease, especially liver elastography. Both clinical and experimental research in animal models of liver disease, including therapeutic studies with nanomedicine.

Chief Liver Unit.
Clinical director of Digestive Diseases.
Professor of Medicine of the UAB.

Projects

Partida para intensificació durant la 2a i 3a anualitat

IP: Joan Genescà Ferrer
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 60000
Reference: PI18/00947_INT_GENESCA
Duration: 02/03/2020 - 30/06/2023

Targeted biodegradable nanoparticles of simvastatin as new therapeutic tool for chronic liver disease

IP: Joan Genescà Ferrer
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 80598
Reference: CD19/00049
Duration: 01/01/2020 - 18/04/2022

BIODEGRADABLE NANOPARTICLES OF SIMVASTATIN AS NEW THERAPEUTIC TOOL FOR CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE (NANOSIM)

IP: Joan Genescà Ferrer
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 199952
Reference: ISCIII/EURONANOMED/2018/NANOSIM/DUP
Duration: 22/10/2018 - 22/10/2018

BIODEGRADABLE NANOPARTICLES OF SIMVASTATIN AS NEW THERAPEUTIC TOOL FOR CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE (NANOSIM)

IP: Joan Genescà Ferrer
Collaborators: BIODEGRADABLE NANOPARTICLES OF SIMVASTATIN AS NEW THERAPEUTIC TOOL FOR CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE (NANOSIM), Diana Fernandes de Rafael
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 199946.45
Reference: AC18/00033
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2022

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