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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

Malalties hepàtiques

IP: Joan Genescà Ferrer
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 135000
Reference: JR13/00023
Duration: 01/04/2014 - 31/03/2017

Preventing cardiovascular ischemic events and arresting their consequences in type 2 diabetic population: a multidisciplinary clinical and experimental approach

IP: -
Collaborators: Ignacio Ferreira González, José Antonio Barrabés Riu, Joan Montaner Villalonga, Immaculada Raurell Saborit, Joan López Hellin, Antonio González Fernández, Antonia Sambola Ayala, Joaquin Lopez Soriano, Anna Meseguer Navarro, Antonio Rodríguez Sinovas, Rafael Simó Canonge, Francesc Moreso Mateos, Cristina Hernández Pascual, Anna Penalba Morenilla, Maria Nieves Martell Pérez-Alcalde, Neus Bellera Gotarda, Natalia Ramos Terrades, Andreea Ciudin Mihai, Maria Mar Hernandez Guillamon, Meritxell Ibernon Vilaró, Ignasi Barba Vert, Jordi Bañeras Rius, Bruno García del Blanco, Daniel Serón Micas, María Eugenia Espinel Garuz, Marisol Ruiz Meana, Maria Pilar Delgado Martínez, Irina Betsabe Torres Rodriguez, Javier Inserte Igual, Anna Rosell Novel, Olga Simó Servat, Joan Genescà Ferrer, Mònica Pons Delgado, M Antonieta Azancot Rivero, Maria Nazarena Pizzi, M Antonieta Azancot Rivero
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 825000
Reference: PIE13/00027
Duration: 01/01/2014 - 30/06/2018

Nous tractaments combinats en diferents fases de la cirrosi hepàtica amb hjpertensió portal

IP: Joan Genescà Ferrer
Collaborators: Sarai Rodríguez Navarro
Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Funding: 18146.88
Reference: FI-DGR-2013-14
Duration: 01/02/2013 - 31/01/2016

Nuevos tratamientos combinados en distintas fases de la cirrosis hepática con hipertensión portal

IP: Joan Genescà Ferrer
Collaborators: Immaculada Raurell Saborit, Sarai Rodríguez Navarro
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 85305
Reference: PI12/01759
Duration: 01/01/2013 - 30/06/2016

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