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Manuel Comabella Lopez

Dr. Manuel Comabella earned his medical degree at the University of Barcelona, completed his neurology residency at the Neurology Department of the Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron (HUVH), and earned his PhD at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Since 2004, Dr. Manuel Comabella is the Head of the Clinical Neuroimmunology laboratory at the Fundació Institut de Recerca del HUVH. Since June 2008 he works as a clinical neurologist at the Department of Neurology / Neuroimmunology of the MS Centre of Catalonia (Cemcat), HUVH, Barcelona.

Institutions of which they are part

Main researcher
Clinical Neuroimmunology
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Responsable Laboratori
Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia

Manuel Comabella Lopez

Institutions of which they are part

Main researcher
Clinical Neuroimmunology
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca
Responsable Laboratori
Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia

Dr. Manuel Comabella earned his medical degree at the University of Barcelona, completed his neurology residency at the Neurology Department of the Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron (HUVH), and earned his PhD at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Since 2004, Dr. Manuel Comabella is the Head of the Clinical Neuroimmunology laboratory at the Fundació Institut de Recerca del HUVH. Since June 2008 he works as a clinical neurologist at the Department of Neurology / Neuroimmunology of the MS Centre of Catalonia (Cemcat), HUVH, Barcelona.

From 1996 to 1998, Dr. Manuel Comabella was a Research Fellow in Neuroimmunology at the Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women´s Hospital, in Boston. In 2010 was awarded with the Ayudas Merck Serono in the multiple sclerosis research area. In 2011 was awarded by the Spanish Society of Neurology (SEN) with the Biogen Idec Prize to the best publication on demyelinating disorders. In 2013 was awarded by the SEN with the Novartis Prize to the best oral communication and the best publication on demyelinating disorders. In 2014 received the Neurological Disorders Award, scientific modality, granted by the SEN. In 2016 was awarded with the Ayudas Merck Serono in the multiple sclerosis research area. From 2018 to 2020, Dr. Manuel Comabella was a collaborator of the Biomedicine area at the Division of Coordination, Evaluation and Scientific and Technical Follow-up of the State Research Agency, Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.

Dr. Manuel Comabella is member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Journal, member of the Board of the ESNI (European School of Neuroimmunology), and member of the Strategic Group of the IMSGC (International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium). He is coauthor of 297 documents indexed in MedLine (Scopus: 12916 total citations, with h-index of 54). Dr. Manuel Comabella's research interest lies in the identification of biomarkers related with different aspects of multiple sclerosis and the development of new therapeutic strategies for the disease.

Projects

Complicacions neurològiques associades a cèl·lules CAR-T (CAR-T: Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell)

IP: Manuel Comabella Lopez
Collaborators: Andreu Vilaseca Jolonch, Miriam Izquierdo Sans
Funding agency: Fundació Institut de Recerca HUVH
Funding: 35000
Reference: HUVH/BPFSE_CM/2022/VILASECA
Duration: 01/06/2022 - 31/05/2023

Incorporación al CIBER de enfermedades neurodegenerativas como grupo de esclerosis múltiple

IP: Manuel Comabella Lopez
Collaborators: Jordi Rio Izquierdo, Carmen Tur Gomez, Xavier Montalban Gairín, Luciana Midaglia Fernandez, Joaquin Castillo Justribo, Rucsanda Pinteac, Nicolás Miguel Fissolo
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 48000
Reference: CB22/05/00047
Duration: 13/12/2022 - 12/12/2023

Rio Hortega

IP: Manuel Comabella Lopez
Collaborators: Ana Zabalza de Torres, Miriam Izquierdo Sans
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 65000
Reference: CM22/00237
Duration: 10/03/2023 - 09/03/2025

SGR-Cat 2021: Neuroimmunologia Clínica

IP: Xavier Montalban Gairín
Collaborators: Ana Isabel Guerrero Perez, Carlos Nos Llopis, Sunny Malhotra Sareen, José Ant. Graells Salvador, Jaume Sastre Garriga, Jordi Rio Izquierdo, Ingrid Galán Cartaña, Rosalia Horno Ocaña, Manuel Comabella Lopez, Andrea Serrano Mascarós, Margarida Capell Maymo, Samuel Sánchez Pous, Elisenda Anglada Clofent, Montserrat Aroca Alsina, Silvia Soler García, Sergio Cabello, Carmen Tur Gomez, Gabriel Ig Camiña Rodríguez, Herena Eixarch Ahufinger, Carme Santoyo Medina, Oriol Nualart Mundo, Mar Tintore Subirana, M Jesus Arevalo Navines, Edwin Roger Meza Murillo, Augusto Cesar Sao Aviles, Miguel Angel Robles Sanchez, Dunia Muñoz Valdivielso, Carmen Espejo Ruiz, Marta Rodríguez Barranco, Gaizka Loyola Sanmillan, Mireia Resina Salles, Angela Vidal Jordana, Lucía Gutiérrez Ruiz, Ana Zabalza de Torres, Sergio Vergara Ruiz, Javier Villacieros Álvarez, Rafael Garcia Merida, Maria Arantza Dema Etxezarreta, Luciana Midaglia Fernandez, Alvaro Cobo Calvo, Neus Mongay Ochoa, Joaquin Castillo Justribo, Milagros Fraga Pereira, Breogan Rodriguez Acevedo, SGR-Cat 2021: Neuroimmunologia Clínica, Mireia Castillo Juarez, Rucsanda Pinteac, Nicolás Miguel Fissolo
Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Funding: 40000
Reference: 2021 SGR 00782
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2025

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