Alvar Agusti#
| Membership Number: | 6154 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.clinicbarcelona.org/idibaps/areas-de-investigacion/biopatologia-y-bioingenieria-respiratoria-cardiovascular-y-renal/inflamacion-y-reparacion-en-enfermedades-respiratorias |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - present Professor of Medicine (Full tenure position). University of Barcelona, Spain
- 2016 - present Chair, Board of Directors, Global Initiatitive for Obstructive Lung Disease (www.goldcopd.org)
- 2009 - 2020 Associate Professor of Medicine. University of Barcelona, Spain
- 2009 - 2021 Director, Respiratory Institute, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
- 2006 - 2014 Scientific Director. National Spanish Centre for Respiratory Research (CibeRes)
- 2002 - 2006 Web Editor and Member at large of the Executive Committee. European Respiratory Society
- 1999 - 2003 Chairman, Scientific Committee Spanish Society of Pulmonolgy and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR)
- 1991 - 2009 Director, Respiratory Division, Hospital Universitario Son Dureta, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- 1989 - 1991 Fogarty Scholar (NIH), University of Chicago, USA
- 1986 - 1989 Medical Registrar, Respiratory Division, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona
Fields of Scholarship
- Lung-liver interactions (hepato-pulmonary syndrome)
- Immune senescence and disregulation in relation to lung inflammation
- Sleep apnea syndrome: pathogenesis and treatment
- Lung function trajectories through the lifespan (trajectome)
- Systems medicine and network analysis
- Basic, translational and clinical research in chronic airway diseases (COPD, asthma)
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Full member of the Royal National Academy of Medicine of Catalunya, Spain
- 2019 Professional Excellence Award. Barcelona College of Physicians, Spain
- 2018 Honorary Fellow of the European Respiratory Society
- 2018 Honorary Member of the Spanish Society of Pulmonolgy and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR)
- 2018 Lilly Foundation award for excellence in clinical research
- 2005 Premio Diario de Mallorca
- 2004 Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Medicine of Edinburgh, UK
- 2001 Glaxo SmithKline Respiratory Clinical Research Award
- 1998 Full member of the Royal National Academy of Medicine of the Balearic Islands Spain
- 1995 "Damia Carbo" award. College of Physicians, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
- 1993 "Damia Carbo" award. College of Physicians, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
- 1992 "Damia Carbo" award. College of Physicians, Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
- 1990 Member of the European Respiratory Society (ERS)
- 1985 Doctor in Philosophy (PhD) 'Magna Cum Laudae Honour', University of Barcelona
- 1980 Member of the American Thoracic Society (ATS)
- 1980 Member of the Spanish Thoracic Society (SEPAR)
