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Wednesday, 02/12/2020
Dr. Antoni Torres, awarded for research excellence " ICREA Acadèmia " 2019
Prof. Antoni Torres was recently honored by the ICREA Acadèmia 2019 Program for excellence in research in the area "Life & Medical Sciences".
ICREA Acadèmia is a program to support research exclusively for active teachers of public universities. The ICREA recognition involves a priority dedication to research for five years and provides the winner with an annual allowance to be preferentially allocated to research activities.Dr. Torres is Professor of Medicine at the UB and pulmonologist of the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit Clinic . He is considered a physician of reference nationally and internationally in the field of pulmonary infections, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD ), bronchiectasis, immunocompromised patients, mechanical ventilation and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS - ALI ). He leads the group for Applied Research (translational ) in Respiratory at IDIBAPS. He also coordinates a CIBER group in respiratory diseases ( CIBERES ) and participates in several European research projects . His Hirsch index is 94.