Garcia-Aymerich J (0000-0002-7097-4586)

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Medicine Degree at Universitat de Barcelona (1996) and Doctor in Public Health and Methodology of the Biomedical Research by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2002). Currently working as Research Professor and Head of the Non-Communicable Diseases & Environment Research Programme at ISGlobal; Associate Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra.

Her research focuses on determinants of chronic respiratory disease (asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)) development and prognosis in children and adults, the definition and subtype characterization of these conditions and the use of advanced epidemiological methods (machine learning, causal methods).

She has conducted pioneering research on the role of physical activity in asthma and COPD, which merited several national and international awards, and is the coordinator of large multicentre national and international studies in respiratory epidemiology.

She has published over 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers, and has served in several expert committees tasked with developing international policies on pulmonary rehabilitation and in national research evaluation committees.

She has ongoing close collaborations and projects with European researchers on physical activity and pulmonary rehabilitation as well as strategic alliances in the areas of COPD and asthma epidemiology, as well as epidemiological methods.

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Instituto de Salud Global Barcelona: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

2019-05-18 to present | Research Professor and Head of the Non-Communicable Diseases and Environment Programme

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Instituto de Salud Global Barcelona: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

Institut de Salud Global Barcelona: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

Centre de Recerca en Epidemiologia Ambiental: Barcelona, Seleccione, ES

Harvard School of Public Health: MA, MA, US

Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

Universitat de Barcelona: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

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Connecting digital mobility assessment to clinical outcomes for regulatory and clinical endorsement (MOBILISE-D)

Impact of Pollution on Allergic Rhinitis (POLLAR)

2. “Non-Communicable Diseases and Environment” Consolidated Research Group

Determinantes de la aparición y progresión de la EPOC en adultos jóvenes: EARLY COPD

Ageing Lungs in European Cohorts (ALEC)

Social and environmental determinants of physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a qualitative and quantitative epidemiological study

Developmental Origins of Chronic Lung Disease

Physical Activity as a Crucial Patient Reported Outcome in COPD (PROactive)

Effectiveness of an intervention of urban training in COPD patients: a randomised controlled clinical trial

Positive Health Effects of the Natural Outdoor Environment in Typical Populations in Different Regions in Europe (PHENOTYPE)

Mechanisms of the Development of ALLergy (MeDALL)

Transportation, air pollution and physical activities; an integrated health risk assessment programme of climate change and urban policies

Methods of causal inference for the study of the effects of physical activity on development and evolution of chronic respiratory diseases (asthma and COPD)

Physical activity in chronic respiratory diseases

Efecto de la actividad física en la evolucion de la EPOC

Phenotype characterisation and course of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): PAC-COPD study

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Evaluation of recently proposed thresholds to define spirometry bronchodilator response

The future of the European Respiratory Society: strategy update 2025

Childhood physical inactivity and excess weight: Two potentially modifiable risk factors for COPD

Walking Towards Recovery: Accuracy and Reliability of Real-World Digital Mobility Outcomes in Older Adults After Hip Fracture (Preprint)

Spirometric patterns in young and middle-aged adults: a 20-year European study

Phenotyping asthma with airflow obstruction in middle-aged and older adults: a CADSET clinical research collaboration

Why has epidemiology not (yet) succeeded in identifying the origin of the asthma epidemic?

Early-life and health behaviour influences on lung function in early adulthood

Listening to the patients’ voice: a conceptual framework of the walking experience

Physical activity and cardiac autonomic dysfunction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A cross-sectional analysis

Differential Outcomes Following 4 Weeks of Aclidinium/Formoterol in Patients with COPD: A Reanalysis of the ACTIVATE Study

Heart rate and oxygen uptake kinetics obtained from continuous measurements with wearable devices during outdoor walks of patients with COPD: Validation study (Preprint)

Validity and responsiveness of the Daily- and Clinical visit-PROactive Physical Activity in COPD (D-PPAC and C-PPAC) instruments

Individual circadian preference (chronotype) is associated with asthma and allergic symptoms among adolescents

Physical-activity trajectories during childhood and lung function at 15 years: findings from the ALSPAC cohort

Testing bronchodilator responsiveness

<p>Progression Of Physical Inactivity In COPD Patients: The Effect Of Time And Climate Conditions – A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study [Corrigendum]</p>

Age at menopause and lung function: a Mendelian randomisation study

<p>Progression of physical inactivity in COPD patients: the effect of time and climate conditions – a multicenter prospective cohort study</p>

Bronchodilator reversibility in asthma and COPD: findings from three large population studies

Physical activity and COPD development. Time to advocate

Childhood Body Composition Trajectories and Adolescent Lung Function. Findings from the ALSPAC study

Exogenous female sex steroids may reduce lung ageing after menopause: A 20-year follow-up study of a general population sample (ECRHS)

Pharmacological treatment of asthma in a cohort of adults during a 20-year period: results from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey I, II and III

Association of Height Growth in Puberty with Lung Function. A Longitudinal Study

Antibiotics for exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Integrating Clinical and Epidemiological Data on Allergic Diseases Across Birth Cohorts: a MeDALL Harmonization Study.

Long-term efficacy and effectiveness of a behavioural and community-based exercise intervention (Urban Training) to increase physical activity in patients with COPD: a randomised controlled trial.

Effect of Bronchodilation, Exercise Training, and Behavior Modification on Symptoms and Physical Activity in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Airway responsiveness to methacholine and incidence of COPD: an international prospective cohort study

The dyspnoea-inactivity vicious circle in COPD: development and external validation of a conceptual model.

Residential air pollution does not modify the positive association between physical activity and lung function in current smokers in the ECRHS study.

Trends in smoking initiation in Europe over 40 years: A retrospective cohort study.

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Asthma and Allergy-Related Diseases among Adolescents (PERFORMANCE) study: rationale and methods

Leisure-time vigorous physical activity is associated with better lung function: the prospective ECRHS study.

Public participation GIS for assessing landscape values and improvement preferences in urban stream corridors

Do COPD subtypes really exist? COPD heterogeneity and clustering in 10 independent cohorts.

Socio-environmental correlates of physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Benefits of physical activity on COPD hospitalisation depend on intensity.

Phenotyping asthma, rhinitis and eczema in MeDALL population-based birth cohorts: an allergic comorbidity cluster.

The PROactive instruments to measure physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

A study of the combined effects of physical activity and air pollution on mortality in elderly urban residents: the Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Cohort.