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MESARGEN Cohorts

Currently, MESARGEN includes cohorts and molecular data from different ethnic populations.

Sweden

Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm

Principal investigator: Natalia Rivera

The Netherlands

University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht; St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein

Principal investigators: Jan Grutters; Marcel Veltkamp; Coline van Moorsel

Portugal

Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto

Principal investigators: Hélder Bastos; Agostinho Carvalho; António Morais

Spain

Hospital Universitario De Bellvitge, Barcelona

Principal investigators: Adriana Iriarte Fuster; Joan Mana Rey

 

Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Granada

Principal investigator: Javier Martin

 

Hospital del Mar Barcelona

Principal investigator: Aborá Rial

 

The Hospital Clínic of Barcelona

Principal investigator: Jacobo Sellarés Torres 

Greece

2nd Pulmonary Medicine Department General University Hospital "Attikon"; Athens Medical School 
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Principal investigators:  Spyros Papiris; Efrosyni Manali; Demosthenes Bouros

 

Biology—Nanomedicine at the School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Principal investigator: Maria Gazouli

 

Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa

Principal investigator: Efthimios Dardiotis

 

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Principal investigator: Despina Papakosta

Finland 

University of Helsinki; Helsinki University Central Hospital

Principal investigators: Marja-Liisa Lokki; A. Inkeri Lokki; Olof Selroos

Czech Republic

Palacky University Olomouc, Olomouc

Principal investigator: Martin Petrek

The United States

Center for Biomedical Data Sciences, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Principal investigator: Courtney Montgomery

 

Sarcoidosis Center of Excellence at the University of Maryland School of Medicine

Principal investigator: Wonder P. Drake

 

Johns Hopkins Sarcoidosis Center, Baltimore MD

Principal investigator: Michelle Sharp

 

Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Greenville, NC

Principal investigator: Obi, Ogugua Ndili

Japan 

Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine

Principal investigators: Akira Meguro; Mami Ishihara

 

Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Oncology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo

Principal investigator: Arata Azuma

Italy

University of Padova and University Hospital of Padova, Italy

Principal investigator: Paolo Spagnolo

 

Respiratory Disease Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena

Principal investigators: Paolo Cameli; Laura Bergantini; Miriana d'Alessandro

Germany

Department of Pneumology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg

Principal investigators: Joachim Mueller-Quernheim; Björn C. Frye

 

Kiel University Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology Centre for Molecular Biosciences

Principal investigator: David Ellinghaus

 

Ruhrlandklinik University Hospital in Essen

Principal investigator: Francesco Bonella

Norway 

The National Archives, St. Olav's Hospital in Trondheim

Principal investigator: Astrid Gjervold Lunde

Denmark 

Department of Respiratory Diseases and Allergy, Aarhus University Hospital

Principal investigator: Janne Møller

Belgium

Department of Respiratory Medicine, CHU of Liège

Principal investigator: Julien Guiot

Poland

Military Medical Institute-National Research Institute, Warsaw

Principal investigators: Rutkowska Elżbieta; Raniszewska Agata; Sławomir Cabajewski

France

Avicenne Hospital, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris

Principal investigator: Hilario Nunes

 

Université Paris Cité

Principal investigator: Dominique Israël-Bie

Moldova

Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Chișinău

Principal investigator: Diana Calaras

Latvia

Riga East Clinical University Hospital, Riga Stradins University

Principal investigator: Leva Ruža

Serbia

Medigroup Hospital, Belgrade 

Principal investigator: Violeta Vucinic

Türkiye

Pulmonary Medicine Yedikule Chest Disease and Surgery Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences İstanbul

Principal investigator: Pinar Yildiz

Ukraine

National Institute of Phthisiology and Pulmonology named after F.G. Yanovsky of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine

Principal investigators: Evgeniia Merenkova; Galyna L. Gumeniuk

Estonia

Estonian Genome Center, Institute of  Genomics, Estonian Biobank, University of Tartu

Principal investigator: Andres Metspalu

Romania

National Institute for Pulmonology “Marius Nasta” Bucharest; Pulmonology Department of “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest

Principal investigator: Irina Strambu

South Korea

Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Institute of Convergence Science and Technology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine

Principal investigator: Jin Woo Song

India

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore 

Principal investigator: Thangakunam Balamugesh

 

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

Principal investigator: Sahajal Dhooria