Scientific Committee

Dr. Joan-Lluis Vives Corrons

Prof. Joan Lluís Vives Corrons is Professor Emeritus at the University of Barcelona and an honorary researcher at the Josep Carreras Institute for Leukaemia Research (IJC). He specializes in rare anemias, focusing on the molecular and genetic mechanisms of red blood cell (RBC) disorders, including enzymopathies, membranopathies, and hemoglobinopathies. For over 30 years, he led the Haematology Laboratory Department (1976-1997) and the Red Blood Cell Pathology Unit (1998-2016). As principal investigator of 35+ projects, his research has centered on erythroenzymopathies (e.g., G6PD and PK deficiencies), hemoglobinopathies (e.g., sickle-cell disease and thalassemia), and hereditary hemolytic anemias. In 2002, he coordinated the European Network for Rare and Congenital Anaemias (ENERCA), establishing a pan-European platform for rare anemia diagnosis and treatment. He now chairs the Scientific Board of the Rare Anemias International Network (RAIN). His team secured funding from the TV3 Marató Foundation (2009) to launch CATGLOBIN, a Catalan network for severe hemoglobinopathies, which led to the official Newborn Screening Program for Sickle-Cell Disease (2015). In 2013, he coordinated the FP7 CoMMitMent Project, identifying new genes and therapies for rare anemias. ENERCA later contributed to the creation of EuroBloodNet, the EU’s Reference Network for Rare Haematological Diseases. Since 2017, as an emeritus professor, he continues his research on rare anemias at the IJC.