Dr. Clotet received his MD (1976) and his PhD (1981), with a thesis on autoimmune diseases, from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). That same year, his internship as an Internal Medicine specialist at the Vall d’Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona coincided with the first AIDS case reported in Spain. This case was the catalyst for a career dedicated to this serious disease, first as head of the HIV Unit of the Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital in Badalona (1987-2015) and then as founder and president of the Fight against AIDS Foundation (1992), which is now named as Fight Infections Foundation.

Dr. Clotet soon saw the need to go a step beyond patient care to conduct research aimed at eradicating AIDS. In 1995, with the support of “la Caixa” and the Department of Health of the Generalitat of Catalonia, he founded the IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, which he still heads.  In addition, Dr. Clotet is also the clinical director of Infectious Diseases at the Metropolitana Nord area of the Catalan Institute of Health, scientific advisor to two IrsiCaixa spin-offs: Aelix Therapeutics SL and AlbaJuna Therapeutics SL and director of the Chair of AIDS and Related Diseases at the Universitat de Vic (UVic).

He has published more than 1000 papers in high impact international journals and his contributions to research have been recognized with the Josep Trueta medal to Sanitary Merit and the ‘Premi Nacional de Recerca’, among other awards.

Head of Department at the Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital. Scientific Director of the Fundació Lluita contra les Infeccions and Head of the Microbial Genomics Group at the IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain.
Medical specialist. PhD in Medicine. Completed predoctoral training at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He provides outpatient clinical care through his own practice. In the hospital setting, he serves as a consultant for patients with HIV infection. He combines his clinical work with basic research at the IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute. His research focuses on microbial genomics across different patient populations. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), affiliated with the Master’s Degree in HIV Treatment and Pathogenesis, and serves as co-coordinator of the clinical module.