Andrea Guala Andrea Guala obtained a bachelor and a master degree in mechanical engineering at Polytechnic of Milan and Turin, respectively, and, in 2015, a Ph.D. at the Polytechnic of Turin. In 2016 he joined the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR) in Barcelona, where he was awarded (i) the Marie Curie COFUND post-doctoral fellowship (2016), (ii) the Juan de la Cierva (2019, 3rd best evaluated over 221 applicants), (iii) the Sara Borrell (2019, 4th best evaluated over +250 applicants), (iv) the “la Caixa” Junior Leader (2022), and (v) the R3 certification as “Established Researcher” from the Spanish Minister of Science and Innovation (100/100 evaluation). Andrea’s post-doctoral period officially ended in 2025, when, after the award of Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR) tenure track call and the Miguel Servet contract, he obtained a permanent position as senior researcher at VHIR. Andrea now leads a team composed of 6 early career researchers and one post-doc, all mostly dedicated to medical image analysis, artificial intelligence and big data in cardiology and cardiovascular diseases. As per February 2026, Andrea authored 83 papers in peer-reviewed journals, being 1st author in 25 papers (31%), last author in 7 (9%) and corresponding author in 22 (27%). Among the papers in which he signs as main author (first, last, or corresponding), some were published in very high-impact journals, such as Circulation (IF 38.7, all IF from the JCR2024), the European Heart Journal (IF 35.7), the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (IF 22.3) and JACC cardiovascular imaging (IF 15.2, 3 papers). According to Google Scholar (scholar.google.com), Andrea has an H-index of 30, i10 index of 56 and his works collected a total of 3303 citations. By participating, most often representing VHIR, in 4 Horizon Europe projects, while being principal investigator in projects funded via the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and la Caixa Foundation, Andrea attracted substantial research funding. Institutions of which they are part Main researcher Cardiovascular Diseases Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca LinkedIn Twitter Orcid Andrea Guala LinkedIn Twitter Orcid Institutions of which they are part Main researcher Cardiovascular Diseases Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca Andrea Guala obtained a bachelor and a master degree in mechanical engineering at Polytechnic of Milan and Turin, respectively, and, in 2015, a Ph.D. at the Polytechnic of Turin. In 2016 he joined the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR) in Barcelona, where he was awarded (i) the Marie Curie COFUND post-doctoral fellowship (2016), (ii) the Juan de la Cierva (2019, 3rd best evaluated over 221 applicants), (iii) the Sara Borrell (2019, 4th best evaluated over +250 applicants), (iv) the “la Caixa” Junior Leader (2022), and (v) the R3 certification as “Established Researcher” from the Spanish Minister of Science and Innovation (100/100 evaluation). Andrea’s post-doctoral period officially ended in 2025, when, after the award of Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR) tenure track call and the Miguel Servet contract, he obtained a permanent position as senior researcher at VHIR. Andrea now leads a team composed of 6 early career researchers and one post-doc, all mostly dedicated to medical image analysis, artificial intelligence and big data in cardiology and cardiovascular diseases. As per February 2026, Andrea authored 83 papers in peer-reviewed journals, being 1st author in 25 papers (31%), last author in 7 (9%) and corresponding author in 22 (27%). Among the papers in which he signs as main author (first, last, or corresponding), some were published in very high-impact journals, such as Circulation (IF 38.7, all IF from the JCR2024), the European Heart Journal (IF 35.7), the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (IF 22.3) and JACC cardiovascular imaging (IF 15.2, 3 papers). According to Google Scholar (scholar.google.com), Andrea has an H-index of 30, i10 index of 56 and his works collected a total of 3303 citations. By participating, most often representing VHIR, in 4 Horizon Europe projects, while being principal investigator in projects funded via the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and la Caixa Foundation, Andrea attracted substantial research funding.
Projects Artificial intelligence for the quantitative assessment of aortic valve calcification on echocardiography images IP: Andrea Guala Collaborators: Ignacio Ferreira González, Pere López Gutierrez, Jose Fernando Rodríguez Palomares, Gisela Teixido Tura, Juan Garrido Oliver, Laura Galián Gay Funding agency: -Sociedad Española de Cardiologia Funding: 15000 Reference: SEC/GUALA/2024 Duration: 01/10/2024 - 01/10/2025 DVPS: Diversis Viis, Plurima Solvens IP: Andrea Guala Collaborators: Pere López Gutierrez Funding agency: EUROPEAN COMMISSION Funding: 462500 Reference: DVPS Duration: 01/07/2025 - 30/06/2029 Paper de la reprogramació del metabolisme d'aminoàcids i la desregulació de les calpaïnes en l'activació dels fibroblasts i la fibrosi miocàrdica difusa en la insuficiència cardíaca IP: Javier Inserte Igual Collaborators: Ignacio Ferreira González, José Antonio Barrabés Riu, Angeles Rojas Lopez, Antonio Rodríguez Sinovas, David Aluja Gonzalez, Sara Delgado Tomás, Andrea Guala Funding agency: Fundació La Marató de TV3 Funding: 150000 Reference: 202321-31 Duration: 11/03/2024 - 10/03/2027 TACTIC: Explorando soluciones a los retos de salud mediante ciencia disruptiva, terapias avanzadas y medicina de sistemas IP: Begoña Benito Villabriga Collaborators: Carmen Escudero Iriarte, Laia Ventura i Expósito, Susana Otero Romero, Ignacio Ferreira González, José Antonio Barrabés Riu, Carlos Nos Llopis, Pablo Velasco Puyó, Jose Fernando Rodríguez Palomares, Sunny Malhotra Sareen, Belen Perez Dueñas, Jaume Sastre Garriga, Joan López Hellin, Antonia Sambola Ayala, Jordi Rio Izquierdo, Nuria Rivas Gandara, Jordi Perez Rodon, Aroa Soriano Fernández, Manuel Comabella Lopez, Antonio Rodríguez Sinovas, Gisela Teixido Tura, Antonia Pijuan Domenech, Roser Ferrer Costa, Joaquin Seras Franzoso, Carmen Tur Gomez, Maria Cristina Díaz de Heredia Rubio, Laia Yañez Bisbe, Maria Jose Pérez García, Miguel Segura Ginard, Diego Baranda Martínez-Abasca, Cristina Auger Acosta, Neus Bellera Gotarda, Teresa Macarulla Mercadé, Herena Eixarch Ahufinger, M Mar Mañu Pereira, Deborah Pareto Onghena, Lorena Valero Arrese, Aitor Uribarri Gonzalez, Jordi Bañeras Rius, Alex Rovira Cañellas, Mar Tintore Subirana, Bruno García del Blanco, Ana Vivancos Prellezo, Maria Teresa Salcedo Allende, Marisol Ruiz Meana, Ana Belén Méndez Fernández, Xavier Montalban Gairín, Simon Schwartz Navarro, Anna Llort Sales, Carmen Espejo Ruiz, Raquel Hladun Alvaro, Sandra Mancilla Zamora, Ana Zabalza de Torres, Javier Inserte Igual, Luciana Midaglia Fernandez, Elizabeth Pando Rau, Gabriela Guillén Burrieza, Ana Laura Cazurro Gutierrez, David Gómez Andrés, Alvaro Cobo Calvo, Alvaro Calabuig Goena, Joaquin Castillo Justribo, Lydia Dux-Santoy Hurtado, Lucas Moreno Martín-Retortillo, Andres Miguez Gonzalez, Josep Roma Castanyer, Laura Dos Subirá, Nicolás Miguel Fissolo, Maria Nazarena Pizzi, Paolo Giovanni Nuciforo, Tian Tian, Diana Fernandes de Rafael, Andrea Guala Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Funding: 2494527.53 Reference: FORT23/00034 Duration: 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2027 Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page › Last page »
