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Andrea Guala

Andrea Guala is a post-doc researcher working in Cardiovascular Imaging analysis. After a PhD at the Politecnico of Turin (Italy) about modelling of the heart and large arteries, he moved to the Vall D’Hebron Institute of Research thanks to a Marie-Curie Post-Doctoral grant, starting on May 2016. From 2019 his work is supported by a Juan de la Cierva post-doctoral grant. His main research line relates to the developed of image analysis codes to assess biomarkers from multi-modality cardiovascular images and their evaluation as descriptors of aortic and heart diseases and as predictors of patients’ clinical evolution. As per September 2021, Andrea co-authored 39 peer-review scientific publications. Among them, he was first authors in papers published in the most important journals of cardiology, such the European Heart Journal, Circulation and JACC cardiovascular imaging. During his stay in Barcelona, Andrea’s work has been awarded by the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Acciones seal of excellence (2017), several travel grants to attend international conferences and a number of conference awards. He collaborates in a several projects funded by regional, national and European bodies and collaborates with many researchers from all over the world

Institutions of which they are part

Main researcher
Cardiovascular Diseases
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca

Andrea Guala

Institutions of which they are part

Main researcher
Cardiovascular Diseases
Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca

Andrea Guala is a post-doc researcher working in Cardiovascular Imaging analysis. After a PhD at the Politecnico of Turin (Italy) about modelling of the heart and large arteries, he moved to the Vall D’Hebron Institute of Research thanks to a Marie-Curie Post-Doctoral grant, starting on May 2016. From 2019 his work is supported by a Juan de la Cierva post-doctoral grant. His main research line relates to the developed of image analysis codes to assess biomarkers from multi-modality cardiovascular images and their evaluation as descriptors of aortic and heart diseases and as predictors of patients’ clinical evolution. As per September 2021, Andrea co-authored 39 peer-review scientific publications. Among them, he was first authors in papers published in the most important journals of cardiology, such the European Heart Journal, Circulation and JACC cardiovascular imaging. During his stay in Barcelona, Andrea’s work has been awarded by the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Acciones seal of excellence (2017), several travel grants to attend international conferences and a number of conference awards. He collaborates in a several projects funded by regional, national and European bodies and collaborates with many researchers from all over the world

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Projects

Personal Investigador para Grupo Cardiovascular

IP: Ignacio Ferreira González
Collaborators: Alba Santos Ortega, José Antonio Barrabés Riu, Maria Vidal Burdeus, Jose Fernando Rodríguez Palomares, Laura Gutierrez García-Moreno, Antonia Sambola Ayala, Nuria Rivas Gandara, Jordi Perez Rodon, Angeles Rojas Lopez, Antonio Rodríguez Sinovas, Artur Evangelista Masip, Teresa González Alujas, Begoña Benito Villabriga, Gisela Teixido Tura, Antonia Pijuan Domenech, Enric Domingo Ribas, Victor Gonzalez Fernandez, Santiago Aguade Bruix, Guillem Casas Masnou, David Aluja Gonzalez, Bernat Serra Creus, Vicente Serra García, Gerard Marti Aguasca, Neus Bellera Gotarda, Aitor Uribarri Gonzalez, Imanol Otaegui Irurueta, Jordi Bañeras Rius, Bruno García del Blanco, Ruperto Olivero Soldevila, Elisabet Miro Casas, Marisol Ruiz Meana, Mireia Andres Villarreal, Jordi Lozano Torres, Ana Belén Méndez Fernández, Berta Miranda Barrio, Gerard Oristrell Santamaria, Pau Rello Sabaté, Toni Soriano Colomé, Jaume Francisco Pascual, Aleix Olivella San emeterio, Sara Delgado Tomás, Aroa Ruiz Muñoz, Javier Inserte Igual, Mª Ángeles Carmona Ramírez, Javier Limeres Freire, Irene Buera Surribas, Ruben Fernández Galera, Raul Aguilar Lopez, Alvaro Calabuig Goena, Lydia Dux-Santoy Hurtado, Laura Galián Gay, Laura Dos Subirá, Maria Nazarena Pizzi, Bou Teen, Diana, Filipa Xavier De Carvalho Negrao Valente, Andrea Guala
Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
Funding: 60000
Reference: 2021 SGR 00758
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/06/2025

Red Federada Para Acelerar La Aplicación De La Inteligencia Artificial En El Sistema Sanitario Español (TARTAGLIA) WP7

IP: Jose Fernando Rodríguez Palomares
Collaborators: Borja Martínez Vizuete, Lydia Dux-Santoy Hurtado, Giorgio Colangelo, Andrea Guala, Javier Solsona Caravaca, Mireia Bragulat Arevalo, Jorge Rodrigo Fernandez
Funding agency: Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transf Digital
Funding: 268649.45
Reference: MIA.2021.M02.0005_R.PALOMARES
Duration: 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024

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ADAIR: New Approuch again Atherosclerosis

IP: Andrea Guala
Collaborators: Jose Fernando Rodríguez Palomares, Juan Garrido Oliver, Gonzalo Javier Prado, Alba Català Santarrufina, Marta Ferrer Cornet
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación-MICINN
Funding: 190725
Reference: PLEC2021-007664
Duration: 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2024

Ministerio de Ciencia

Artificial intelligence for an affordable early diagnosis of heart diseases via cardiac tissue characterisation on echocardiography images

IP: Andrea Guala
Collaborators: Miriam Izquierdo Sans
Funding agency: Fundació "La Caixa"
Funding: 292500
Reference: 2021_RETAINING_CAIXA/GUALA
Duration: 01/06/2022 - 31/05/2025

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