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 Email Andrea Guala LinkedIn Twitter Orcid Email 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 (CHEAP-HEART) - Inteligencia artificial para un diagnóstico temprano y asequible de enfermedades cardíacas mediante la caracterización del tejido cardíaco en imágenes de ecocardiografía IP: Andrea Guala Collaborators: Guillem Casas Masnou, Juan Garrido Oliver, Lydia Dux-Santoy Hurtado, Filipa Xavier De Carvalho Negrao Valente, Pere López Gutierrez Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación-MICINN Funding: 152460 Reference: PID2021-128367OA-I00 Duration: 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2025 AI4HF: Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence for Personalised Risk Assessment in Chronic Heart Failure IP: Jose Fernando Rodríguez Palomares Collaborators: Eduard Rodenas Alesina, Andrea Guala , Lydia Dux-Santoy Hurtado, Ignacio Ferreira González, Gisela Teixido Tura, Aroa Ruiz Muñoz Funding agency: EUROPEAN COMMISSION Funding: 293125 Reference: AI4HF_HE-HLTH-STAYHLTH2022 Duration: 01/06/2023 - 31/05/2027 Millora de l'estratificació del risc en pacients amb reparació aòrtica endovascular utilitzant aplicacions d'aprenentatge profund en imatges d'angiografia per tomografia computaritzada IP: Andrea Guala Collaborators: Juan Garrido Oliver, Miriam Izquierdo Sans Funding agency: Agència Gestió Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca Funding: 73383.97 Reference: AGAUR/FI/2023/GARRIDO Duration: 01/05/2023 - 30/04/2026 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, Teresa González Alujas, Begoña Benito Villabriga, Gisela Teixido Tura, Antonia Pijuan Domenech, Enric Domingo Ribas, Victor Gonzalez Fernandez, 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, Personal Investigador para Grupo Cardiovascular, 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, 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 Pagination First page « Previous page ‹ Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page › Last page »
