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. Instituciones de las que forman parte Investigador/a principal Enfermedades Cardiovasculares Vall Hebron Institut de Recerca LinkedIn Twitter Orcid Email Andrea Guala LinkedIn Twitter Orcid Email Instituciones de las que forman parte Investigador/a principal Enfermedades Cardiovasculares 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.
Proyectos Artificial intelligence for the quantitative assessment of aortic valve calcification on echocardiography images IP: Andrea Guala Colaboradores: Ignacio Ferreira González, Pere López Gutierrez, Jose Fernando Rodríguez Palomares, Gisela Teixido i Tura, Juan Garrido Oliver, Lydia Dux-Santoy Hurtado, Laura Galián Gay Entidad financiadora: Sociedad Española de Cardiologia Financiación: 15000 Referencia: SEC/GUALA/2024 Duración: 01/10/2024 - 31/12/2028 DVPS: Diversis Viis, Plurima Solvens IP: Andrea Guala Colaboradores: Ignacio Ferreira González, Pere López Gutierrez, Pere López Gutierrez, Jose Fernando Rodríguez Palomares, Eduardo Ródenas Alesina, Juan Garrido Oliver, Alicia Fresno González, Toni Soriano Colomé, Lydia Dux-Santoy Hurtado, Juan Pablo Betancur Rengifo Entidad financiadora: EUROPEAN COMMISSION Financiación: 462500 Referencia: DVPS Duración: 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 Colaboradores: Ignacio Ferreira González, José Antonio Barrabés Riu, Angeles Rojas Lopez, Antonio Rodríguez Sinovas, David Aluja Gonzalez, Sara Delgado Tomás, Andrea Guala Entidad financiadora: Fundació La Marató de TV3 Financiación: 150000 Referencia: 202321-30 Duración: 11/03/2024 - 21/12/2027 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 Colaboradores: Ignacio Ferreira González, José Antonio Barrabés Riu, Angeles Rojas Lopez, Antonio Rodríguez Sinovas, David Aluja Gonzalez, Sara Delgado Tomás, Andrea Guala Entidad financiadora: Fundació La Marató de TV3 Financiación: 150000 Referencia: 202321-31 Duración: 11/03/2024 - 10/03/2027 Paginación Página actual 1 Página 2 Página 3 Página 4 Siguiente página › Última página »
