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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

Andrea Guala

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.

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Proyectos

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

IP: Jose Fernando Rodríguez Palomares
Colaboradores: Lydia Dux-Santoy Hurtado, Giorgio Colangelo , Andrea Guala , Javier Solsona Caravaca, Mireia Bragulat Arevalo, Alba Català Santarrufina, Santiago Martin Grieve
Entidad financiadora: Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transf Digital
Financiación: 268649.45
Referencia: MIA.2021.M02.0005_R.PALOMARES
Duración: 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024

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ADAIR: New Approuch again Atherosclerosis

IP: Andrea Guala
Colaboradores: Jose Fernando Rodríguez Palomares, Juan Garrido Oliver, Alba Català Santarrufina, Marta Ferrer Cornet
Entidad financiadora: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación-MICINN
Financiación: 190725
Referencia: PLEC2021-007664
Duración: 01/09/2021 - 30/09/2025

Ministerio de Ciencia

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

IP: Andrea Guala
Colaboradores: Miriam Izquierdo Sans
Entidad financiadora: Fundació "La Caixa"
Financiación: 292500
Referencia: 2021_RETAINING_CAIXA/GUALA
Duración: 01/06/2022 - 31/05/2025

DataTools4Heart: A European Health Data Toolbox for Enhancing Cardiology Data Interoperability, Reusability and Privacy

IP: Jose Fernando Rodríguez Palomares
Colaboradores: Alicia Fresno González, Ignacio Ferreira González, Gisela Teixido Tura, Juan Garrido Oliver, Aroa Ruiz Muñoz, Lydia Dux-Santoy Hurtado, Andrea Guala , Andrea Guala , Andrea Guala , Andrea Guala , Andrea Guala , Andrea Guala , Andrea Guala , Andrea Guala , Andrea Guala , Andrea Guala , Andrea Guala , Andrea Guala
Entidad financiadora: EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Financiación: 322500
Referencia: DATATOOLS4HEART_HE-HLTH-TOOL21
Duración: 01/10/2022 - 30/09/2026

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