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 DataTools4Heart: A European Health Data Toolbox for Enhancing Cardiology Data Interoperability, Reusability and Privacy IP: Andrea Guala Colaboradores: Ignacio Ferreira González, Gisela Teixido i Tura, Juan Garrido Oliver, Alicia Fresno González, Alicia Fresno González Entidad financiadora: EUROPEAN COMMISSION Financiación: 282500 Referencia: DATATOOLS4HEART_HE-HLTH-TOOL21 Duración: 01/10/2022 - 30/09/2026 CardioP3T: Nuevos biomarcadores de diagnóstico y pronóstico en patología cardíaca a partir de técnicas de imagen híbrida PET-RM IP: Jose Fernando Rodríguez Palomares Colaboradores: Lydia Dux-Santoy Hurtado, Andrea Guala Entidad financiadora: Ministerio Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades Financiación: 138065.8 Referencia: RTC2019-007280-1 Duración: 01/01/2020 - 30/06/2024 ANEURISMAS DE AORTA ASCENDENTE. PROGRESION DE LA DILATACION: ETIOPATOGENIA Y NUEVOS BIOMARCADORES DE IMAGEN PARA PREDECIR SU EVOLUCION IP: - Colaboradores: Jose Fernando Rodríguez Palomares, Rafael Rodríguez Lecoq, Gisela Teixido i Tura, Hug Cuellar Calabria, Lydia Dux-Santoy Hurtado, Andrea Guala Entidad financiadora: Instituto de Salud Carlos III Financiación: 134310 Referencia: PI17/00381 Duración: 01/01/2018 - 30/06/2022 'Innovative techniques for analysing the interaction between aortic valve dysfunction and aortic dilation IP: - Colaboradores: Andrea Guala , Miriam Izquierdo Sans Entidad financiadora: EUROPEAN COMMISSION Financiación: 43560 Referencia: INCOMED - FELLOW 5 Duración: 01/05/2016 - 28/02/2018 Paginación Primera página « Página anterior ‹ Página 1 Página 2 Página 3 Página actual 4
