Affiliation: Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, CIBEROBN- IDIBAPS, Endocrinology and Nutrition Laboratory

Dr. Gemma Chiva-Blanch obtained a PhD in Medicine from the University of Barcelona, Spain. During the postdoctoral period, she investigated the potential of extracellular vesicles as biomarkers of different cardiovascular pathological stages. She performed a research stage at the Centre for Clinical Heart Research, Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital Ullevål, Norway, deepening into the relationship between thrombosis, myocardial infarction and cardiovascular mortality and the levels and phenotype of extracellular vesicles.

She is currently a CIBEROBN Research Fellow at the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) of Barcelona, Spain, and nucleus of the Scientists of Tomorrow from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Her current research is primarily focused on the role of extracellular vesicles in atherothrombosis, diabetes and obesity, as well as on the study of the influence of diet in extracellular vesicle shedding in the context of cardiovascular disease.