Meet the Project Leaders and Principal Investigators that will be participating in the Health Research Meeting 2025.

Attendees to the meeting

  • Paulo Aguiar

    Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto (i3S)

    Project Leader

    Neuromorphic devices for adaptive real-time neuromodulation in brain electrical stimulation therapies

  • Andrés Aguilera

    Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa (CABIMER - US)

    Project Leader

    R-loop-mediated genome instability factors in cancer

  • Carlos Alberola-López

    Universidad de Valladolid (UVa)

    Principal Investigator

    A DIRect QuanTitative assessment of Heart disease with magnetic resonance imaging

  • Maria João Amorim

    Católica Biomedical Research Center (CBR - UCP)

    Principal Investigator

    The BioPlaTTAR Platform for the Tailored and Rapid Development of Antiviral Biopharmaceuticals

  • Raul Andero Galí

    Institute of Neuroscience (INc-UAB)

    Principal Investigator

    Involvement of the gut microbiota-brain cross talk in the loss of eating control

  • Thais Armangué

    Fundació de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (FRSJD)

    Principal Investigator

    Antibody-mediated NMDA receptor encephalitis: symptoms, biomarkers, and mechanisms of the prolonged recovery stage

  • Joaquín Arribas

    Hospital del Mar Research Institute (HMRIB)

    Project Leader

    Role of cellular senescence during breast cancer progression and treatment

  • Esteban Ballestar

    Institut de Recerca Contra la Leucèmia Josep Carreras (IJC)

    Project Leader

    Uncovering the Differentiation Determinants and Dynamics of Congenital Susceptibility to Infections

  • Ángel Barco

    Instituto de Neurociencias, UMH-CSIC

    Project Leader

    Epigenetic basis of gene-environment interactions underlying variation in Cognitive capabilities and their Decline with Age

  • Rui Benedito

    Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC)

    Project Leader

    Understanding and promoting the growth and regenerative functions of blood vessels in heart disease

  • Christian Brander

    Institut de Recerca de la Sida ”la Caixa” (IrsiCaixa)

    Project Leader

    Epigenetic regulation of host immunity and neurological long-term consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection

  • João Morais Cabral

    Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto (i3S)

    Project Leader

    Using small-molecule inhibitors to explore the unique properties of the bacterial K+ machinery and its potential as an antibacterial target

  • Elías Campo

    Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)

    Project Leader

    (Epi)Genomic and microenvironment interactions driving evolution in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Targets for clinical intervention

  • Agostinho Carvalho

    Universidade do Minho (UM)

    Team Member

    Whole-systems Analysis of the Microbiome-Metabolome Crosstalk for Biomarker Discovery and Therapy of Respiratory Fungal Diseases

  • Teresa Matias Correia

    Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve (CCMAR)

    Project Leader

    A DIRect QuanTitative assessment of Heart disease with magnetic resonance imaging

  • Vera Sofia Correia Martins

    Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM)

    Project Leader

    T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: Origin & Relapse

  • Josep Dalmau

    Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)

    Project Leader

    Antibody-mediated NMDA receptor encephalitis: symptoms, biomarkers, and mechanisms of the prolonged recovery stage

  • Óscar Fernández-Capetillo

    Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)

    Project Leader

    Modulating nucleolar activity and stress responses as a therapeutic strategy in ALS

  • José Manuel Fernández-Real

    Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica de Girona (IDIBGI)

    Principal Investigator

    Involvement of the gut microbiota-brain cross talk in the loss of eating control

  • Manuela Ferreira

    Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular (CNC-UC)

    Project Leader

    Role of diet-derived retinoids in CD8αα intraepithelial lymphocytes and intestinal defence at early-life

  • Gerardo Ferrer

    Institut de Recerca contra la Leucèmia Josep Carreras (IJC)

    Principal Investigator

    Somatic mutations and clonal hematopoiesis as predictors and drivers of heart failure progression

  • Jordi Figuerola

    Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

    Project Leader

    Moving from reactive to proactive strategies for the prevention of the next West Nile virus outbreak in Andalucía

  • Helena Florindo

    Faculdade de Farmácia da Universidade de Lisboa (FFUL)

    Project Leader

    Multifunctional nano-immunotherapy against breast brain metastases

  • Claudio Franco

    Universidade Católica Portuguesa (UCP)

    Project Leader

    Endothelial Cells as rheostats for Age-Related Diseases

  • José Javier Fuster

    Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC)

    Project Leader

    Somatic mutations and clonal hematopoiesis as predictors and drivers of heart failure progression

  • Luis Graca

    Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM)

    Project Leader

    Harnessing germinal centre regulation for improved vaccines

  • Mariona Graupera

    Institut de Recerca Contra la Leucèmia Josep Carreras (IJC)

    Principal Investigator

    Understanding and promoting the growth and regenerative functions of blood vessels in heart disease

  • Kristina Haase

    European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL-Barcelona)

    Principal Investigator

    Vascularized lymphoma on-chip: a multifaceted tool for translational research

  • Simon Heath

    Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG)

    Principal Investigator

    Epigenetic regulation of host immunity and neurological long-term consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection

  • Alfonso Jaramillo

    Instituto de Biología Integrativa de Sistemas (I2SysBio-CSIC)

    Project Leader

    Accelerated evolution of high-weight protein complexes for precision antimicrobials

  • Rafael Kramann

    University Hospital RWTH Aachen

    Principal Investigator

    Understanding and promoting the growth and regenerative functions of blood vessels in heart disease

  • Julia Lorenzo

    Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina (IBB-UAB)

    Principal Investigator

    New nanotechnological therapy for Parkinson´s disease: nose to brain delivery of GBA-polymer nanoconjugates

  • Elena Martín García

    Institute of Neuroscience (INc-UAB)

    Project Leader

    Involvement of the gut microbiota-brain cross talk in the loss of eating control

  • Nuria Martínez

    Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

    Project Leader

    Metabolic communication between immune cells orchestrates the response to pathogens

  • Marta Martínez-Vicente

    Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR)

    Project Leader

    New nanotechnological therapy for Parkinson´s disease: nose to brain delivery of GBA-polymer nanoconjugates

  • José Luis Martín Ventura

    Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IIS-FJD)

    Principal Investigator

    Harnessing the adaptive immune response in vascular pathologies: towards the identification of new therapeutic avenues

  • Ira Milosevic

    Universidade de Coimbra (UC)

    Project Leader

    The dynamic membrane traffic at the neuronal synapse: Endosomal sub-compartments in health and disease

  • Rita G. Nunes

    Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (IST-ID)

    Principal Investigator

    A DIRect QuanTitative assessment of Heart disease with magnetic resonance imaging

  • Patricia Pérez-Galán

    Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)

    Project Leader

    Vascularized lymphoma on-chip: a multifaceted tool for translational research

  • Leopoldo Petreanu

    Fundação Champalimaud

    Project Leader

    Circuit mechanisms for associating high-order cortical activity with expected sensory representations in health and desease

  • Almudena R. Ramiro

    Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC)

    Project Leader

    Harnessing the adaptive immune response in vascular pathologies: towards the identification of new therapeutic avenues

  • Ronit Satchi-Fainaro

    Tel Aviv University (TAU)

    Principal Investigator

    Multifunctional nano-immunotherapy against breast brain metastases

  • Miguel Seabra

    NOVA Medical School (NMS - UNL)

    Project Leader

    NRF2 as a novel therapeutic target in early and intermediate age-related macular degeneration

  • Joaquim Segalés

    Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA)

    Principal Investigator

    Epigenetic regulation of host immunity and neurological long-term consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection

  • Ana Serrano Lotina 

    Instituto de Catálisis y Petroquímica (ICP-CSIC)

    Team member

    Highly efficient technology for clean and safe air: development of advanced air purifiers to inactivate pathogens in aerosols

  • Cláudio M. Soares

    Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica (ITQB NOVA)

    Project Leader

    The BioPlaTTAR Platform for the Tailored and Rapid Development of Antiviral Biopharmaceuticals

  • Fran Supek

    Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB Barcelona)

    Project Leader

    Potentiating cancer immunotherapy by inhibiting the NMD quality-control pathway guided by genetic markers

  • José Maria Valpuesta

    Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)

    Principal Investigator

    The BioPlaTTAR Platform for the Tailored and Rapid Development of Antiviral Biopharmaceuticals

  • João Ventura

    Universidade do Porto (UP)

    Principal Investigator

    Neuromorphic devices for adaptive real-time neuromodulation in brain electrical stimulation therapies

  • María Jesús Vicent

    Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe (CIPF)

    Principal Investigator

    New nanotechnological therapy for Parkinson´s disease: nose to brain delivery of GBA-polymer nanoconjugates

Moderators

  • Silvia Martín Lluesma

    Head of Advanced Therapies Program -VHIO

    Moderator

  • Vivienne Parry

    Science writer and broadcaster

    Moderator

  • Ismael Ràfols

    INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Universitat Politècnica de València, UNESCO Chair at CWTS, Leiden University

    Moderator