Lina Badimon

Prof. Lina Badimon is the Chief of the Molecular Pathology and Therapeutics of Ischemic and Atherothrombotic Diseases Group at IR-Hospital Santa Creu and San Pau, Director of the Cardiovascular Research Chair of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Professor at the National Research Council of Spain (CSIC), and Director of the UNESCO Chair in Biomedical Sciences Training and Research. She is Visiting Professor of Manchester University (UK) and of Paris-East Val de Marne (FR). Her research activities focus on ischemic heart diseases, cardio-metabolic diseases, thrombosis and atherosclerosis. She has published over 660 articles in highly qualified scientific journals with her work highly quoted (H-index: 88. Number of citations: >70,630. ORCID number: 0000-0002-9162-2459). She has written more of 250 reviews and book chapters. She is Member of Editorial Boards of various international scientific journals and Member of Scientific Advisory Boards of International Research Institutions and Funding Agencies. Previous appointments: Director of the Cardiology Research -Division of Cardiology at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York (1983‐1991); Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston (1991‐1994); Consultant at the Cardiac Unit-Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (1991‐1994); director of Institute for Cardiovascular Research ICCC-CSIC (2003-2018). Positions of Trust: Member of the European Society of Cardiology Board 2020-2022, Vice-President for Scientific Affairs of European Society of Cardiology (2016-2018), Vice‐President of the Spanish Society of Cardiology (2013‐2015); Chairman of the Council on Basic Cardiovascular Science (2014‐2016) and Chairman of the Working Group on Microcirculation (2012‐2014) of the ESC; Past‐President of the European Society for Clinical Investigation (2000‐2002) and Past‐President of the Spanish Society of Atherosclerosis (1996‐2000); Member of the National Academy of Medicine and of the National Academy of Pharmacy of Catalonia and of Spain. Honors and Honorary Appointments: Fellow of the Cardiovascular Science Council and Fellow of the Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Council of the American Heart Association; Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology; Distinguished Fellow of the International Atherosclerosis Society; Honorary Member of Spanish Society of Hypertension, of the Romanian Society of Hypertension, of Hungarian Society of Cardiology, of “Sociedad Peruana de Cardiologia” and Spanish Society of Arteriosclerosis. She has received the “Narcís Monturiol” (1993) and “Creu de Sant Jordi” (2004) Medals from Generalitat de Catalunya; the “Rey Jaime I” Award – Medical Research (2014) from Generalitat Valenciana and named Doctor Honoris Causa by the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania (2015).