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Isabel Gonçalves is a professor and senior consultant at the University of Lun (Sweden). Her research focuses on cardiovascular disease and diabetes. She is the principal investigator in EXODIAB (Excellence in Diabetes Research in Sweden), leads a team at Cardiovascular Research - Translational Studies, and is a researcher in EpiHealth, a project focused on epidemiology for health.

The study, published in JACC: CardioOncology, shows that administration of the SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin to pigs receiving anthracyclines preserves mitochondrial function, improves myocardial energetics, and prevents degenerative changes in heart structure

The new project, ‘The Placenta in Maternal and Fetal Cardiovascular Health and Disease’, aims to understand how the placenta influences cardiovascular health in mothers and their children, promising improvements in the prevention and treatment of related diseases

A study from the CNIC, published in Nature Communications, reveals how caveolae allow adipocytes to expand safely, storing fat without breaking or causing inflammation

A study by CNIC, published in Science Advances, offers a new approach to understanding how cells respond to mechanical signals from their environment, redefining the comprehension of the relationship between cells and their physical surroundings.

A study published in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC) demonstrates that the burden and progression of silent atherosclerosis in

A study from CNIC reveals how risk factors and subclinical atherosclerosis affect heart microcirculation in asymptomatic middle-aged individuals. The research, published in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, highlights the importance of assessing the heart vessels' ability to regulate blood flow and predict future cardiovascular risk