Professor Isabel Goncalves

Professor of Cardiology, Senior Consultant, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Sweden. Worked in Portugal and Germany. Fellow of ESC, Chair-elect of the Working Group on Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology Nucleus. Awarded grant from the ESC for Women Transforming Leadership. Alumni Oxford Business School. Previous vice president of the Life-Sciences Group for Infrastructures of the Swedish Research Council. Previous chair of Translational Cardiology working group, Swedish Society of Cardiology. Previous council member Swedish Heart Lung Foundation. Previously awarded several grants from the Swedish Research Council, Wallenberg foundation, best young scientist from the Swedish Medical Association, big grant from the Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation awarded by Prince Daniel, Sweden and Novonordisk Foundation Award for Innovation-Health. Research focus on the vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque: mechanisms of development and techniques for imaging (mainly ultrasound and CT)