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Bruna Gigante is a Senior Lecturer in epidemiology at Karolinska Institutet and Senior Consultant in cardiology at Danderyds Hospital, splitting her time equally between research and clinical practice. She earned her MD and PhD from Federico II University (Italy) and completed a Fulbright Visiting Scholar fellowship at Harvard University. Her research, centered at the Cardiovascular epidemiology – Team Bruna Gigante lab, investigates molecular and epidemiological drivers of cardiovascular diseases (e.g., myocardial infarction, stroke) using precision medicine approaches.
Her work spans:
- Endotype-based risk modeling for atherosclerosis (Swedish Research Council grant, 2024-2026)
- Biomarker discovery for heart attack prediction
- International collaborations in Uganda and Norway
She supervises doctoral candidates, including research on atrial fibrillation. Recognitions include:
- Fulbright Visiting Scholar (1997-1998)
- Docent title (Karolinska Institutet, 2011)
Her lab website: Cardiovascular epidemiology – Team Bruna Gigante.