Research Group Preventive cardiology
Group leader
Research group's strategy
Our aim is to improve prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, lipid disorders and morbid obesity. Our main focus area of research are primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease at a young age, lipid disorders, morbid obesity, Lifestyle-related diseases , including tobacco addiction and metabolic syndrome/ diabetes.
To answer important research questions we perform clinical studies in obesity, prediabetes/diabetes, lipid disorders and cardiovascular disease.
We design and conduct our own studies, perform translational research with collaborating laboratories and participate in multi-centre studies initiated from academic collaborators or sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry.