Elena Cavarreta

Elena Cavarretta is a MD, PhD from Sapienza University of Rome, with a PhD dissertation on "New diagnostic tools for left ventricular hypertrophy: biomolecular and echocardiographic techniques". Since 2011, she has been serving as Researcher/Assistant Professor at the department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnology, Sapienza University of Rome. She obtained the national scientific qualification as Associate Professor in: Internal Medicine, Sports Sciences and Exercise and Full Professor in Applied Medical Technical Sciences. At present she is the elected secretary of the European nucleus of the Sports Cardiology and Exercise, European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) and a board member of the Italian Society of Sports Cardiology (SIC Sport). She is involved in cardiovascular clinical and translational research. In particular, dr. Cavarretta’s scientific interests are cardiovascular adaptation to exercise, athlete's heart, cardiovascular non-invasive imaging, machine learning, oxidative stress and microRNAs as biomarkers in cardiovascular pathologies, in particular cardiomyopathies. She is the author of >90 indexed papers. She is the recipient of several awards and grants, including national research project. She is the Deputy Editor for the Preventive Cardiology section of the EHJ-Case Report and Deputy Editor for Minerva Cardiology Angiology.