My research focuses on investigating the role of dietary and lifestyle factors in chronic diseases, specifically, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). I have incorporated high-throughput –omics techniques, metabolomics, and genetics, into traditional epidemiological analysis to gain insights into underlying mechanisms that could explain the associations between diet and lifestyle factors in relation to CVD and T2D.

My research group is dedicated to integrating nutrition and lifestyle with big data to advance the prevention of non-communicable diseases such as CVD and T2D.

I am also a Group Leader at Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States.

LINK TO: Nutrition, -omics, and cardiometabolic diseases group

https://cbmr.ku.dk/research/human-genomics-and-metagenomics-in-metabolism/guasch-group/

• Nutritional Epidemiology - Diet for the prevention of cardiometabolic diseases: Evaluating the association between several dietary factors, dietary patterns, and chronic diseases in the context of large prospective cohort studies.
• The interplay between diet, metabolomics, and cardiometabolic diseases: Co-Investigator of international, multi-institutional collaborative NIH (National Institutes of Health, US) funded projects in the context of Mediterranean diet, plasma metabolites, and cardiometabolic diseases.
• Circulating metabolites, lifestyle factors, and mortality risk: PI of an NIH-funded grant which leverages unique resources with longitudinal data to identify metabolite profiles and networks associated with total mortality, longevity, and healthy aging.
• Leveraging big data to improve diet biomarkers: Leveraging large cohort studies and clinical trials with dietary data and metabolomics to advance in the field of improving objective dietary biomarkers through metabolomics.
• The intersection between nutrition, environmental determinants, and their impact on both human and planetary health. Co-Investigator of a project aimed at developing a planetary healthy diet score (PHD) based on the EAT-Lancet recommendations to identify dietary patterns healthy for humans and the planet and their associations with chronic diseases.

Supervisor for bachelor students, master students, and PhD students.

Nutrition, epidemiology, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, metabolomics

• EDUCATION

2014    PhD in Nutrition and Metabolism, Human Nutrition Unit,           Department of Biochemstry and Biotechnology, Rovira i Virgili     University, Spain

2011    Master’s in nutrition and Metabolism, Rovira i Virgili University and University of Barcelona, Spain

2009    BS Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Rovira i Virgili University, Spain

• CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS

• AWARDS, HONORS, and PRIZES

• FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS (as PI)

• SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND RESEARCH FELLOWS

I have been supervisor or co-supervisor of 2 bachelor-level students, 1 master student, 4 PhD students, and 7 postdocs. Currently, I am the co-director of two thesis, the primary supervisor of 1 postdoc, and the co-supervisor of 2 postdocs. Mentoring and supervision conducted at Rovira i Virgili University, Spain and Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, United States.

• TEACHING ACTIVITIES

• ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

2022  Scientific organization Committee - 1^stGothenburg Precision Nutrition Forum, Sweden, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden

2022  Scientific Program Committee - NUTS2022, Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain

2017-2019 Scientific Program Committee and coordinator - Omics: Advances, Applications and Translation in Nutrition, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States

• SELECTED INVITED TALKS

• EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

• COMISSIONS OF TRUST

• MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

• CAREER BREAKS

• PUBLICATIONS

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8525-1404

Total number of publications in peer-reviewed journals: 116

H-index: 44

Citations: 4775

List of 10 selected recent peer-reviewed publications (full list of publications is presented in a separate document)

1. Merino J*, Guasch-Ferré M*, Li J*, Chung W, Hu Y, Ma B, Li Y, Kang JH, Kraft P, Liang L, Sun Q, Franks PW, Manson JE, Willet WC, Florez JC, Hu FB. Polygenic scores, diet quality, and type 2 diabetes risk: An observational study among 35,759 adults from 3 US cohorts. PLoS Med. 2022 Apr 26;19(4):e1003972. Category: Medicine General & Internal. Impact Factor:11.069. Q1. Cited: 0.
2. Guasch-Ferré M, Li Y, Willett WC, Sun Q, Sampson L, Salas-Salvadó J, Martínez-González MA, Stampfer MJ, Hu FB. Consumption of Olive Oil and Risk of Total and Cause-Specific Mortality Among U.S. Adults. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Jan 18;79(2):101-112. Corresponding author. Category: Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems. Impact Factor: 24.09. Q1. Cited: 9.
3. Morze J, Wittenbecher C, Schwingshackl L, Danielewicz A, Rynkiewicz A, Hu FB, Guasch-Ferré M. Metabolomics and Type 2 Diabetes Risk: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies. Diabetes Care. 2022;45(4):1013-1024. Corresponding author. Category: Endocrinology & Metabolism. Impact Factor: 19.11. Q1. Cited: 0.
4. Pacheco LS, Li Y, Rimm EB, Manson JE, Sun Q, Rexrode Q, Hu Fb, Guasch-Ferre M. Avocado Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in US Adults. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2022. Mar 30:e024014. Category: Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems. Impact Factor: 5.501. Q1. Cited: 0.
5. Guasch-Ferré M, Liu G, Li Y, Sampson L, Manson JE, Salas-Salvadó J, Martínez-González MA, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC, Sun Q, Hu FB. Olive Oil Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk in U.S. Adults. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Apr 21;75(15):1729-1739. Corresponding author. Category: Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems. Impact Factor: 24.09. Q1. Cited: 61.
6. Guasch-Ferré M, Santos JL, Martínez-González MA, Clish CB, Razquin C, Wang D, Liang L, Li J, Dennis C, Corella D, Muñoz-Bravo C, Romaguera D, Estruch R, Santos-Lozano JM, Castañer O, Alonso-Gómez A, Serra-Majem L, Ros E, Canudas S, Asensio EM, Fitó M, Pierce K, Martínez JA, Salas-Salvadó J, Toledo E, Hu FB, Ruiz-Canela M. Glycolysis/gluconeogenesis- and tricarboxylic acid cycle-related metabolites, Mediterranean diet, and type 2 diabetes. Am J Clin Nutr. 2020 Apr 1;111(4):835-844.  Category: Nutrition & Dietetics. Impact Factor: 7.045. Q1. Cited: 19.
7. Guasch-Ferré M, Satija A, Blondin SA, Janiszewski M, Emlen E, O'Connor LE, Campbell WW, Hu FB, Willett WC, Stampfer MJ. Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Red Meat Consumption in Comparison With Various Comparison Diets on Cardiovascular Risk Factors. Circulation. 2019 Apr 9;139(15):1828-1845. Corresponding author.Category: Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems. Impact Factor: 29.69. Q1. Cited: 147.
8. Guasch-Ferré M, Ruiz-Canela M, Li J, Zheng Y, Bulló M, Wang DD, Toledo E, Clish C, Corella D, Estruch R, Ros E, Fitó M, Arós F, Fiol M, Lapetra J, Serra-Majem L, Liang L, Papandreou C, Dennis C, Martínez-González MA, Hu FB, Salas-Salvadó J. Plasma acylcarnitines and risk of type 2 diabetes in a Mediterranean population at high cardiovascular risk. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 May 1;104(5):1508-1519. Corresponding author. Category: Endocrinology & Metabolism. Impact Factor: 5.605. Q1. Cited: 29.
9. Guasch-Ferré M, Liu X, Malik VS, et al. (10/1). Nut Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Nov 14;70(20):2519-2532. Category: Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems. Impact Factor: 18.639. Q1. Cited: 27. Corresponding author. Category: Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems. Impact Factor: 24.09. Q1. Cited: 126.
10. Guasch-Ferré M, Hu FB, Ruiz-Canela M, Bulló M, Toledo E, Wang DD, Corella D, Gómez-Gracia E, Fiol M, Estruch R, Lapetra J, Fitó M, Arós F, Serra-Majem L, Ros E, Dennis C, Liang L, Clish CB, Martínez-González MA, Salas-Salvadó J. Plasma Metabolites From Choline Pathway and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the PREDIMED (Prevention With Mediterranean Diet) Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Oct 28;6(11). Corresponding author. Category: Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems. Impact Factor: 4.501. Q1. Cited: 88.

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