Dr. Elena Osto
Dr. Elena Osto
Lecturer at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology
ETH Zürich
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Research area
Area of research: cardio-metabolic disease. The aim is to understand at the molecular level the communication between the cardiovascular system, the gut-liver and adipose tissue in the pathophysiology of immune-inflammatory and metabolic disarrangements diabetes type 2 and obesity. Elucidating the role and interactions of hormones (like glucagon like peptide-1 and bile acids) with the endothelium and lipoproteins, in particular of high and low density lipoproteins.
10/2015-present. Swiss National Science Foundation-Ambizione Group leader
Laboratory of Translational Nutrition Biology of the Institute of Food Nutrition and Health at ETH, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland.
01/2011-09/2015. Postdoctoral research at the Center of Molecular Cardiology, Zürich University, Switzerland.
02/2007-04/2010. PhD student in cardiovascular sciences at Cardiology Clinic, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
12/2002-12/2006. MD Residency and Board Certification in Cardiology, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Membership
| Since | Membership |
|---|---|
| 2016 | European Association for the Study of Diabetes |
| 2016 | Swiss Society of Cardiology |
| 2016 | Swiss Society of Endocrinology and Diabetes |
| 2016 | Working group on Lipids and Atherosclerosis (Swiss Atherosclerosis Association, AGLA) |
| 2015 | Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) |
| 2009 | ESC Working Groups: 1) Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology and 2) Peripheral Circulation |
| 2006 | Council on Artheriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Disease of the American Heart Association (AHA) |
| 2006 | Italian Society of Cardiology |
Honours
| Year | Distinction |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Swiss Lipid Research Award, Working group on Lipids and Atherosclerosis (Swiss Atherosclerosis Association) of the Swiss Society of Cardiology. |
| 2015 | Cardiovascular Biology Award, Swiss Society of Cardiology. |
| 2015 | Best Poster Vascular Medicine, American College of Cardiology Scientific Session. |
| 2010 | Best PhD thesis on cardiovascular sciences, Italian Society of Cardiology. |
| 2009 | Best publication on physiopathology of atherosclerotic, Italian Society of Cardiology |
| 2009 | Cardiovascular Biology Award, Swiss Society of Cardiology. |
Additional information
Area of research: cardio-metabolic disease. The aim is to understand at the molecular level the communication between the cardiovascular system, the gut-liver and adipose tissue in the pathophysiology of immune-inflammatory and metabolic disarrangements diabetes type 2 and obesity. Elucidating the role and interactions of hormones (like glucagon like peptide-1 and bile acids) with the endothelium and lipoproteins, in particular of high and low density lipoproteins.