Biomedical Informatics

We focus on the development and application of computational methods to investigate the molecular basis of disease. We explore multi-omics signatures to characterize health conditions and to stratify individuals in support of more effectives approaches for precision health and prevention.

More specifically we investigate the effect of diet on cardiometabolic health and determine characteristic metabolomic markers for stratification. We also develop and apply approaches to identify aggregation of health traits in families to better understand the environmental and genetic determinants of human health. The work is mostly application oriented, making use of the most appropriate tools for each task.

We are also committed to method development, by improving existing tools or developing new ones.