Josep Julve PhD

Dr. Josep Julve obtained his Ph.D. in 2000 under the supervision of Prof. Francisco Blanco Vaca at the Institut de Recerca de l’Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau (IRHSCSP) in Barcelona. Josep is currently contracted by IRHSCSP as a senior researcher in charge of funds from the “Miguel Servet” program (Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid). Julve's research interest is focused on the evaluation of therapies (i.e., nutritional, pharmacologic, bariatric surgery) on energy metabolism and lipids and their relationship with progression of obesity and diabetes mellitus and their main complications (including non-alcoholic fatty liver -NAFLD-, cardiomyopathy, among others) in patients and appropriate experimental models.