Elisabet Selga Coma
Coordinator of the Determinants of Arrhythmogenesis Research Line
Email: elisabet.selga@umedicina.cat
ORCID: 0000-0002-4290-8370
Scientific Profile: URECERCA
Elisabet Selga is an associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya.
Dr. Selga is a biologist (2004, UdG) and developed her Ph.D. on the identification of genomic nodes involved in the response to chemotherapeutic treatment with methotrexate (2009, UB). Then she moved to IDIBGI, and under a postdoctoral Sara Borrell fellowship (2012 – 2014), Dr. Selga investigated the pathophysiological effects of genetic variants in cardiac ion channels identified in patients with inherited cardiac disorders and in cases of unexplained sudden death. Her international research stay (2013 – 2014) at the prestigious MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine in Edinburgh allowed her to implement patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cell–derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) as a cellular model to assess pathophysiological mechanisms and pharmacological responses in patients with Brugada syndrome.
In 2018 she moved to UVic-UCC as professor, and joined IRIS-CC. Since then, her research interests are I) to uncover the cardiac and neurological risk factors that lead to sudden cardiac death, and II) to quantify the impact of a holistic cardiac rehabilitation program on clinical and biochemical biomarkers, on the microbiome and on the mechanisms of atrial inflammation in patients diagnosed with atrial fibrillation and overweight/obesity.
My last happenings:
Vocations Born in the Laboratory: Biomedical Workshops for Upper Secondary Students
The Biomedical Workshops are a well-established scientific outreach initiative promoted by TR2Lab within the framework of the Educational Biomedicine Program. The program is aimed at upper secondary (baccalaureate) students and seeks primarily to strengthen the bridge between scientific education at school level and university studies in the biomedical field. At the same time, these workshops serve as a valuable platform to bring biomedical sciences closer to young people, stimulate emerging scientific vocations, and channel students’ curiosity and interest in research. In this edition, 171 students from secondary schools in Osona and Vallès took part in the workshops, providing highly positive [...]
Marta Casals Zorita, new PhD at UVic-UCC
On March 20th, as part of the doctoral program in Comprehensive care and health services, Marta Casals Zorita defended her doctoral thesis titled “Educational program to improve adherence to self-care recommendations for people with complex wounds of the lower extremities” This research was conducted within research line of “Wound Healing in innovation” and was supervised by Dr. Elisabet Sarri and Dr. Marta Ferrer. The jury, composed of Dr. Javier Soldevilla from the La Rioja Health Service, Dr. Emilia Chirveches from UVic-UCC and Dr. Erica Homs from the University of Girona, awarded the doctoral thesis the highest academic distinction, Excellent Cum Laude. In the [...]
Organization of complex wound units in Spain. Consensus document, Vic, June 2025
Authors: Marta Ferrer-Solà*; Joan Enric Torra-Bou; Josep María Gómez-Roldán; Carme Minguillón-Cebrián; Èlia Gómez-Losada; Carme Marquilles-Bonet; Sandra Alexandre-Lozano; Pere Coca-Alves; Nahikari Peñafiel-Herrera; Marta Casals-Zorita; Clara Masó-Albareda; Mariona Espaulella Ferrer; Joan Espaulella Panicot Gerokomos 2026;37(1):53-57 doi: S1134-928X2026000100009 Abstract: T his article presents the consensus reached by a group of experts in complex wound care in Spain from 9 complex wound units accredited by the GNEAUPP on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Complex Wounds Unit at the Hospital de la Santa Creu de Vic, Vic, Barcelona. The document sets out organisational, care and strategic criteria for the [...]
