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About our partners

 SimCardioTest gathers exceptional representatives of expertise of European and American computer modeling and simulation and in the field of medical devices. Ten partners from Belgium, France, Italy, Norway, Spain and USA collaborate to SimCardioTest. The consortium is composed of 2 large companies (Microport – CRM and Boston Scientific), 2 SMEs (ExactCure and InSilicoTrials), 2 research organizations (INRIA and Simula), 4 academics (University of Bordeaux, University Pompeu Fabra, Polytechnic University of Valencia) and 1 international non-profit organisation (The Virtual Physiological Human Institute). The partners will be supported by an Advisory Board composed of the European  Medicines Agency, the Food and Drug Administration in the United States, the University of Lyon, Dassault Systèmes, the pharmaceutical company Roche, and the Auckland Bioengineering Institute in New Zealand.

inria

Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique (INRIA), France

Inria is the French national research institute for the digital sciences. Two centers out of the nine Inria centers are involved in SimCardioTest: Inria-Sophia Antipolis-Méditerranée, Inria Lille.
Inria is coordinator, leader of WP5 on In-silico trials & data science, WP8 on Project coordination & management and WP9 on ethics requirement. It will also highly contribute to WP1, WP2, WP3, WP6 & WP7.

Maxime SERMESANT

Maxime Sermesant

Principal Investigator, Doctor, Chair of AI & Biophysics, 3IA Côte d’Azur

Maxime SERMESANT

Maxime Sermesant

Principal Investigator, Doctor, Chair of AI & Biophysics, 3IA Côte d’Azur
Project manager

Michèle Barbier

Research Director
Inria Lille

Christian Duriez

SOFA Consortium Coordinator

Hugo Talbot

PhD student
Inria Sophia-Antipolis

Gaetan Desrues

Financial officer

Margarita Mendoza

Legal councel

Virginie Perrineau

Communication manager

Agnès Bessière

Project manager

Michèle Barbier

Research Director
Inria Sophia-Antipolis

Hervé Delingette

Research Scientist
Inria Sophia-Antipolis

Marco Lorenzi

Research Director
Inria Lille

Christian Duriez

Post doc
Inria Lille

Stefan Escaida Navarro

POst doc
Inria Lille

Camille Krewcun

SOFA Consortium Coordinator

Hugo Talbot

PhD student
Inria Sophia-Antipolis

Gaetan Desrues

Communication manager

Agnès Bessière

IHU Liryc

Université de Bordeaux, Institut de Rythmologie et modélisation cardiaque (UBx), France

Liryc – the Electrophysiology and Heart Modelling Institute – is a unique institute in the world dedicated to heart rhythm disorders and is part of the Université de Bordeaux.
Université de Bordeaux is leader of WP2 on use case 1 on Pacing leads & catheters. It will also highly contribute to WP1, WP3, WP5, WP6, WP7 & WP8, WP9.

Yves Coudière

Principal Investigator, Professor Doctor

Yves Coudière, responsable de l'équipe de recherche CARMEN (Modélisation et calculs pour l'électrophysiologie cardiaque).

Yves Coudière

Principal Investigator, Professor Doctor
Hospital Practitioner in Medical Imaging

Hubert Cochet

Research associate

Richard Walton

Junior Scientist

Michael Leguèbe

Project & Grant manager

Andrea alexander

Grant officer

Christiane Andriamandroso

Communication manager

Elodie Gaillacq

Hospital Practitioner in Medical Imaging

Hubert Cochet

Research associate

Richard Walton

Junior Scientist

Michael Leguèbe

Communication manager

Elodie Gaillacq

Project & Grant manager

Anne-Cécile Huby

Grant officer

Christiane Andriamandroso

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Spain

Universitat Pompeu Fabra is a public university with a strong dedication to excellence in research and teaching and is based in Barcelona, Spain.
UPF is leader of WP3 on Use case 2 – Left atrial appendage occluder. It will also highly contribute to WP1, WP5, WP6, WP7 & WP8, WP9.

Oscar CAMARA

Oscar Camara

Full Professor

Oscar CAMARA

Oscar Camara

Full Professor
Full Professor

Gemma Piella

Researcher & associate Professor

Jérôme Noailly

Researcher & Professor

Andy Olivares

Post doc

Jordi Mill

communication officer

Aneta ANTONOVA TONCHEVA

Full professor

Gemma Piella

Researcher & associate Professor

Jérôme Noailly

Researcher & Professor

Andy Olivares

Post-doc researcher

Aneta ANTONOVA TONCHEVA

Universitat Politècnica de València

Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV),cENTRo de investigacion e innovacion en bioingenieria, Spain

Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) is the single Science and Technology University in Spain to feature in all worlds’ university rankings. UPV members belong to the Center of Research and Innovation in Bioengineering (Ci2B) at the UPV.
UPV is leader of WP4 on Use case 3- Drug efficacy & cardiotoxicity. It will also highly contribute to WP1, WP3, WP5, WP6, WP7 & WP8, WP9.

Beatriz Trenor

Professor DOCTOR

Beatriz Trenor

Beatriz Trenor

Professor DOCTOR
Full Professor

Javier Saiz

Associate Professor

Lucía Romero

Full Professor

José M Ferrero

Post-doc researcher

Maite Mora

PhD student

Jordi Llopis Lorente

Full professor

Javier Saiz

Associate Professor

Lucía Romero

Full Professor

José M Ferrero

Post-doc researcher

Maite Mora

Post-doc researcher

Jordi Cano

PHD Student

Jordi Llopis Lorente

simula

Simula Research laboratory AS (SRL), Norway

Simula Research Laboratory is an internationally-leading Norwegian research institute in the key ICT areas of communication systems, scientific computing and software engineering, based in Oslo, Norway.
Simula is leader of WP1 on Model standardization & interoperability. It will also highly contribute to WP3, WP4, WP5, WP6, WP7 & WP8.

Hermenegild Arevalo

Senior Research Scientist

Hermenegild Arevalo

Senior Research Scientist
Chief Research Scientist

Samuel Wall

EU Project Administrator

Louise Bolands Eklund

Senior Research Scientist

Kristian Valen-Sendstad

Post-doc researcher

Ehsan Khalili

Post-doc researcher

Ilse van Herck

Communication officer

Emmy Terese Lind

Chief Research Scientist

Samuel Wall

EU Project Administrator

Louise Bolands Eklund

Senior Research Scientist

Kristian Valen-Sendstad

Post-doc researcher

Ehsan Khalili

Post-doc researcher

Ilse van Herck

Communication officer

Emmy Terese Lind

InSilicoTrials

Insilicotrials Technologies SPA (IST), Italy

InSilicoTrials is an Italian SME who offers innovative solutions and specialised consultancy for clinical trials, e.g. web-based integrated platforms for the management of clinical data, images and documents and is based in Trieste, Italy.
InSilicoTrials is highly contributing to WP1 on Model standardization & interoperability. It will also highly contribute to WP2, WP3, WP4, WP5, WP6, WP7 & WP8, WP9.

Alessia Baretta

Product Manager cardiovascular

VINCENZO CARBONE

Senior R&I Project Manager
CEO & Founder

Luca Emili

COO

mARIO TORCHIA

Lead engineer

Marc-Antonio Bisotti

COMPUTATIONAL SCIENTIST

Fianne Sips

Engineering Project Manager

MATTEO GAZZIN

Marketing Manager

Nataša Mandić

CEO & Founder

Luca Emili

EXEC Vice President R&D & Founder

Roberta Bursi

Lead Software Engineer

Alberto Palazzin

Software Engineer

Marc-Antonio Bisotti

Software Engineer

Fianne Sips

Engineering Project Manager

Andrea Pasini

Communication officer

Clara Zambetti

MicroPort

SORIN CRM SAS (MPC), France

Microport CRM is the cardiac rhythm management (CRM) business unit of Microport Scientific Corporation. The legal entity is known as Sorin CRM SAS. Our partner is based in Clamart, France.
Microport is leading WP6 on Verification, Validation, Uncertainty, Quantification & certification and is highly contributing to WP1 on Model standardization & interoperability. It will also contribute to WP2, WP5, WP7 & WP8, WP9.

Valérie Centis

Director Regulatory Intelligence

Valérie Centis

Valérie Centis

Director Regulatory Intelligence
Vice President of R&D

Jeremy Bercoff

Director R&D leads

Yann Delmas

Research Engineer Medical Device

Delphine Feuerstein

Vice President MicroPort CRM

Joel Courville

R&D Simulation

Romano Setzu

Design Simulation Engineer

Guilhem Faure

Testing & Exp design

Nicolas Dardy

Trainee simulation engineer

Amandine Gitton

Vice President of R&D

Jeremy Bercoff

Director R&D leads

Yann Delmas

Director of Regulatory Intelligence

Valérie Centis

Vice President MicroPort CRM

Joel Courville

researcher R&D Leads

Matteo Selmi

Design Simulation Engineer

Clément Vidal

Testing & Exp design

Nicolas Dardy

Trainee simulation engineer

Amandine Gitton

ExactCure

ExactCure (EXC), France

ExactCure is a French SME who offers a personalized e-health solution allowing better drug control and less medication errors. It is based in Sophia-Antipolis, France.
ExactCure is highly contributing to WP4 on use case on Drug efficacy & cardiotoxicty. It will also contribute to WP1,WP5, WP6, WP7 & WP8, WP9.

Fabien Astic

Co-Founder, Chief Business Development Officer

Fabien Astic

Fabien Astic

Co-Founder, Chief Business Development Officer
Medical Director

Marc Salomon

CEO & Founder

Frederic Dayan

Chief Scientist Officer

Sylvain Benito

Data scientist & pharmacist

Mathieu Basset

Knowledge Management Team Leader

Maika Warita

Medical Director

Marc Salomon

CEO & Founder

Frederic Dayan

Chief Scientist Officer

Sylvain Benito

Data scientist & pharmacist

Mathieu Basset

Communication consultant

Katina Beslot

Boston Scientific Scimed Inc (BSC), United States

Boston Scientific (BSC) is a leading innovator of medical solutions that improve the health of patients around the world. It is based in the United States.
Boston Scientific is highly contributing to WP3 on use case on Let Atrial Appendage occluder. It will also contribute to WP1, WP5, WP6, WP7 & WP8.

Travis Schauer

Travis Schauer

R&D engineer

Travis Schauer

Travis Schauer

R&D engineer
Principal Engineer, R&D IC Structural Heart

Srikara Viswanath Peelukhana

Principal Engineer, R&D IC Structural Heart

Srikara Viswanath Peelukhana

VPH Institute

Virtual Physiological Human institute for Integrative biomedical reseach VZW (VPHi), Belgium

The VPHi is an international non-profit organization whose mission is to ensure that the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH), also identified with the terminology “in-silico medicine”, is fully realised, universally adopted, and effectively used both in research and clinics.
VPHi is leading the WP7 on Exploitation, Dissemination & Communication and is highly contributing to WP6.

Liesbet Geris

Liesbet Geris

Full professor in computational tissue engineering

Liesbet Geris

Liesbet Geris

Full professor in computational tissue engineering
Manager

Martina Contin

SCIENTIFIC OFFICER

Raphaelle Lesage

COMMUNICATION OFFICER

Roberta De Michele

Manager

Martina Contin

Manager - social media

Frederic Orsi

Manager

Raphaelle Lesage