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Jonathan Afilalo is an expert in Epidemiology and Biostatistics with a focus on non-communicable diseases. His primary research interests include frailty, aging biology, risk prediction in cardiac surgery, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), cardiac MRI, and echocardiography. He is the principal investigator of the international 'FRAILTY-AVR' study, which compares the impact of frailty assessment tools in elderly patients undergoing transcatheter surgical aortic valve replacement. His research also includes a translational arm dedicated to the discovery and validation of novel biomarkers for frailty. Afilalo leads the 'POSSE' registry, which examines the prognostic value of echocardiograms in cardiac surgery patients and has co-authored the American Society of Echocardiography guidelines for right heart evaluation.
Department: Department of Medicine. Program: Experimental Medicine.