Francesca Crovetto
Investigador post-doc
Research group
Francesca Crovetto graduated in Medicine in 2003 from the Universitá degli Studi di Milano (Italy) and obtained her PhD degree in "Translational Medicine and Research" from the Universitat de Barcelona in 2017 (international mention Cum Laude and extraordinary award of doctorate). She has also completed a Master's Degree in Research Methodology in Health Sciences from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, between 2012 and 2014.
In relation to her career as a researcher, Dr. Crovetto has published more than 70 articles in high-impact journals (H index from 22 to March 2022) and has made more than a hundred presentations at top-level international conferences, where she has received various awards for the best communications. She has been director of two master's projects (2018-2019) and is currently co-director of three doctoral theses at the Universitat de Barcelona.
During her scientific career, she has participated as a collaborator in different national and international research projects financed by the ISCIII, the CIBERER, the European Commission and other private entities such as Fundación la Caixa or Cerebra.
Currently, she is the principal investigator of a grant from the Fundació Agrupació (2020) and one of the Emili Letarg project of the Hospital Clínic Barcelona (2021-2023).
In 2012 she joined the BCNatal Fetal Medicine Research group (SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital and Hospital Clínic), where she currently leads the lines of research: "Preventing the Great Obstetrical Syndromes" and "Covid-19 & Pregnancy". In each of these lines, she has published articles in very prestigious journals (Crovetto Lancet 2020, Crovetto JAMA 2021).
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Related websites
SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital 
ResearchGate Last Publications
- Miranda J, Benitez L, Macías-Redondo S, Paules C, Gomez-Gomez A, Basso A, Crovetto F, Youssef L, Pozo OJ, Schoorlemmer J, Crispi F and Gratacós E Maternal stress and fetoplacental cortisol regulation in small-for-gestational-age newborns ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY . 65(6): 738-748.
- Ponce J, Cobo-Cobo T, Murillo C, Gonce A, Sánchez-García AB, Dantas AP, Coronado D, Crovetto F, Guirado L, Bruch J, Gratacós E, Palacio M and Mar Bennasar Sans Assessment of novel sonographic and biochemical tools for spontaneous preterm birth prediction in asymptomatic twin pregnancies ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA . 104(6): 1162-1171.
- Ramos A, Youssef L, Molina P, Martinez-Sanchez J, Moreno-Castaño AB, Blasco M, De Moner B, Tortajada M, Camacho M, Borrell M, Crovetto F, Pino M, Escolar G, Carreras E, Gratacós E, Diaz-Ricart M, Palomo M and Crispi F Endothelial damage and complement dysregulation in fetuses from pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA . 104(5): 829-838.
Projects
- Project name:
- Spanish network in maternal, neonatal, child and developmental health research (RICORS- SAMID)
- Leader
- Maria Dolores Gómez Roig
- Funding entities:
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
- Code
- RD24/0013/0004
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2025 - 2027
- Project name:
- Contrato predoctoral de formación en investigación en salud. Beneficiari: Alejandra Guadalupe Trejo
- Leader
- Francesca Crovetto
- Funding entities:
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
- Code
- FI23/00316
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2024 - 2027
- Project name:
- Impacto de una intervención de Dieta Mediterránea durante la gestación sobre la Microbiota Materno-Neonatal y su asociación con el Neurodesarrollo: un Ensayo Clínico Aleatorizado.
- Leader
- Francesca Crovetto
- Funding entities:
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
- Code
- PI22/00684
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2023 - 2025
News
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Preg-MEDAS questionnaire: questions for a healthier pregnancy
A study conducted by IRSJD and IDIBAPS introduces the new preg-MEDAS questionnaire, which measures the positive impact of the Mediterranean diet on pregnant women. The study demonstrated that women following the Mediterranean diet significantly reduced their blood pressure.
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A study opens the door to designing therapies to improve the lung development of excessively small fetuses
A study, involving researchers from the Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, provides new scientific evidence that shows that problems with lung development in a fetus that grows below normal levels are related to vascular resistance.
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A Mediterranean diet and stress reduction during pregnancy improve child neurodevelopment
Interventions based on a Mediterranean diet or mindfulness-based stress reduction during pregnancy improve child neurodevelopment during the first few years of life. This is shown in an analysis of the IMPACT-BCN clinical trial published in the journal JAMA Network Open.
More activities
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Defensa tesi doctoral: Rosalia Pascal Capdevila
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