Members of Translational Vascular Medicine
About the Team leader
Ljubica Matic earned her MSc in Molecular Biology from the University of Belgrade, Serbia and PhD in Medical Biochemistry from Karolinska Institutet. Today, she is internationally recognized for pioneering the use of artificial intelligence and multimodal patient data, combined with experimental models, to identify new therapeutic targets that can be translated into improved cardiovascular patient care. Partnering with clinical vascular surgery, she has developed some of the largest biobanks of patients with atherosclerosis, providing a unique foundation for translational cardiovascular research worldwide. Her team collaborates closely with pharmaceutical industries, using various innovation paths to accelerate the journey from scientific discovery to new treatments.
As respected leader and author in cardiovascular science, Dr. Matic has received numerous prestigious national and international awards, e.g. from the American Heart Association, European Society of Cardiology, Swedish Research Council, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Swedish Society for Medical Research and the Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation. She serves on multiple scientific committees and research funding agencies across Europe, leads several large EU and transatlantic research consortia (e.g. EU Horizon, Leducq, La Caixa), and holds editorial roles in Atherosclerosis and Vascular Pharmacology journals. Dr. Matic is also an internationally engaged speaker, who advocates for the responsible use of patient data and implementation of human biobanking, along with the reduction and replacement in animal experimentation.
Passionate about education, Dr. Matic has taught and mentored students at Karolinska Institutet for over two decades. She directs PhD training in Vascular Cell Biology, serves as Associate Director of the Global Master's Programme in Biomedicine, and develops advanced international training courses, helping educate the next generation of cardiovascular scientists.
Ljubica Matic
Principal ResearcherTeam members
PhD students
Postdocs
Melody Chemaly
Research SpecialistI am a research specialist at the Vascular Surgery Group and Translational Vascular Medicine Team with a background in pharmacy, biomarker discovery, and translational research.  
 
Moiz Khan Sherwani
Postdoctoral ResearcherAI researcher developing multimodal machine learning methods for biomedical data, integrating clinical and multi-omics datasets to advance precision medicine and translational healthcare research.