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Programme

08:45 Registration and Refreshments Robinson College, Grange Rd, Cambridge CB3 9AN
09:15

Welcome and Overview of the Event:

Prof Martin Bennett 

Director, British Heart Foundation Cambridge Centre for Cardiovascular Research Excellence 

 
 

Keynote speaker: 

Prof Declan O'Regan

Professor of Cardiovascular AI, Institute of Clinical Sciences - Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London

 

 

Session 1: New insights from multimodality studies in Cardiovascular and Cardiometabolic disease

 
10:05

Speaker TBC

 
10:20

Zihan Sun: PhD student, Cambridge University Dept Clinical Neurosciences. 

Proteins Involved in Endothelial Function and Inflammation Are Implicated in Cerebral Small Vessel Disease

10:35

Dr Vincent Knight-Schrijver: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute

Bioinformatics and machine learning for large-scale sequencing of human stem cells
10:50

 

Poster Previews session 

 

Five lightening talks chosen by our poster competition judges

11:05

Refreshments

Poster session opens
  Session 2: Preventing aging and promoting regeneration

 

11:35

Dr Catherine Wilson: Associate Professor, Cambridge University Dept Pharmacology 

Regenerating the damaged heart
11:50

Dr Jordan Lambert: BHF CRE Career Development Fellow, Cambridge University Dept Medicine 

Profiling vascular cells in ageing and disease 

12:05

Dr Tian Zhao: BHF Clinical Lecturer in Cardiovascular Medicine, Cambridge University 

Effects of immune modulation on carotid atherosclerosis
12:20

Parallel sessions

4 discussion sessions - topics TBC

13:10

Lunch

Poster session continues
14:45 Report-back on pre-lunch discussion sessions  
  Session 3: Environmental and Pregnancy effects on Cardiovascular Health  
15:10

Speaker TBC

 
15:25 Speaker TBC  
15:40

Anna Cochrane: PhD student, Cambridge University Dept Physiology, Development and Neuroscience 

Mechanisms of increased cardiovascular risk in offspring in obese women
15:55

Refreshments

 
 

Session 4: New approaches for imaging and image-based screening

Chairs: TBC
16:25

Dr Will Watson: Clinical Lecturer in Cardiology, Cambridge University and Royal Papworth Hospital 

Novel Approaches to Cardiac Magnetic Resonance and Metabolism
16:40

Dr Benn Jessney: Clinical Research Associate, Cambridge University Dept Medicine

AI-based analysis of intracoronary optical coherence tomography
16:55

Dr Lois Kim: BHF CRE Career Development Fellow, Cambridge Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit 

Improving early detection for aortic aneurysm

17:10

Inspirational speaker

TBC

17:35 Poster prizes and closing remarks  Prof Martin Bennett
17:45 Post-event Networking  All are most welcome to stay for drinks and nibbles

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