Programme
| 08:45 | Registration and refreshments | Robinson College, Grange Rd, Cambridge CB3 9AN |
| 09:10 |
Welcome and overview of the event Prof Martin Bennett: Director, British Heart Foundation Cambridge Centre for Cardiovascular Research Excellence |
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| 09:15 |
International guest speaker Prof Marc Dewey: Heisenberg Prof of Radiology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin |
Quantitative cardiovascular imaging |
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Session 1: New insights from multimodality studies in cardiovascular and cardiometabolic disease |
Chair: Dr Sam Lambert | |
| 09:50 |
Dr Scott Ritchie: BHF CRE Career Development Fellow, Cambridge Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit |
Enhancing 10-year cardiovascular disease prediction in healthy adults using metabolomic biomarker and polygenic risk scores |
| 10:05 |
Zihan Sun: PhD student, Cambridge University Dept Clinical Neurosciences. |
Proteins involved in endothelial function and inflammation are implicated in cerebral small vessel disease |
| 10:20 |
Dr Vincent Knight-Schrijver: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute |
Bioinformatics and machine learning for large-scale sequencing of human stem cells |
| 10:35 |
Poster previews session Lightening talks from selected poster presenters
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Campbell Wolford (UoC Dept Public Health and Primary Care) Matthew Batty (UoC Dept Medicine) Dr Lay Ping Ong (UoC Dept Pharmacology) Ankur Saini (UoC Dept Medicine) Rui Li (UoC Dept Clinical Neurosciences) |
| 10:50 |
Refreshments |
Poster session opens |
| Session 2: Preventing ageing and promoting regeneration |
Chair: Dr Richard Tyser |
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| 11:20 |
Dr Catherine Wilson: Associate Professor, Cambridge University Dept Pharmacology |
Regenerating the damaged heart |
| 11:35 |
Dr Jordan Lambert: BHF CRE Career Development Fellow, Cambridge University Dept Medicine |
Cell-ECM interaction in the vasculature |
| 11:50 |
Dr Tian Zhao: BHF Intermediate Fellow, Cambridge University |
Effect of IL-2 on T cells and beyond |
| 12:05 |
Discussion groups These sessions run in parallel, please choose one |
Group 1: Emerging technologies. Facilitated by Adam Butterworth (UoC Dept Public Health and Primary Care) and Dirk Paul (AstraZeneca) Group 2: University-industry interaction. Facilitated by Ben Challis (AstraZeneca) and Spoorthy Kulkarni, (UoC Dept Medicine/ Addenbrooke’s Hospital) Group 3: Create impact from your research - potentially through commercialisation. Facilitated by Nick Morrell (Interact Bio Ltd and UoC), Jason Mellad (OtoImmune) and Anita Petiot (UoC Office for Translational Research) |
| 12:55 |
Lunch |
Poster session continues |
| 14:25 | Report-back on pre-lunch discussion sessions | |
| Session 3: Environmental and pregnancy effects on cardiovascular health | Chair: Dr Ana Vujic | |
| 14:50 |
Dr Kim van Daalen: BHF CRE Career Development Fellow, Cambridge Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit |
A slow and silent killer: environmental arsenic pollution and adverse cardiovascular outcomes |
| 15:05 |
Dr Carmel McEniery: Principal Investigator, POPPY study, Cambridge University Dept Medicine Dr Henry Lugobe, Lecturer at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda and PhD student, Cambridge University Dept Medicine |
Risks from placental complications in Pregnancy: A UK – Ugandan Collaboration |
| 15:20 |
Anna Cochrane: PhD student, Cambridge University Dept Physiology, Development and Neuroscience |
Mechanisms of increased cardiovascular risk in offspring of obese women |
| 15:35 |
Refreshments |
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Session 4: New approaches in screening and early detection of cardiovascular disease |
Chair: Dr Smriti Agarwal | |
| 16:05 |
Dr Will Watson: Clinical Lecturer in Cardiology, Cambridge University and Royal Papworth Hospital |
Novel approaches to cardiac magnetic resonance and metabolism |
| 16:20 |
Dr Benn Jessney: Clinical Research Associate, Cambridge University Dept Medicine |
AI-based analysis of intracoronary optical coherence tomography |
| 16:35 |
Dr Lois Kim: BHF CRE Career Development Fellow, Cambridge Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit |
Simulation modelling for cardiovascular disease detection and prevention policy |
| 16:50 |
Distinguished guest speaker Professor of Cardiovascular AI, Institute of Clinical Sciences - Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London |
AI in cardiac imaging-genetics |
| 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 |
