BHF Cambridge Centre of Excellence

I am the Research Coordinator for the Cambridge Cardiovascular Network and the BHF Centre of Research Excellence in Cambridge. I joined the team in May 2025.

Ben Challis is VP and Head of Translational Science & Experimental Medicine in Early CVRM at AstraZeneca, a role in which he oversees the target validation, biomarker and precision medicine strategies for drug projects in the CVRM portfolio.

He is currently an Honorary Consultant in Endocrinology at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, and Director of Studies for Clinical Medicine at St Edmund’s college. His current research interests include metabolic disease & genetics and inherited tumour syndromes.

Rouchelle is a NIHR clinical lecturer in Cardiology at the University of Cambridge. Her clinical sub-speciality is interventional cardiology.

I am a statistical geneticist working in the field of health data science with a particular focus on machine learning, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and improving the performance of polygenic risk scores (PRS) in diverse populations.
I currently work as a postdoctoral research associate at the Heart & Lung Research Institute in Professor Adam Butterworth's lab.

Associate Professor of General Practice

A Professorial Fellow at Homerton College, Cambridge, Mary is also a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and the Academy of Medical Sciences, an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of General Practitioners, and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. She was an NIHR Senior Investigator 2017-2022.

Research Assistant

BHF Clinical Research Training Fellow

BHF Clinical Research Training Fellow