Available projects have been divided into three subgroups depending on their focus: Vascular Biology; Stem Cell and Developmental Biology; and Population Health and Genomics.
Vascular Biology
| Investigator | Research Field |
|---|---|
| Prof Martin Bennett | Control of vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis and cell senescence |
| Dr Murray Clarke | Pathways linking cell death and inflammation in vascular disease |
| Dr Anthony Davenport | Role of G-protein coupled receptors and biased signalling in the human cardiovascular system |
| Dr Matthew Harper | Regulation of thrombosis in response to vascular injury |
| Prof Christopher Huang | Cardiac arrhythmogenesis in murine models |
| Dr Thomas Krieg | Cardiovascular Ischaemia/Reperfusion Injury |
| Dr Wei Li | Regulation of bone morphogenetic protein signaling in vascular endothelial cells |
| Dr Xuan Li | Novel players linking inflammasome activation to cardiovascular disease |
| Prof Ziad Mallat | Cardiovascular |
| Prof Nick Morrell | Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension |
| Dr Andrew Murray | Mitochondrial function in health and disease |
| Dr Kevin O’Shaughnessy | Hypertension |
| Dr Andrew Sage | Adaptive Immune responses and Atherosclerosis |
| Prof Colin Taylor | Intracellular signalling pathways |
| Prof Antonio Vidal-Puig | Molecular Mechanisms of Energy Balance |
| Prof Ian Wilkinson | Arterial Haemodynamics and Experimental Medicine |
Stem Cell and Developmental Biology
| Investigator | Research Field |
|---|---|
| Dr Daniel Gaffney | Statistical and regulatory genomics in human induced pluripotent stem cells |
| Dr Cedric Ghevaert | Platelet production from pluripotent stem cells for disease modeling and cellular therapy |
| Prof Dino Giussani | Developmental Origins of Heart Disease |
| Prof Bertie Gottgens | Transcriptional Regulation of Blood Stem cells |
| Dr Helle Jørgensen | Regulation of cell plasticity in cardiovascular development and disease |
| Dr Susan Ozanne | Developmental programming of cardiovascular and metabolic disease |
| Dr Amer Rana | Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells |
| Dr Sanjay Sinha | Vascular smooth muscle cell development and disease |
| Prof Ludovic Vallier | Human pluripotent stem cells, control of differentiation and disease modeling |
Population Health and Genomics
| Investigator | Research Field |
|---|---|
| Dr Adam Butterworth | Genetic determinants of cardiovascular disease and high-dimensional traits |
| Dr Rajiv Chowdhury | Environmental, lifestyle and genetic risk factors of cardiovascular disease among South and South East Asians |
| Prof John Danesh | Genetic, biochemical and lifestyle factors in cardiovascular disease |
| Dr Emanuele Di Angelantonio | Cardiovascular Epidemiology |
| Dr Julian Griffin | Metabolomics |
| Prof Jonathan Mant | Cardiovascular Disease in Primary Care Settings |
| Prof Hugh Markus | Using genetic and imaging techniques to understand the pathogenesis of ischaemic stroke |
| Prof Willem Ouwehand | Genomics and epigenomics of megakaryocytes and platelet traits |
| Dr Dirk Paul | Functional genomics of cardiovascular diseases |
| Prof Nicole Soranzo | Human complex trait genomics and genetics |
| Dr Angela Wood | Statistical methods for advancing epidemiological research |
