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Macrophage foam cells in a developing atherosclerotic lesion visualised by confocal microscopy - macrosialin in red, CD68-GFP transgene in green © Dr Eileen McNeill, Dr Asif Iqbal and Professor David R Greaves

Oxford is part of four consortia. 

VascularRewind: Secondary Prevention of Vascular Dysfunction and Disease – a collaboration between Oxford and Cambridge. [Course description and Supervisors]

Technology and data-driven solutions for effective prediction, prevention and management of cardiovascular disease – a collaboration between Imperial and Oxford.

 

Collaborative Vision for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Prevention – a collaboration between Cambridge, Edinburgh, Imperial and Oxford.  Initially, for this year applications managed through Cambridge.

 

Vascular Contributions to Dementia – a collaboration between UCL, Edinburgh, Leicester and Oxford.  Initially, for this year applications managed through UCL

 

 

Read the full DPhil in Cardiovascular Science course information on the University of Oxford admissions website.

Applicants who are offered places on the DPhil Cardiovascular Science course will be fully funded. This generous funding from the British Heart Foundation includes:

  • Course fees at the home* rate
  • Four full years of stipend at the BHF rate
  • Research training and support

*We invite applications from students who meet the UK residency requirements (home fees). International students who are able to confirm that additional costs of all overseas course fees will be covered through other scholarships or funding schemes will also be considered.

Lisa Simpson, DPhil student in Cardiovascular Science© Lisa Simpson/Medical Sciences DivisionLisa Simpson, DPhil student in Cardiovascular Science
I chose the BHF programme because of the opportunity to ... gain knowledge of new techniques and areas of research.Read more about Lisa's experiences

 

Supervisors

The following researchers are affiliated with this programme

Naveed Akbar

Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Science

Charalambos Antoniades

British Heart Foundation Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine

Adrian Banning

Professor of Interventional Cardiology

Shoumo Bhattacharya

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Keith Channon

Field Marshal Earl Alexander Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Head of ...

Robin Choudhury

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Nathalie Conrad

Associate Professor

Aiden Doherty

Professor of Biomedical Informatics

Ana Domingos

Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Kim Dora

Professor of Microvascular Pharmacology

Antony Galione

Statutory Professor of Pharmacology

James Grist

Principal Investigator

Lisa Heather

BHF Intermediate Fellow and Associate Professor

Neil Herring

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Consultant Cardiologist

Jemma Hopewell

Professor of Precision Medicine & Epidemiology

Samira Lakhal-Littleton

MRC Senior Non-Clinical Research Fellow, Principal Investigator, Professor of ...

Paul Leeson

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Ming Lei

Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology

Mathilda Mommersteeg

Associate Professor of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine

Claudia Monaco

Professor of Cardiovascular Inflammation

Chris O'Callaghan

David Paterson

Head of Department

Shishir Rao

Senior Research Scientist in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Epidemiology

David Ray

Professor of Endocrinology, Head of OCDEM, and Co-Director Sir Jules Thorn ...

Charles Redwood

Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Biochemistry

Svetlana Reilly

Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Science and British Heart Foundation ...

Paul Riley

BHF Professor of Regenerative Medicine & Chair of Development and Cell Biology

Angela Russell

Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

Chris Schofield

Filipa Simões

Group Leader

Nicola Smart

Professor of Cardiovascular Science

Duncan Sparrow

Professor of Cardiovascular Developmental Biology

Shankar Srinivas

Professor of Developmental Biology

Pawel Swietach

Professor of Physiology

Nick Talbot

Associate Professor and Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

Paolo Tammaro

Professor of Pharmacology

Christopher Toepfer

Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Science

Damian Tyler

Professor of Physiological Metabolism

Ellie Tzima

Professor of Cardiovascular Biology

Hugh Watkins

Radcliffe Professor of Medicine

Clive Wilson

Professor of Cell and Developmental Genetics

Manuela Zaccolo

Deputy Head of Department

Application Deadline

Open for applications for October 2026 entry.

 

 

Programme Directors: 

VascularRewind: Professor Nicola Smart

Technology and data-driven solutions for effective prediction, prevention and management of cardiovascular disease: Professor Betty Raman

Collaborative Vision for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Prevention: Professor Sarah Lewington

Vascular Contributions to Dementia: Professor Sana Suri