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Cardiovascular Sciences

Oxford was the top-rated UK institution in cardiovascular science in the most recent research assessment exercise and is one of four British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centres of Research Excellence in the UK. Particularly notable is the integration of molecular science, physiology, and epidemiology, bringing together researchers with interests in the understanding of cardiac and vascular biology at both the molecular level, the level of the whole organism, and in populations.

Oxford has strong clinical and non-clinical training programmes, and internationally competitive research into nearly all aspects of cardiovascular science takes place in several university departments and institutes. These include the Radcliffe Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine Division), Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Department of Pharmacology and the Department of Chemistry. The Weatherall Institute for Molecular Medicine and the Kennedy Institute (which moved to Oxford in 2011) also conduct research in cardiovascular sciences.

There are strong links between all groups working on cardiovascular science through regular internal meetings organized by the BHF Centre for Research Excellence and a strong external seminar programme. A unique feature of the Oxford cardiovascular community is the synergistic interaction of basic scientists with research active clinicians to deliver truly multi-disciplinary training.

BHF-funded Clinical Research Training Fellowships are available for clinicians wishing to undertake research.

BHF-funded Non-Clinical D Phil Training Studentships are available for basic science undergraduates wishing to study for a D Phil by research

Supervisors in Cardiovascular Sciences

Naveed Akbar

Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Science

Naomi Allen

Professor in Epidemiology

Charalambos Antoniades

British Heart Foundation Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine

Frances Ashcroft

Emeritus Professor

Biochemistry and chemical biology

Cardiovascular Sciences

Cell biology and microscopy

Cellular and molecular biology in musculoskeletal systems

Cellular and molecular neuroscience

Diabetes and the metabolic syndrome

Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Drug discovery and pharmacology

Electrophysiology

Genes and developmental neuroscience

Genes, Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics

Genetics and epigenetics

Imaging

Integrative physiology

Membranes, membrane proteins, ion channels and transporters

Molecular & statistical genetics & translational genomics

Musculoskeletal Science

Myocardial biology & energetics

Neurodegenerative diseases

Neuroscience

Pancreatic Islets: physiology, isolation and transplantation

Signal transduction

Structural biology and proteomics

Structural biology, protein science and proteomics

Systems biology

Systems, cognitive and behavioural neuroscience

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Adrian Banning

Professor of Interventional Cardiology

Rebecca Berrens

Principal Investigator and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

DNA and protein sequence analysis

Cardiac development

Cardiovascular Sciences

Developmental Biology and Stem Cells

Axis patterning

Cell commitment

Cell fate specification and differentiation

Embryonic stem cells

Induced pluripotency

Organogenesis

Gene expression

Chromosomal Biology

Epigenetics

Genes, Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics

RNA

Molecular, Cell, Systems and Structural Biology

Chromosomal biology

Shoumo Bhattacharya

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Louise Bowman

Professor of Medicine and Clinical Trials, and Honorary Consultant Physician ...

Keith Buckler

Emeritus Professor of Physiology

Biochemistry and chemical biology

Cardiovascular Sciences

Cell biology and microscopy

Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Electrophysiology

Imaging

Integrative physiology

Membranes, membrane proteins, ion channels and transporters

Neuroscience

Respiratory Sciences

Signal transduction

Systems biology

Richard Bulbulia

Associate Professor, Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies ...

Jennifer Carter

Associate Professor

Keith Channon

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

Zhengming Chen

Richard Peto Professor of Epidemiology

Yiping Chen

Senior Research Fellow

Robin Choudhury

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Grant C Churchill

Professor of Chemical Pharmacology

Cardiovascular Sciences

Chemistry

Pharmacology

Diabetes and the metabolic syndrome

Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Biochemistry and chemical biology

Membranes, membrane proteins, ion channels and transporters

Signal transduction

Neuroscience

Psychology, mental health and psychiatry

Psychology and Psychiatry

Abnormal psychology and mental health

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Drug discovery and pharmacology

Ageing, Geratology and Degenerative Diseases

Motor neuron disease

Parkinson's disease

Cellular and molecular neuroscience

Molecular, Cell, Systems and Structural Biology

Cell biology and microscopy

Nathalie Conrad

Associate Professor

Biomedical engineering

Cardiac development

Computational modelling

Epidemiology & clinical trials

Vascular disease

Health services research

Evidence-based health care

Epidemiology

Medical statistics

Diagnostics

Evidence-based health care, clinical trials methodology and epidemiology

Medical Statistics

Monitoring Chronic Disease

Primary Care, Clinical Epidemiology, and Health Care Delivery

Primary care and general practice

Women's and Reproductive Health

David Cutter

Clinical Research Fellow (CTSU) and Consultant Clinical Oncologist (Oxford ...

Sarah Darby

Professor of Medical Statistics

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

Cancer

Cardiovascular Sciences

Clinical trials

Epidemiology & clinical trials

Epidemiology and population genetics

Health promotion

Mathematical modeling

Reproductive, Genitourinary and Sexual Medicine

Population, Global, and Public Health

Epidemiology

Medical statistics

Nele Demeyere

Professor of Neuropsychology

Ageing, Geratology and Degenerative Diseases

Alzheimer's disease

Stroke

Imaging

Vascular disease

Clinical neuroscience

Neuroscience

Neurodegenerative diseases

Psychology, mental health and psychiatry

Stroke

Systems, cognitive and behavioural neuroscience

Psychology and Psychiatry

Abnormal psychology and mental health

Applied psychology

Cognitive neuroscience

Experimental psychology

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Biomedical engineering

Aiden Doherty

Professor of Biomedical Informatics

Kim Dora

Professor of Microvascular Pharmacology

Terry Dwyer

Emeritus Professor of Epidemiology, Nuffield Department of Women’s & ...

Jonathan Emberson

Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology

Vanessa Ferreira

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine; Kusuma Senior Research Fellow in ...

Sarah Floud

Associate Professor

Antony Galione

Statutory Professor of Pharmacology

Cardiovascular Sciences

Chemistry

Electrophysiology

Imaging

Pharmacology

Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Diabetes and the metabolic syndrome

Integrative physiology

Biochemistry and chemical biology

Cell biology and microscopy

Membranes, membrane proteins, ion channels and transporters

Signal transduction

Structural biology, protein science and proteomics

Systems biology

John Gallacher

Professor of Cognitive Health; Director, Dementias Platform UK; Director, ...

Anuj Goel

Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Genetics

David Greaves

James Grist

Principal Investigator

Ashok Handa

Director of Surgical Education

Lisa Heather

BHF Intermediate Fellow and Associate Professor

Carl Heneghan

Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine

Cardiovascular Sciences

Epidemiology & clinical trials

Health promotion

Vascular disease

Evidence-based health care, clinical trials methodology and epidemiology

Monitoring Chronic Disease

Primary care and general practice

Primary Care, Clinical Epidemiology, and Health Care Delivery

Population, Global, and Public Health

Evidence-based health care

Clinical trials methodology

Epidemiology

Global health

Neil Herring

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Consultant Cardiologist

Richard Hobbs

Mercian Professor of Primary Care

Cardiovascular Sciences

Epidemiology & clinical trials

Health promotion

Vascular disease

Primary care and general practice

Diagnostics

Evidence-based health care, clinical trials methodology and epidemiology

Monitoring Chronic Disease

Primary Care, Clinical Epidemiology, and Health Care Delivery

Population, Global, and Public Health

Evidence-based health care

Clinical trials methodology

Epidemiology

Global health

Jemma Hopewell

Professor of Precision Medicine & Epidemiology

Susan Jebb

Professor of Diet and Population Health

Peter Jezzard

Herbert Dunhill Professor of Neuroimaging

Alexander Jones

British Heart Foundation Intermediate Clinical Research Fellow in Paediatric ...

Fredrik Karpe

Professor of Metabolic Medicine

Akane Kawamura

James Kennedy

Associate Professor of Geratology & Stroke Medicine

Rajesh Kharbanda

Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Ben Lacey

UK BIOBANK

Martin Landray

Winok Lapidaire

Principal Investigator

Michael Lay

Head of Project Information Science

Regent Lee

Professor of Interdisciplinary Innovations

Paul Leeson

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Ming Lei

Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology

Sarah Lewington

Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics

Andrew Lewis

Principal Investigator

Dan Li

Associate Professor

Marion Mafham

Associate Professor, Heart Studies Group

Iona Millwood

Associate Professor; Deputy Director of Graduate Studies

Mathilda Mommersteeg

Associate Professor of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine

Molecular, Cell, Systems and Structural Biology

Cell biology and microscopy

Systems biology

Genes, Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics

DNA replication and repair

Genomics and statistical genetics

Innate immunity and inflammation

Immunology

Developmental Biology and Stem Cells

Cell commitment

Cell fate specification and differentiation

Embryonic stem cells

Imaging development

Induced pluripotency

Multipotent stem cells

Organogenesis

Drug discovery and pharmacology

Cardiovascular Sciences

Cardiac development

Genetics

Imaging

Myocardial biology & energetics

Claudia Monaco

Professor of Cardiovascular Inflammation

Saul Myerson

Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Milad Nazarzadeh

Senior Research Fellow in Cardiovascular and Genetic Epidemiology

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

Statistical genetics

Cardiovascular Sciences

Epidemiology & clinical trials

Genetics

Vascular disease

Diabetes and the metabolic syndrome

Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Gene expression

Genomics and statistical genetics

RNA

Clinical trials methodology

Epidemiology

Evidence-based health care

Population, Global, and Public Health

Primary Care, Clinical Epidemiology, and Health Care Delivery

Telemedicine and telecare

Medical Statistics

Evidence-based health care, clinical trials methodology and epidemiology

Women's and Reproductive Health

Stefan Neubauer

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

David Nunan

Senior Researcher and Educator in Evidence-Based Health Care

Chris O'Callaghan

Elizabeth Ormondroyd

Associate Professor

Jaideep Pandit

Consultant Anaesthetist

Anant Parekh

Director, Centre for Integrative Physiology

David Paterson

Head of Department

Michael Pavlides

Head of liver imaging at OCMR

Sarah Pendlebury

Professor of Medicine and Old Age Neuroscience

Rafael Perera

Director Medical Statistics and Director of Graduate Studies

Cancer

Cancer diagnostics (biomarkers and imaging)

Cardiovascular Sciences

Epidemiology & clinical trials

Vascular disease

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Anti-microbial drugs

Diagnostics

Evidence-based health care, clinical trials methodology and epidemiology

Medical Statistics

Monitoring Chronic Disease

Primary care and general practice

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Primary Care, Clinical Epidemiology, and Health Care Delivery

Population, Global, and Public Health

Evidence-based health care

Clinical trials methodology

Epidemiology

Global health

Medical statistics

David Preiss

Professor of Metabolic Medicine and Clinical Trials

Chris Pugh

Kazem Rahimi

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Population Health

Cardiovascular Sciences

Evidence-based health care, clinical trials methodology and epidemiology

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

Population, Global, and Public Health

Primary Care, Clinical Epidemiology, and Health Care Delivery

Evidence-based health care

Global health

Monitoring Chronic Disease

Telemedicine and telecare

Clinical trials methodology

Epidemiology

Epidemiology & clinical trials

Vascular disease

Betty Raman

Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Shishir Rao

Senior Research Scientist in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Epidemiology

Peter Ratcliffe

Mike Rayner

Professor of Population Health

John Reader

Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

Charles Redwood

Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Biochemistry

Svetlana Reilly

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

Christina Reith

Associate Professor

Paul Riley

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

Axis patterning

Cardiac development

Cardiovascular Sciences

Cell commitment

Cell fate specification and differentiation

Developmental Biology and Stem Cells

Drug discovery and pharmacology

Embryonic stem cells

Genes, Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics

Imaging development

Immunology

Induced pluripotency

Innate immunity and inflammation

Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology

Multipotent stem cells

Organogenesis

Stem cells and cell therapy

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Peter Robbins

Professor of Physiology

Ageing, Geratology and Degenerative Diseases

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

Cardiovascular Sciences

Cellular and molecular biology in musculoskeletal systems

Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Functional genomics

Genes, Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics

Integrative physiology

Mathematical modeling

Musculoskeletal Science

Myocardial biology & energetics

Reproductive, Genitourinary and Sexual Medicine

Respiratory Sciences

Systems biology

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Blanca Rodriguez

Angela Russell

Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

Iryna Schlackow

Senior Researcher

Chris Schofield

Elena Seiradake

Associate Professor & Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow

Axis patterning

Biochemistry and chemical biology

Cancer

Cardiovascular Sciences

Cell biology and microscopy

Cell fate specification and differentiation

Cellular and molecular neuroscience

Cellular mechanisms (including tumour microenvironment, angiogenesis and metastasis)

Developmental Biology and Stem Cells

Glycobiology

Membranes, membrane proteins, ion channels and transporters

Molecular mechanisms (including DNA damage and repair)

Neuroscience

Organogenesis

Signal transduction

Structural biology, protein science and proteomics

Vascular disease

Structural biology

James Sheppard

Professor of Applied Health Data Science

Charalampos Sigalas

BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow

Filipa Simões

Group Leader

Cardiovascular Sciences

Cardiac development

Biomedical engineering

Genetics

Imaging

Developmental Biology and Stem Cells

Cell commitment

Cell fate specification and differentiation

Embryonic stem cells

Imaging development

Induced pluripotency

Multipotent stem cells

Organogenesis

Gene expression

Epigenetics

Genes, Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics

Genomics and statistical genetics

Immunology

Innate immunity and inflammation

Molecular, Cell, Systems and Structural Biology

Cell biology and microscopy

Signal transduction

Systems biology

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Drug discovery and pharmacology

Stem cells and cell therapy

Nicola Smart

Professor of Cardiovascular Science

Duncan Sparrow

Professor of Cardiovascular Developmental Biology

Shankar Srinivas

Professor of Developmental Biology

Axis patterning

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

Cardiac development

Cardiovascular Sciences

Cell biology and microscopy

Cell fate specification and differentiation

Developmental Biology and Stem Cells

Embryonic stem cells

Imaging development

Mathematical modeling

Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology

Organogenesis

Natalie Staplin

Senior Statistician

Nancy Stathopoulou

Group Leader

Pawel Swietach

Professor of Physiology

Cardiovascular Sciences

Respiratory Sciences

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

Mathematical modeling

Molecular, Cell, Systems and Structural Biology

Cell biology and microscopy

Biochemistry and chemical biology

Membranes, membrane proteins, ion channels and transporters

Signal transduction

Structural biology, protein science and proteomics

Systems biology

Integrative physiology

Cancer

Cellular mechanisms (including tumour microenvironment, angiogenesis and metastasis)

Computational modelling

Electrophysiology

Imaging

Myocardial biology & energetics

Pharmacology

David Taggart

Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery

Nick Talbot

Associate Professor and Consultant in Respiratory Medicine

Paolo Tammaro

Professor of Pharmacology

Kerstin Timm

Career Development Fellow

Christopher Toepfer

Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Science

Katherine Tucker

Associate Professor

Damian Tyler

Professor of Physiological Metabolism

Ellie Tzima

Professor of Cardiovascular Biology

Sridhar Vasudevan

Associate Professor in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery

Cardiovascular Sciences

Chemistry

Pharmacology

Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Biochemistry and chemical biology

Membranes, membrane proteins, ion channels and transporters

Signal transduction

Neuroscience

Psychology, mental health and psychiatry

Psychology and Psychiatry

Abnormal psychology and mental health

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Drug discovery and pharmacology

Richard Wade-Martins

Professor of Molecular Neuroscience

Ageing, Geratology and Degenerative Diseases

Alzheimer's disease

Cardiovascular Sciences

Developmental Biology and Stem Cells

Epidemiology & clinical trials

Gene therapy

Genetics

Induced pluripotency

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Motor neuron disease

Neurodegenerative diseases

Neuroscience

Parasitology

Psychology, mental health and psychiatry

Stem cells and cell therapy

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Robin Walters

Senior Scientist

Hugh Watkins

Radcliffe Professor of Medicine

Peter Watkinson

Professor of Intensive Care Medicine

Alastair Webb

Wellcome Trust CRCD Fellow / Consultant Neurologist

Matthew Wood

Professor of Neuroscience

Ageing, Geratology and Degenerative Diseases

Cardiovascular Sciences

Cellular and molecular biology in musculoskeletal systems

Clinical neuroscience

Clinical trials and epidemiology

Developmental Biology and Stem Cells

Drug discovery and pharmacology

Embryonic stem cells

Gene therapy

Genes and developmental neuroscience

Genetics

Imaging

Induced pluripotency

Microbiology, Infection and Tropical Medicine

Motor neuron disease

Musculoskeletal Science

Myocardial biology & energetics

Nanomedicine

Neurodegenerative diseases

Neuroscience

Parasitology

Stem cell biology and tissue engineering

Stem cells and cell therapy

Structural biology and proteomics

Structural biology, protein science and proteomics

Systems biology

Translational Medicine and Medical Technology

Parkinson's disease

Bioinformatics, Statistics and Computational Biology

DNA and protein sequence analysis

Functional genomics

Mathematical modeling

Cellular and molecular neuroscience

Molecular, Cell, Systems and Structural Biology

Biochemistry and chemical biology

Cell biology and microscopy

Ophthalmology

Circadian sciences and sleep

Genes, Genetics, Epigenetics and Genomics

Epigenetics

Gene expression

Paediatrics

Cancer

Cancer therapeutics (including biologicals) and vaccines

Ling Yang

Senior Epidemiologist

Manuela Zaccolo

Deputy Head of Department

Cardiovascular Sciences

Biochemistry and chemical biology

Cell biology and microscopy

Signal transduction

Myocardial biology & energetics

Pharmacology

Structural biology, protein science and proteomics

Molecular, Cell, Systems and Structural Biology

Diabetes and the metabolic syndrome

Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism

Cell fate specification and differentiation

Imaging

Computational modelling

Qiang Zhang

Associate Professor of AI in Cardiovascular Imaging