Cardiovascular Science and Medicine
The Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Research Theme includes the following sub-groups:
- Cardiovascular Biology
- Molecular Cell Biology
- Immunology
- Metabolism and Endocrinology
- Medical Imaging
- Developmental Biology
- Genetics and Genomics
- Inflammation and Inflammatory Diseases
- Hypoxia and Ischemia
- Regenerative Medicine
How to find a research supervisor
Research supervisors are either staff members of the University, or based in one of the research units or institutions associated with the University.
Supervisors are in high demand and may not be able to respond to your enquiry immediately, so please be patient. Some may already be supervising the maximum number of PhD students they can, and won’t be able to take on any new students.
Browse potential research supervisors:
accepting applications from prospective postgraduate students
accepting applications from summer students
Supervisors accepting applications from prospective Postgraduate Students:
Professor Franklin Aigbirhio
Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Novel radiopharmaceuticals and radiochemical methods for molecular imaging
Email: fia20@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Johannes Bargehr
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Topic: Immunomodulation in Cardiac Repair
Email: jb832@cam.ac.uk
Professor Martin Bennett
Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Topic: Regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and apoptosis
Email: mrb24@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Professor Clare Bryant
Departments of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Pattern Recognition Receptor signalling in inflammatory and infectious disease
Email: ceb27@cam.ac.uk
Dr Stephen Burgess
MRC Biostatistics Unit
Topic: Genetics and causality
Email: sb452@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Professor Murray Clarke
Department of Medicine (Section of CardioRespiratory Medicine)
Topic: Novel mechanisms that induce vascular inflammation; particularly IL-1 family members and inflammasomes
Email: mchc2@cam.ac.uk
Professor John Danesh
Department of Public Health and Primary Care
Topic: Molecular and genetic epidemiology of coronary heart disease
Email: johndaneshpa@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr James Fraser
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Cardiac and skeletal muscle excitability in health and disease
Email: jaf21@cam.ac.uk
Professor Dino Giussani
Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Developmental origins of cardiovascular health and disease
Email: dag26@cam.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Grace
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Cellular Genetics of Arrhythmia
Email: aag1000@cam.ac.uk
Dr Stefan Gräf
Department of Medicine
Topic: Genetics, genomics and environmental determinants of sex-differences in microvascular health and disease
Email: sg550@cam.ac.uk
Dr Alessandra Granata
Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Modelling Vascular Dementia and Stroke using patients’ iPSC
Email: ag686@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jules Griffin
Department of Biochemistry (Cambridge Systems Biology Centre)
Topic: Development of NMR spectroscopy mass spectrometry and pattern recognition techniques for metabolomics
Email: j.l.griffin@bioc.cam.ac.uk
Dr Eric Harshfield
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Multi-omics for prediction of vascular dementia and other vascular neurodegenerative diseases, and prioritisation of therapeutic targets for prevention and treatment
Email: eh457@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Professor Chris Huang
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Calcium and cellular activation processes in skeletal and cardiac muscle including mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmogenesis
Email: clh11@cam.ac.uk
Professor James Huntington
CIMR/Haematology
Topic: Basic and translational research into thrombosis and haemophilia
Email: jah52@cam.ac.uk
Dr Tony Jackson
Biochemistry
Topic: Sodium channels and other plasma membrane proteins
Email: apj10@cam.ac.uk
Dr Helle Jorgensen
Medicine
Topic: Regulation of cell plasticity and heterogeneity in health and cardiovascular disease
Email: hfj22@cam.ac.uk
Professor Thomas Krieg
Medicine
Topic: Cardiovascular Medicine, heart attack, stroke
Email: tk382@cam.ac.uk
Dr Samuel Lambert
Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health & Primary Care
Topic: Multimorbidity involving cardiometabolic diseases; molecular and genetic epidemiology; polygenic [risk] scores; risk prediction; open-science tools and resources
Email: sl925@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Wei Li
Medicine
Topic: Molecular basis of TGFß/BMP signalling in cardiovascular diseases
Email: wl225@cam.ac.uk
Dr Xuan Li
Department of Medicine
Topic: Microtubule-dependent mechanism in regulating inflammation
Email: XL315@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mohammad Lotfollahi
Welcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Artificial Intelligence
Email: ml19@sanger.acuk
Professor Ziad Mallatt
Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Topic: The roles of innate and adaptive immunity in the development and progression of vascular diseases (atherosclerosis and vascular aneurysm) and response to post-ischemic injury
Email: zm255@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Michael Murphy
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Topic: Targeting molecules to mitochondria mitochondrial radical production thiol redox state and redox signalling
Email: michael.murphy@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Murray
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Mitochondrial physiology in health and disease
Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk
Professor James Nathan
Department of Medicine
Topic: Cellular mechanisms of oxygen and nutrient sensing
Email: jan33@cam.ac.uk
Dr Meritxell Nus
Department of Medicine
Topic: Atherosclerosis, B and T cells, diet, gut microbiota.
Email: mn421@cam.ac.uk
Professor Stephen O'Rahilly
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: The endocrine control of metabolism in health and disease
Email: so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Professor Susan Ozanne
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
Email: seo10@cam.ac.uk
Professor Chris Rodgers
Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre)
Topic: Ultra-high field (7T) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)
Email: ctr28@cam.ac.uk
Professor James Rudd
Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Topic: Non-invasive imaging can quantify and track inflammation in human and animal vascular disease
Email: jhfr2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Milka Sarris
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Immune cells and how they navigate through tissues in vivo to mount inflammatory responses
Email: ms543@cam.ac.uk
Professor Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Placental development and function and its relevance for pregnancy success and life-long health
Email: ans48@cam.ac.uk
Professor Sanjay Sinha
Deparment of Medicine
Topic: Cardiovascular disease modelling and regenerative medicine
Email: ss661@cam.ac.uk
Professor Charlotte Summers
Medicine
Topic: Mechanisms of acute and chronic lung and systemic vascular inflammation; acute hyperaemic respiratory failure
Email: cs493@cam.ac.uk
Professor Sarah Teichmann
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute & Department of Medicine
Topic: Genomics, Bioinformatics, Immunology, Human Cell Atlas
Email: sat1003@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mark Toshner
Department of Medicine
Topic: Pulmonary hypertension
Email: mrt34@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Kamen Tsvetanov
Clinical Neuroscieces
Topic: The effects of vascular health and brain health on cognitive function in healthy subjects and neurodegenerative disease; multimodal neuroimaging (MRI, DWI, fMRI, MEG, PET, MRS); brain resilience and vulnerability.
Email: kat35@cam.ac.uk
Dr Richard Tyser
Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)
Topic: Heart Development
Email: rt593@cam.ac.uk
Professor Antonio Vidal-Puig
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Molecular mechanisms of energy balance
Email: ajv22@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jonathan Weir-McCall
Department of Radiology
Topic: Cardiothoracic imaging particularly in the use of CT and MRI
Email: jw2079@cam.ac.uk
Professor Ian Wilkinson
Department of Medicine (Division of Clinical Pharmacology)
Topic: Endothelial cell biology large artery haemodynamics and hypertension: clinical investigation
Email: ibw20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Catherine Wilson
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Cardiovascular cell signalling
Email: chw39@cam.ac.uk
Research supervisors accepting applications from summer students
Professor Martin Bennett
Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Topic: Regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and apoptosis
Email: mrb24@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Professor Clare Bryant
Departments of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Pattern Recognition Receptor signalling in inflammatory and infectious disease
Email: ceb27@cam.ac.uk
Dr Stephen Burgess
MRC Biostatistics Unit
Topic: Genetics and causality
Email: sb452@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr James Fraser
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Cardiac and skeletal muscle excitability in health and disease
Email: jaf21@cam.ac.uk
Professor Dino Giussani
Physiology Development & Neuroscience
Topic: Developmental origins of cardiovascular health and disease
Email: dag26@cam.ac.uk
Dr Stefan Gräf
Department of Medicine
Topic: Genetics, genomics and environmental determinants of sex-differences in microvascular health and disease
Email: sg550@cam.ac.uk
Dr Alessandra Granata
Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Modelling Vascular Dementia and Stroke using patients’ iPSC
Email: ag686@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jules Griffin
Department of Biochemistry (Cambridge Systems Biology Centre)
Topic: Development of NMR spectroscopy mass spectrometry and pattern recognition techniques for metabolomics
Email: j.l.griffin@bioc.cam.ac.uk
Professor Chris Huang
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Calcium and cellular activation processes in skeletal and cardiac muscle including mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmogenesis
Email: clh11@cam.ac.uk
Professor James Huntington
CIMR/Haematology
Topic: Basic and translational research into thrombosis and haemophilia
Email: jah52@cam.ac.uk
Dr Tony Jackson
Biochemistry
Topic: Sodium channels and other plasma membrane proteins
Email: apj10@cam.ac.uk
Dr Helle Jorgensen
Medicine
Topic: Regulation of cell plasticity and heterogeneity in health and cardiovascular disease
Email: hfj22@cam.ac.uk
Dr Wei Li
Medicine
Topic: Molecular basis of TGFß/BMP signalling in cardiovascular diseases
Email: wl225@cam.ac.uk
Dr Xuan Li
Department of Medicine
Topic: Microtubule-dependent mechanism in regulating inflammation
Email: XL315@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mohammad Lotfollahi
Welcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Artificial Intelligence
Email: ml19@sanger.acuk
Professor Ziad Mallatt
Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Topic: The roles of innate and adaptive immunity in the development and progression of vascular diseases (atherosclerosis and vascular aneurysm) and response to post-ischemic injury
Email: zm255@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Michael Murphy
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Topic: Targeting molecules to mitochondria mitochondrial radical production thiol redox state and redox signalling
Email: michael.murphy@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Murray
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Mitochondrial physiology in health and disease
Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk
Professor James Nathan
Department of Medicine
Topic: Cellular mechanisms of oxygen and nutrient sensing
Email: jan33@cam.ac.uk
Dr Meritxell Nus
Department of Medicine
Topic: Atherosclerosis, B and T cells, diet, gut microbiota.
Email: mn421@cam.ac.uk
Professor Stephen O'Rahilly
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: The endocrine control of metabolism in health and disease
Email: so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Professor Susan Ozanne
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
Email: seo10@cam.ac.uk
Professor Chris Rodgers
Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre)
Topic: Ultra-high field (7T) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS)
Email: ctr28@cam.ac.uk
Professor James Rudd
Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine)
Topic: Non-invasive imaging can quantify and track inflammation in human and animal vascular disease
Email: jhfr2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Milka Sarris
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Immune cells and how they navigate through tissues in vivo to mount inflammatory responses
Email: ms543@cam.ac.uk
Professor Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Placental development and function and its relevance for pregnancy success and life-long health
Email: ans48@cam.ac.uk
Professor Charlotte Summers
Medicine
Topic: Mechanisms of acute and chronic lung and systemic vascular inflammation; acute hyperaemic respiratory failure
Email: cs493@cam.ac.uk
Professor Sarah Teichmann
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute & Department of Medicine
Topic: Genomics, Bioinformatics, Immunology, Human Cell Atlas
Email: sat1003@cam.ac.uk
Dr Kamen Tsvetanov
Clinical Neuroscieces
Topic: The effects of vascular health and brain health on cognitive function in healthy subjects and neurodegenerative disease; multimodal neuroimaging (MRI, DWI, fMRI, MEG, PET, MRS); brain resilience and vulnerability.
Email: kat35@cam.ac.uk
Dr Richard Tyser
Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)
Topic: Heart Development
Email: rt593@cam.ac.uk
Professor Antonio Vidal-Puig
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Molecular mechanisms of energy balance
Email: ajv22@cam.ac.uk
Professor Ian Wilkinson
Department of Medicine (Division of Clinical Pharmacology)
Topic: Endothelial cell biology large artery haemodynamics and hypertension: clinical investigation
Email: ibw20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Catherine Wilson
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Cardiovascular cell signalling
Email: chw39@cam.ac.uk