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
Principal Investigators in this theme:
| Name: Professor Franklin Aigbirhio Topic: Novel radiopharmaceuticals and radiochemical methods for molecular imaging Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Clinical Neurosciences Email: fia20@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: www.micl.wbic.cam.ac.uk/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Martin Bennett Topic: Regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and apoptosis Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Clinical Science Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) Email: mrb24@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/bennett/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof John Bradley Topic: Regulation and function of death receptors in the microvasculature Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Clinical Science Department: Medicine Email: jrb1000@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/bradley/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Clare Bryant Topic: Pattern Recognition Receptor signalling in inflammatory and infectious disease Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Department: Departments of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine Email: ceb27@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ceb27%40cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Stephen Burgess Topic: Genetics and causality Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health Department: MRC Biostatistics Unit Email: sb452@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/people/in-alphabetical-order/a-to-g/stephe... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof Murray Clarke Topic: Novel mechanisms that induce vascular inflammation; particularly IL-1 family members and inflammasomes Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medicine (Section of CardioRespiratory Medicine) Email: mchc2@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/clarke/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Danesh Topic: Molecular and genetic epidemiology of coronary heart disease Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health Department: Department of Public Health and Primary Care Email: johndaneshpa@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/ceu-group/ceu-senior-academic-staff/pro... Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Anthony Davenport Topic: Role of G-protein coupled receptors in the human cardiovascular system and changes in signalling pathways in disease. Discovery of biased apelin receptor agonists. Publications: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2096-3117 Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Department: Department of Medicine (EMIT) Email: apd10@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cardiovascular.cam.ac.uk/directory/adavenport/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr James Fraser Topic: Cardiac and skeletal muscle excitability in health and disease Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Clinical Science Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: jaf21@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/fraser/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Dino Giussani Topic: Developmental origins of cardiovascular health and disease Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Clinical Science Department: Physiology Development & Neuroscience Email: dag26@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/dino-giussani Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jane Goodall Topic: Role of ER stress in inflammation and cardiovascular disease Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Clinical Science Department: Medicine Email: jcg23@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/Networkdirectory/jcg23@medschl.cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andrew Grace Topic: Cellular Genetics of Arrhythmia Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Clinical Science Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: aag1000@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/grace Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alessandra Granata Topic: Modelling Vascular Dementia and Stroke using patients’ iPSC Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells Department: Clinical Neurosciences Email: ag686@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cardiovascular.cam.ac.uk/directory/agranata Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jules Griffin Topic: Development of NMR spectroscopy mass spectrometry and pattern recognition techniques for metabolomics Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Biochemistry (Cambridge Systems Biology Centre) Email: j.l.griffin@bioc.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/griffin.html Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Eric Harshfield Topic: Using multi-omics to predict, diagnose, and prevent risk of stroke and vascular dementia and prioritise therapeutic targets Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Clinical Neurosciences Email: eh457@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/member/eh457/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Chris Huang Topic: Calcium and cellular activation processes in skeletal and cardiac muscle including mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmogenesis Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Clinical Science Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: clh11@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/huang/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor James Huntington Topic: Basic and translational research into thrombosis and haemophilia Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Clinical Science Department: CIMR/Haematology Email: jah52@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-jim-huntington-fmedsci Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Tony Jackson Topic: Sodium channels and other plasma membrane proteins Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: apj10@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/jackson-tony Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Helle Jorgensen Topic: Regulation of cell plasticity and heterogeneity in health and cardiovascular disease Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells Department: Medicine Email: hfj22@cam.ac.uk Website: www.cardiovascular.cam.ac.uk/directory/hjorgensen Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Thomas Krieg Topic: Cardiovascular Medicine, heart attack, stroke Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Clinical Science Department: Medicine Email: tk382@cam.ac.uk Website: krieglab.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Samuel Lambert Topic: Multimorbidity involving cardiometabolic diseases; molecular and genetic epidemiology; polygenic [risk] scores; risk prediction; open-science tools and resources Themes: Department: Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health & Primary Care Email: sl925@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cardiovascular.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-samuel-lambert Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Wei Li Topic: Molecular basis of TGFß/BMP signalling in cardiovascular diseases Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Medicine Email: wl225@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cardiovascular.cam.ac.uk/directory/wli Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Xuan Li Topic: Microtubule-dependent mechanism in regulating inflammation Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Department: Department of Medicine Email: XL315@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.hlri.cam.ac.uk/investigators/dr-xuan-li/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ziad Mallatt 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 Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Clinical Science Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) Email: zm255@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/mallat/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nicholas Morrell Topic: The molecular and genetic basis of pulmonary arterial hypertension Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Clinical Science Department: Medicine Email: nwm23@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/morrell/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Michael Murphy Topic: Targeting molecules to mitochondria mitochondrial radical production thiol redox state and redox signalling Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: michael.murphy@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/mike-murphy Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andrew Murray Topic: Mitochondrial physiology in health and disease Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-murray Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor James Nathan Topic: Cellular mechanisms of oxygen and nutrient sensing Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Medicine Email: jan33@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/james-nathan/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Meritxell Nus Topic: Atherosclerosis, B and T cells, diet, gut microbiota. Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Clinical Science Department: Department of Medicine Email: mn421@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cardiovascular.cam.ac.uk/directory/meritxell-nus Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stephen O'Rahilly Topic: The endocrine control of metabolism in health and disease Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology, Clinical Science Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/hod/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Susan Ozanne Topic: Early life programming of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: seo10@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/susan-oza... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Chris Rodgers Topic: Ultra-high field (7T) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre) Email: ctr28@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?ctr28 Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor James Rudd Topic: Non-invasive imaging can quantify and track inflammation in human and animal vascular disease Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Medical Imaging, Clinical Science Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) Email: jhfr2@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.cambridgecancercentre.org.uk/users/jhfrudd Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Milka Sarris Topic: Immune cells and how they navigate through tissues in vivo to mount inflammatory responses Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Clinical Science Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ms543@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/milka-sarris Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri Topic: Placental development and function and its relevance for pregnancy success and life-long health Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ans48@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/amanda-sferruzzi-perri Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sanjay Sinha Topic: Cardiovascular disease modelling and regenerative medicine Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Clinical Science Department: Deparment of Medicine Email: ss661@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/sinha Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nicole Soranzo Topic: Human complex traits Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Clinical Science Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: ns6@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/soranzo-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Charlotte Summers Topic: Mechanisms of acute and chronic lung and systemic vascular inflammation; acute hyperaemic respiratory failure Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Clinical Science Department: Medicine Email: cs493@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.hlri.cam.ac.uk/investigators/charlotte-summers/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sarah Teichmann Topic: Genomics, Bioinformatics, Immunology, Human Cell Atlas Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute & Department of Medicine Email: sat1003@cam.ac.uk Website: www.teichlab.org Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mark Toshner Topic: Pulmonary hypertension Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Clinical Science Department: Department of Medicine Email: mrt34@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.med.cam.ac.uk/staff/mark-toshner/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kamen Tsvetanov 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. Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Clinical Neurosciences Email: kat35@cam.ac.uk Website: https://neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/member/kat35/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kamen Tsvetanov 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. Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Clinical Neuroscieces Email: kat35@cam.ac.uk Website: https://neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/member/kat35/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Richard Tyser Topic: Heart Development Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: rt593@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/tyser Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Antonio Vidal-Puig Topic: Molecular mechanisms of energy balance Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Clinical Science Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: ajv22@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/VidalPuig/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jonathan Weir-McCall Topic: Cardiothoracic imaging particularly in the use of CT and MRI Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Medical Imaging, Clinical Science Department: Department of Radiology Email: jw2079@cam.ac.uk Website: http://radiology.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/departmental-staff/research-... Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ian Wilkinson Topic: Endothelial cell biology large artery haemodynamics and hypertension: clinical investigation Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Clinical Science Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Clinical Pharmacology) Email: ibw20@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.clinpharm.medschl.cam.ac.uk/people/wilkinson.html Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Catherine Wilson Topic: Cardiovascular cell signalling Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: chw39@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
