Principal investigators in this theme:
| Name: Professor Margaret Ashcroft Department: Department of Medicine Email: m.ashcroft@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular cell biology Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/ashcroft/ Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Martin Bennett Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) Email: mrb24@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Regulation of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and apoptosis Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/bennett/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Bradley Department: Department of Medicine Email: jrb1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Regulation and function of death receptors in the microvasculature; factors influencing access to treatment and outcomes for patients with chronic kidney disease Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/bradley/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Murray Clarke Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) Email: mchc2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Novel mechanisms that induce vascular inflammation; particularly IL-1 family members and inflammasomes Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/clarke/ Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Danesh Department: Department of Public Health and Primary Care Email: johndaneshpa@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular and genetic epidemiology of coronary heart disease Website: http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/ceu-group/ceu-senior-academic-staff/pro... Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Anthony Davenport Department: Department of Medicine (EMIT) Email: apd10@medschl.cam.ac.uk 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 Website: https://www.cardiovascular.cam.ac.uk/directory/adavenport/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr James Fraser Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: jaf21@cam.ac.uk Topic: Combining computer modelling and experimental work to investigate the relationship between membrane potential cell volume and intracellular ion concentrations in normal and arrhythmic hearts Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/fraser/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Dino Giussani Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: dag26@cam.ac.uk Topic: Hypoxia and developmental origins of cardiovascular health and disease Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/giussani Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jane Goodall Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) Email: jcg23@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Sensing of chlamydia infection and cellular stress. Role of ER stress in inflammation and cardiovascular disease Website: https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/Networkdirectory/jcg23@medschl.cam.ac.uk Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Grace Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: aag1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Functional effects of genetic mutations associated with cardiac arrhythmias in genetically modified mice and clinical studies Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/grace.html Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jules Griffin Department: Department of Biochemistry (Cambridge Systems Biology Centre) Email: j.l.griffin@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Development of NMR spectroscopy mass spectrometry and pattern recognition techniques for metabolomics Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/griffin.html Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor James Huntington Department: Department of Haematology (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: jah52@cam.ac.uk Topic: Basic and translational research into thrombosis, haemophilia and antitrypsin deficiency Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-jim-huntington Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Helle Jorgensen Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) Email: hfj22@cam.ac.uk Topic: Epigenetic regulation in cardiovascular development and disease Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/jorgensen/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Thomas Krieg Department: Department of Medicine( EMIT) Email: tk382@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Ischaemia/reperfusion injury Website: https://emit.medschl.cam.ac.uk/people/investigators/dr-thomas-krieg/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Claudia Langenberg Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit Email: claudia.langenberg@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Topic: Epidemiology of diabetes and cardiovascular complications Website: http://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/research/research-areas/aetiology-of-diabetes Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Epidemiology and Public Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Wei Li Department: Department of Medicine Email: wl225@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms of endothelial BMP signalling in cardiovascular diseases Website: https://www.cardiovascular.cam.ac.uk/directory/wli Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Xuan Li Department: Department of Medicine Email: xl315@cam.ac.uk Topic: Microtubule-dependent mechanism in regulating inflammatory diseases Website: https://www.cardiovascular.cam.ac.uk/directory/xuan-li Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ziad Mallatt Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) Email: zm255@medschl.cam.ac.uk 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 Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/mallat/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nick Morrell Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Respiratory Medicine) Email: nwm23@cam.ac.uk Topic: The molecular pathology of primary pulmonary hypertension Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/morrell/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Michael Murphy Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: michael.murphy@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Targeting molecules to mitochondria mitochondrial radical production thiol redox state and redox signalling Website: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/mike-murphy Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Murray Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mitochondrial metabolism in cardiac and skeletal muscle Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/murray/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kevin O'Shaugnessy Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Clinical Pharmacology) Email: kmo22@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: The molecular genetics of essential hypertension and pre-eclampsia and the role of salt in hypertension Website: http://www.clinpharm.medschl.cam.ac.uk/people/oshaughnessy.html Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Willem Ouwehand Department: Department of Haematology (Transfusion Medicine) Email: who1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Gene sequence variation in human platelets and atherothrombosis Website: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/professor-willem-h-ouwehand Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr James Rudd Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) Email: jhfr2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Non-invasive imaging can quantify and track inflammation in human and animal vascular disease Website: http://www.cambridgecancercentre.org.uk/users/jhfrudd Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Medical Imaging Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Stewart Sage Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: sos10@cam.ac.uk Topic: Calcium signalling in blood platelets Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/sage/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ans48@cam.ac.uk Topic: Placental development and function and its relevance for pregnancy success and life-long health Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/amanda-sferruzzi-perri Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nicole Soranzo Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: ns6@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Human complex traits Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/soranzo-group Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Charlotte Summers Department: Department of Medicine Email: cs493@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Neutrophil-endothelial cell interaction in acute and chronic inflammation Website: https://www.med.cam.ac.uk/summers/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Medical Imaging Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mark Toshner Department: Department of Medicine Email: mrt23@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Pulmonary hypertension Website: https://www.med.cam.ac.uk/staff/mark-toshner/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Antonio Vidal-Puig Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: ajv22@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular mechanisms of energy balance Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/VidalPuig/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jonathan Weir-McCall Department: Department of Radiology Email: jw2079@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cardiothoracic imaging particularly in the use of CT and MRI Website: http://radiology.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/departmental-staff/research-... Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Medical Imaging Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ian Wilkinson Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Clinical Pharmacology) Email: ibw20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Endothelial cell biology large artery haemodynamics and hypertension: clinical investigation Website: http://www.clinpharm.medschl.cam.ac.uk/people/wilkinson.html Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Catherine Wilson Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: chw39@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cardiovascular cell signalling Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
