The Cardiovascular Sciences Research Centre is a multidisciplinary group which amalgamates clinical, surgical and basic science research expertise.
The mission of the Research Centre is to understand mechanisms of cardiovascular disease, and to identify rationale treatments as well as preventative measures.
Research groups and units operating within the Centre (Groups and Unit leads)
- Arrhythmias/genetics/sudden cardiac death (SCD) – (Professor Elijah Behr, Professor A John Camm)
- Cardiomyopathy and CVD/SCD in athletes (Professor Sanjay Sharma)
- Pathogenesis of angina pectoris and biomarkers (Professor JC Kaski, Dr Ingrid Dimitriu)
- Cardiovascular prevention and epidemiology (Professor Kausik Ray)
- Vascular Biology Research Unit (Dr Gillian Cockerill)
- Vascular Institute (Professor Matt Thompson)
- Lymphatics (Professor Peter Mortimer)
- Cardiac Surgery (Professor Marjan Jahangiri)
- Marfan Syndrome and associated conditions (Dr Anne Child)
- Heart failure (Dr Lisa Anderson)
- TAVI research (Dr Stephen JD Brecker, Professor Marjan Jahangiri)
- Drug trials (Clinical Research Facility)
Researchers in the Centre have strong collaborative links with St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust and are supported by major funders, including The British Heart Foundation (BHF), Cardiac Risk for the Young (CRY), the Medical Research Council (MRC) and European Union (EU).
For enquiries regarding postgraduate opportunities please contact the Research Group lead.