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  • Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
  • Study
  • Postgraduate research
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  • British Heart Foundation 4-year PhD
    • Programme structure
    • List of supervisors

BHF 4-year PhD programme

List of supervisors

Find out more abour your potential supervisors.

The programme brings together principal investigators from across the University with world-leading expertise in the molecular, cellular and physiological mechanisms underpinning cardiovascular function in health and disease with translation to the clinic.

  • Sabu Abraham, Lecturer in Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Stuart Allan, Professor of Neuroscience
  • Nick Ashton, Senior Lecturer in Physiology
  • Christoph Ballestrem, Professor in Molecular Cell Biology
  • David Bechtold, Professor of Biological Timing
  • Jordi Bella, Lecturer in Biochemistry
  • Nicoletta Bobola, Professor in Developmental Biology and Genomics
  • David Brough, Professor in Neuroinflammation
  • Elizabeth Cartwright, Professor in Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Lizzy Cottrell, Lecturer in Maternal and Fetal Health
  • Katharine Dibb, Senior Lecturer in Cardiac Physiology
  • Halina Dobrzynski, Senior Lecturer in Cardiac Biology
  • James Eales, Lecturer in Cardiovascular Computational Biology
  • David Eisner, Professor of Cardiac Physiology
  • Gina Galli, Senior Lecturer in Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Julie Gough, Professor of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering
  • Adam Greenstein, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Vascular Biology
  • Marilena Hadjidemetriou, Lecturer in NanoOmics
  • Tony Heagerty, Professor of Medicine
  • Kathryn Hentges, Reader in Genetics
  • Shane Herbert, Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow
  • Paul Kasher, Stroke Association Lecturer 
  • Bernard Keavney, BHF Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Amir Keshmiri, Senior Lecturer in Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Ashraf Kitmitto, Professor of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences
  • Cath Lawrence, Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience
  • Wei Liu, Senior Lecturer in Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Simon Luckman, Brackenbury Chair of Physiology
  • Jenny Myers, Professor in Maternal and Fetal Health
  • Chris Miller, Professor and Consultant Cardiologist
  • William Newman, Professor of Translational Genomic Medicine
  • Delvac Oceandy, Professor of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences
  • Adrian Parry-Jones, Stroke Association Reader
  • Christian Pinali, BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow
  • Emmanuel Pinteaux, Reader in Neuroscience
  • Alistair Revell, Professor in Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Alberto Saiani, Professor in Molecular Materials
  • Kieran South, Stroke Association Lecturer
  • Mike Sherratt, Professor of Molecular Biochemistry
  • Holly Shiels, Professor in Integrative Physiology
  • Craig Smith, Professor of Stroke Medicine
  • David Talavera, Senior Lecturer in Genetics/Genomics
  • Maciej Tomaszewski, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Luigi Venetucci, Senior Lecturer and Consultant Cardiologist
  • Joy (Xin) Wang, Professor in Molecular Cardiology

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  • BHF 4-year PhD programme main page
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