Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences We are leaders in cardiovascular research, including atrial fibrillation and heart failure, thrombosis/thrombo-inflammation and vascular biology.
News Hunterian Professorship awarded to Birmingham Clinician Scientist Mr Nigel Drury, Clinician Scientist in Paediatric Cardiac Surgery at the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, has received the prestigious Hunterian Professorship for 2021 for his work on myocardial protection during heart surgery in children. The Hunterian Professorship, named after p
News Major award for a new national approach to improving clinical research in the NHS to benefit patient care
Posted 13 January 2021 Hunterian Professorship awarded to Birmingham Clinician Scientist Mr Nigel Drury, Clinician Scientist in Paediatric Cardiac Surgery at the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, has received the prestigious Hunterian Professsorship for 2021.
Posted 04 January 2021 Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences welcomes new Birmingham Fellow Dr James Guggenheim has been appointed as a Birmingham Fellow with the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, joining its long established world class research team.
Posted 15 December 2020 Major award for a new national approach to improving clinical research in the NHS to benefit patient care Funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the Department of Health & Social Care, DaRe2THINK will develop an entirely new way to run large clinical trials for patient benefit in the NHS.
Posted 02 December 2020 New research challenges the reason why a new class of drugs benefit patients with heart failure A recently published study by scientists from King's College London, University of Oxford, University of Glasgow and University of Birmingham sheds light on the mechanism of action of an exciting new class of drugs.