Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences We are leaders in cardiovascular research, including atrial fibrillation and heart failure, thrombosis and haemostasis, and vascular biology.
News Appointments made for new Director and Deputy Director of Clinical Research Professor Jon Townend and Dr Rick Steeds have been appointed Director and Deputy Director of Clinical Research respectively for the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences (ICVS), further enhancing the integration of clinical research in the Institute.
News Kidney donation does not increase the risk of cardiovascular disease for donors, research confirms
News Artificial Intelligence approach helps to identify patients with heart failure that respond to beta-blocker treatment
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 at the University of Birmingham.
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.
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.
20 November 2020 Targeted therapies for heart failure research receives £850,000 boost Dr Katja Gehmlich has been jointly awarded a three-year research grant from the Medical Research Council to understand how cardiac mechano-sensing works to help develop therapies for heart failure.
15 October 2020 University receives two awards to mark gender equality The College of Medical and Dental Sciences has achieved the Athena SWAN Silver award from the Athena SWAN Foundation, recognising the College's commitment to gender equality.
11 June 2020 Reader in Cardiovascular Immunology joins the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences Dr Ingrid Dumitriu has joined the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences from St George's, University of London
03 June 2020 Birmingham professor awarded Weizmann Institute joint programme grant Professor Dirk-Peter Herten at the ICVS has received the Weizmann-UK Joint Research Programme Award to improve spatial resolution and quantitative assessment of fluorescently labelled proteins in cells
26 May 2020 Birmingham researcher wins Programme Grant from the National Institutes of Health Dr Neil Morgan has been awarded a (Multi PI) R01 Programme Grant from the National Institutes of Health (USA) to research the role of the SLFN14 gene in megakaryopoiesis and platelet development.
20 April 2020 Global virtual forum keeps heart research going during COVID-19 lockdown A series of live webinars aimed at connecting the global community of cardiovascular researchers are attracting thousands of scientists and clinical doctors from around the world.
17 March 2020 New leadership for the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences Professor Roy Bicknell has taken over from Professor Paulus Kirchhof as Director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, supported by two Deputy Directors, Professor Ed Rainger and Dr Victoria Heath.
20 February 2020 Birmingham named one of just six new Life Sciences Opportunity Zones The Birmingham Health Partners ecosystem has been awarded Life Sciences Opportunity Zone status by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
06 February 2020 Institute Early Career Researcher awarded first grant Post-Doctoral researcher Dr Molly O'Reilly has been awarded a Research Development grant in order to investigate neuromodulation of ischaemia/reperfusion-induced arrhythmia.