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
19 September 2018 Internationally-respected cardiologist appointed Director of the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences Professor Paulus Kirchhof, who joined the University of Birmingham in 2011 as a Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine.
06 September 2018 Birmingham researcher presented with prestigious William Cullen Prize Dr Deirdre Lane, who is based in the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious William Cullen Prize by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
28 August 2018 Birmingham researcher's captivating image shortlisted in national science competition Birmingham researcher Abdullah Obaid Khan's captivating image of blood platelet production has been shortlisted in a national science competition.
31 July 2018 New study aims to discover if kidney transplants reverse heart damage in patients with chronic kidney disease The University is leading a new clinical trial to discover if kidney transplants can reverse heart and blood circulation damage which is often caused by chronic kidney disease.
12 July 2018 Dr Dipak Kotecha awarded the 2018 Michael Davies Early Career Award Dr Dipak Kotecha, a clinican-scientist within the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, was awarded the prestigious Michael Davies Early Career Award.
10 May 2018 Introducing our new research fellows The Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences is delighted to introduce three of our new researchers, who have been awarded fellowships.
04 May 2018 COMPARE researchers awarded Life Sciences Video of the Year at the Scientists' Choice Awards The annual Scientists' Choice Awards celebrate the laboratory products and manufacturers that make a biggest difference to the science industry.
04 May 2018 COMPARE – a Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham partnership – officially launched COMPARE, a unique collaboration between the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham that brings together leading researchers to develop novel methods for visualising single membrane proteins.
04 May 2018 UK and Brazilian scientists join forces to battle biggest killers Scientists at the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham have joined their counterparts at Brazil's National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM).
20 March 2018 Trial results shows safety of drugs for patients undergoing treatment for an irregular heartbeat A trial led by the University of Birmingham has found that two types of blood thinning drugs are safe to use in patients with an irregular heartbeat when they are undergoing surgery aimed at stopping the condition.
22 February 2018 Dr Myriam Chimen has been awarded the Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellowship Dr Myriam Chimen has been awarded a 5-year Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellowship to investigate the glucocorticoid regulation of a novel pathway controlling T-cell trafficking in chronic inflammatory diseases and ageing.
26 October 2017 Researchers pursue novel therapeutic targets for inflammatory bowel disease A group of University of Birmingham research scientists has received a prestigious Innovators Award from US-based Kenneth Rainin Foundation to fund foundational research in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).