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.
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.
Dr Ingrid Dumitriu has joined the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences from St George's, University of London
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
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.
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.
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.
The Birmingham Health Partners ecosystem has been awarded Life Sciences Opportunity Zone status by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Post-Doctoral researcher Dr Molly O'Reilly has been awarded a Research Development grant in order to investigate neuromodulation of ischaemia/reperfusion-induced arrhythmia.
Dr Abdullah Khan, Postdoctoral Researcher with the Birmingham Platelet Group, has been awarded a prestigious Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship.