Key staff in the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences

The Department of Cardiovascular Sciences brings together more than 20 core principal investigators, with key honorary clinical colleagues from partner NHS Trusts and associate investigators from other Departments and Colleges across the University of Birmingham, to form an inter-disciplinary collaborative team able to tackle leading health issues of our time.

We are based in the College of Medicine and Health on the University campus, with colleagues in the adjacent University Hospitals Birmingham, as well as the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust and the Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospitals. We benefit from the outstanding ability of Birmingham to facilitate translational science through the Birmingham Health Partners, the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR)/Wellcome Clinical Research Facility, the biobanking capacity of the Human Biomaterial Resource Centre and the Institute of Translational Medicine located next to the Department. 

Dr Victoria Heath

Deputy Director of Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Director of Education
Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology

Professor Richard Steeds

Honorary Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Deputy Director of Clinical Research
Consultant in Cardiovascular Imaging

Professor Steve P. Watson

Professor in Cardiovascular Sciences and Cellular Pharmacology
Head of the Birmingham Platelet Group

Principal Investigators

Dr Ingrid Dumitriu

Reader in Cardiovascular Immunology
PGR Clinical Lead
Theme Lead - Vascular Biology and Inflammation

Dr Victoria Heath

Deputy Director of Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Director of Education
Senior Lecturer in Molecular Biology

Dr Neena Kalia

Reader in Microcirculation Research
Director of the Intravital Imaging Research Facility

Dr Julie Rayes

Associate Professor in Cardiovascular Sciences
British Heart Foundation Intermediate Fellow

Dr Anna N Seale

Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
Consultant Fetal and Paediatric Cardiologist

Professor Richard Steeds

Honorary Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Deputy Director of Clinical Research
Consultant in Cardiovascular Imaging

Dr Mark Thomas

Associate Professor of Cardiology and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist

Professor Steve P. Watson

Professor in Cardiovascular Sciences and Cellular Pharmacology
Head of the Birmingham Platelet Group

 

Honorary Staff

Dr Nada Al-Sakini

Honorary Associate Clinical Professor
Consultant Cardiologist in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)
ACHD Echocardiography Lead, Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust, Birmingham
Email: nada.al-sakini@uhb.nhs.uk

Professor Charles Ferro

Consultant Nephrologist: University Hospitals Birmingham
Honorary Professor of Renal Medicine: University of Birmingham
Honorary Lecturer: University College London
Email: c.j.ferro@bham.ac.uk

Dr Gillian Lowe

Honorary Associate Professor
Consultant Haematologist, University Hospital Birmingham
Deputy Director of Research for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Email: g.c.lowe@bham.ac.uk