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Welcome to the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences

The School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences (SCMMS) provides an outstanding multi-disciplinary environment for the pursuit of cutting-edge cardiovascular and metabolic research. We study the fundamental molecular, cellular, and physiological processes that underlie normal and abnormal cardiovascular and metabolic function and drive the translation of this strong basic science into advances in clinical practice.

Our research focuses on four main Themes (Cardiac, Vascular, Cardiometabolic, Diabetes & Obesity), with two cross-cutting Themes (Basic and Clinical). The School is led by Professor Mauro Giacca and comprises over 65 clinical and non-clinical academic groups, hosting 400 personnel and 110 PhD students. Our community of world-renowned researchers and educators have access to state-of-the art core facilities and expertise, including facilities for high-throughput screening and high content imaging, multimodality in vivo imaging, proteomics, integrative physiology and viral & non-viral vector production.

The School activities are carried out at three main locations: James Black Centre in Denmark Hill, St Thomas’s Hospital and Franklin-Wilkins Building in South Bank and the Hodgkin Building and New Hunt House/Randal Centre in Guy’s Campus.

As part of King’s Health Partners, we have an excellent environment for basic-clinical interaction and a strong focus on mentoring and career development. The School hosts the British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence at King's, which brings together a unique range of internationally recognised scientists and clinicians from across the School and King’s College London.

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Mauro Giacca
Head of School and Head of Section,
Cardiovascular Sciences

 
 
 
 

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Our focus themes

Cardiac

Cardiac

The Cardiac Theme, led by Professor Elisabeth Ehler, focuses on all matters that concern the heart…

Vascular

Vascular

The Vascular Theme, led by Professor Cathy Shanahan, focuses on functioning blood vessels -…

Diabetes & Obesity

Diabetes & Obesity

The Diabetes & Obesity Theme, led by Dr Gavin Bewick, strives to improve the health of people living…

Our cross cutting themes

Basic Science

Basic Science

Our cross-cutting Basic Science theme is led by Professor Mike Shattock and underpins our research…

Clinical Science

Clinical Science

Our cross-cutting Clinical Theme is led by Professor Bijan Modarai and promotes translational…

Our Activities within the school

DDI

DDI

Development, Diversity & Inclusion within the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine &…

Education

Education

Department for Education within the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences

International

International

Our International Connections within the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences

Postgraduate Research

Postgraduate Research

Postgraduate Research within the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences

News and Events for our school