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About us

 

Welcome to the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences, incorporating the King’s British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre of Research Excellence.

 

 

We offer a wide range of clinical and non-clinical postgraduate training opportunities including 2 high-profile  PhD programmes allied to the BHF Centre of Research Excellence

Our School drives translation of world-leading basic science into advances in clinical practice with activities focusing on cardiac biomedicine and vascular biomedicine under the following six 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…

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…

The School is an integral part of the King’s Health Partners Cardiovascular Clinical Academic Group  and has strong internal connections with:

We have 290 researchers (including 50 Principal Investigators) and 70 PhD/MD students. 

School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences

For more information about the school, please contact the School Manager, Silvia Pedroni: