BHF Centres of Research Excellence
Raising the pulse of
heart research
More than one in three
deaths in the UK are from heart and circulatory disease. We
believe pioneering research is vital to help reduce this death
toll.
In an exciting £34 million initiative we have
established four Centres of BHF Research
Excellence. They will use innovative approaches to fuel
scientific discovery and medical advances in prevention, diagnosis
and treatment of heart disease.
Your donations fund groundbreaking research
We invest nearly £100 in research every minute. Already our
groundbreaking work has helped to save thousands of
lives, and improve the quality of thousands more. But
still, every year many people die prematurely because of heart
disease, and those who survive can find life difficult and
frightening.
Now, we are paving the way for
researchers in the UK to raise the pulse of heart
disease research and develop new treatments, faster than ever
before.
The four Centres
We have awarded funding to multidisciplinary research teams in
the following locations:
Each Centre will receive up to £1.5 million per
year over six years.
Key aims
This investment, together
with the researchers’ drive and commitment will ensure each Centre
achieves three main aims:
- To jump-start innovative research
projects and support inspirational ideas
- To seek out and train the very best young
doctors and scientists to become the next generation of heart
researcherss
- To foster pioneering research
partnerships between heart scientists and other
specialists, such as engineers and mathematicians, to gain brand
new insight and ideas to tackle heart disease.
This unique initiative will
provide the roots from which the next generation of world-leading
heart researchers will grow.
The BHF Centres of Research
Excellence should produce more than 150
talented new researchers who can tackle heart disease. And
that’s just the start – the investment will grow as researchers
collaborate and move between universities, accelerating progress
across the UK.
With the BHF’s help, UK heart research will
bring life-saving treatments to more people, more quickly.
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