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University of Bristol | Dr Genevieve Buckland

Heart and circulatory diseases normally occur in adults, but the underlying processes can begin early in life. It is thought that poor diets during childhood affect ‘cardiometabolic risk factors’ and lead to a state of continuous inflammati...

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University of Cambridge | Professor Nicholas Morrell

The BHF have awarded a grant to Professor Nick Morell at the University of Cambridge to establish a cohort of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and their families throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. The cohort will ...

There are few who don’t enjoy warming up by a fire in winter or sitting around a fire pit outside in the summer. Yet few people know that open fires and wood burners release pollutants into the air known as PM2.5, which can seriously damage your heart and circulatory health.

We’ve streamlined and modernised our Fellowship funding schemes to provide clearer pathways for career progression, greater flexibility, and enhanced resources for training and development.

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University of Birmingham | Dr Alexander Brill

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot that develops within a deep vein in the body, usually in the leg. Large cells found close to blood vessels called mast cells (MCs) are known to be important in DVT, but it is not known what trigger...

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University of Leicester | Professor Gavin Murphy

Kidney injury after cardiac surgery affects over a quarter of heart operations, and increases the risk of other severe complications developing. BHF Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Gavin Murphy and colleagues at the University of Leicester, w...

Professor Vijay Kunadian tells us how her pioneering research aims to confront health inequalities.

We've published a report setting out what we're doing on gender and ethnicity pay at British Heart Foundation.

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Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Roger Corder

Endothelin-1 is a chemical compound that can cause blood vessels to constrict. This can lead to high blood pressure and worsen the symptoms of heart failure, a debilitating condition where the heart is unable to meet the body’s demands. Hea...

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University of Edinburgh | Professor Joanna Wardlaw

Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a common disease affecting the small blood vessels of the brain. SVD is responsible for nearly half of all dementia cases and a fifth of all strokes worldwide. The cause of the disease is poorly unders...