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Meet our Board of Trustees
The British Heart Foundation is governed by a Board of up to 14 trustees who are responsible for the governance and strategy of the BHF.
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How inequalities contribute to heart and circulatory diseases
Data has been brought together across prevention, treatment and outcomes by levels of deprivation in England, outlining health inequalities.
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Predicting and preventing hospitalisation in older people with heart diseaseUniversity of Manchester | Dr Adam Greenstein
Older people with heart disease are more likely to be admitted to hospital, and they often don’t do as well as younger, less frail people with the disease. In this fellowship, the fellow working with Dr Greenstein will investigate whether m...
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Investigating if MRI scanning can pick up prenatal brain defects in congenital heart diseaseUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Paul Griffiths
Structural problems in the developing heart (congenital heart disease) are amongst the most common birth defects in the UK. Many children with heart defects also have problems with the development of their brain, potentially causing difficu...
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How do faults in the ryanodine receptor lead to abnormal heart rhythms?Swansea University | Dr Spyros Zissimopoulos
BHF Senior Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Spyros Zissimopoulos is studying a protein involved in the electrical activity of the heart muscle cells that help the heart beat regularly. Dr Zissimopoulos is looking at how defects in the r...
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Swapping the heart’s energy source to treat heart failureUniversity of Oxford | Dr Oliver Rider
Regardless of cause, most heart diseases ultimately result in the heart being unable to pump out as much blood as a normal heart can, because it can’t contract as forcefully. To contract, the heart needs an energy source called ATP, and it’...
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Do chemical changes to DNA cause scarring in the heart during coronary heart disease?Queen's University Belfast | Dr Chris Watson
In coronary heart disease, the small vessels that deliver blood supply to the heart are narrowed by the build-up of fatty plaques in the artery wall. These can rupture and cause a blood clot that can completely block the artery. The consequ...
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How to improve detection of atrial fibrillation with fitness bands and smart watchesUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Peter Charlton
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a condition that causes irregular beating of the upper chambers of the heart. It increases the risk of stroke because a blood clot is more likely to form inside the heart and travel to the brain. AF is undiagnose...
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Can telling the body to clear inflammation prevent atherosclerosis?University of Aberdeen | Dr Dawn Thompson
The development of ‘fatty plaques’ in the blood vessels involves chronic inflammation. Some research efforts to treat plaques or prevent them growing are focusing on this inflammation. However, treatments that dampen down inflammation run ...