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Meet the CureHeart team

With around 1 in 250 people worldwide affected by an inherited heart muscle disease, this mission reaches beyond the UK. A team of experts from around the globe have combined forces to jointly navigate CureHeart's path to success.

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CureHeart on three continents: an interview with Harvard PhD student Jack Queenan

Imagine designing a tool capable of changing one letter of the 3 billion in our genome. Welcome to Jack’s world.

3,000 miles west of the UK, meet Harvard PhD student Jack Queenan, who is developing gene editing tools that could represent cures for inherited heart muscle diseases.

Harvard PhD researcher Jack Queenan

Interview

An interview with PhD student Rosie Kirk, a researcher for CureHeart

Some people grow up wanting to be lifesaving doctors. Others want to make groundbreaking scientific discoveries. Rosie Kirk decided she wanted to do both.

The University of Oxford PhD student shares her story so far, and how it brought her to the CureHeart team, working towards developing lifesaving cures for inherited heart muscle diseases.

PhD student Rosie Kirk

Interview

Meet our experts

CureHeart has assembled an international team of scientific experts to achieve its vision. Get to know our visionary leadership team.

CureHeart was selected in recognition of the boldness of its ambition, the scale of its potential benefit for patients with genetic heart muscle diseases and their families, and the excellence of the international team of participating researchers.

Sir Patrick Vallance, Chair of the BHF’s International Advisory Panel and Government Chief Scientific Adviser

The incredible science behind CureHeart

Explore the team’s bold aims, and the science powering their progress.

The cutting edge science used by the CureHeart team