Our top Professors
Our researchers are the best of the best. They are committed to improving the understanding, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. Here, we’ve profiled our current Research Professors and Chairs, so you can get to know some of the people playing key leadership roles in our lifesaving research.
Research Professorships
Awarded since 2025.
Gerry McCann is BHF Professor of Cardiology at the University of Leicester.
Personal Chairs
Awarded until 2024.
Professor Charalambos Antoniades
Charalambos Antoniades is BHF Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford.
Andrew Baker is BHF Professor of Translational Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Edinburgh.
Martin Bennett is BHF Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Cambridge.
Matthew Bown is BHF Professor of Vascular Surgery at the University of Leicester.
Massimo Caputo is BHF Professor of Congenital Heart Surgery at the University of Bristol.
Barbara Casadei is BHF Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at Imperial College London.
Professor Keith Channon is BHF Field Marshal Earl Alexander Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford.
John Danesh is BHF Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the University of Cambridge.
Mathias Gautel is the BHF Professor of Molecular Cardiology at King's College London.
Mark Kearney is BHF Professor of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research at the University of Leeds.
Bernard Keavney is BHF Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Manchester.
Deborah Lawlor is BHF Professor of Cardiovascular Science and Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Bristol.
Ziad Mallat is BHF Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Cambridge.
Professor Federica Marelli-Berg
Federica Marelli-Berg is BHF Professor of Cardiovascular Immunology at Queen Mary University London.
Professor Manuel Mayr is BHF Professor of Cardiovascular Proteomics at Imperial College London.
Nicholas Mills is BHF Professor of Cardiology at University of Edinburgh.
Gavin Murphy is BHF Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Leicester.
David Newby is BHF John Wheatley Professor of Cardiology at the University of Edinburgh.
Declan O'Regan is BHF Professor of Cardiovascular AI at Imperial College London.
Paul Riley is BHF Professor of Regenerative Medicine at the University of Oxford.
Ajay Shah is BHF Professor of Cardiology at King’s College London.
Hugh Watkins is BHF Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford.