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PhD Project Title:聽Investigating the role of extracellular DNA and innate immunity in cell death during ischemia-reperfusion injury in the myocardium.
Supervisors:聽Professor Derek Yellon
Lay summary:
Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack) remains the leading cause of death and cardiovascular morbidity worldwide. Coronary artery occlusion during a Heart Attack results in ischemia; which is a cessation of blood and oxygen to the heart resulting in the death of heart cells. Restoring the blood flow to the myocardium, called reperfusion, after a period of ischemia also results in an intense inflammatory response in the heart which also causes heart cell death, this is called ischemia-reperfusion injury. We aim to gain a better understanding of the inflammation during ischemia-reperfusion injury in the heart and are testing new anti-inflammatory agents in order to protect the heart during a Heart Attack.
My Background聽
Prior to embarking on my PhD, I was a Specialist Registrar in Cardiology with extensive experience of working in the NHS as a Clinical Cardiologist throughout Manchester and South London.聽
I hope to pursue a dual career as a Research Clinician in the NHS once iv finished my BHF Clinical Research Fellowship here at the Hatter Cardiovascular Institute.
Qualifications
MBChB BSc(hons) MRCP
Awards
BHF Clinical Research Fellowship 2018
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