Course summary

Our PhD/MPhil Cardiovascular Sciences programme enables you to undertake a research project that will improve understanding of Cardiovascular Sciences. Cardiovascular diseases are major causes of mortality and morbidity in developed and developing countries worldwide. Our research spans five main themes:

• Cardiovascular genetics and development;

• Experimental cardiology;

• Vascular biology/hypertension;

• Stroke;

• Clinical cardiovascular research.

• Cardiac and vascular electrophysiology;

• Cardiac conduction system;

• Calcium and second messenger signalling in the heart and vasculature;

• Heart failure and arrhythmias;

• Hypertrophic signalling pathways in the heart;

• Cardiovascular genetics and development;

• Cellular and protein structure;

• Comparative biology and mitochondrial function;

• Computer modelling;

• Hypertension, obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes research;

• Vascular biology of small and large arteries;

• Angiogenesis and endothelial biology;

• Stroke;

• Cardiovascular imaging;

• Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC) models of cardiovascular disease;

• Cardiac and vascular regeneration.

• Renal physiology and genetics

• Renal medicine.