OCMR - Key Persons


Aaron Axford

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Researcher

Abd Samat

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Fellow and DPhil Student

Abhirup Banerjee

Job Titles:
  • Royal Society University Research Fellow

Adrian Banning

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Interventional Cardiology
I perform translational research into mechanisms of injury in PCI and understanding reperfusion in ST elevation myocardial injury. Initially we demonstrated the importance of Troponin elevation after PCI as it reflects new myocardial injury detected by MR imaging. . We then investigated changes in blood flow in these newly injured areas and investigated the impact of opening chronic occlusions on myocardial function. We completed a randomised controlled trial of PCI vs CABG with evidence of new myocardial injury as the endpoint (Eurointervention January 2011). Analysis of the role of different markers of injury in this study was published by J Am Coll Cardiol 2011 with an accompanying editorial. This work helped change the biochemical definitions of revascularisation injury within subsequent trials of revascularisation strategy. We are currently investigating how to predict outcome in ST elevation myocardial infarction and how using these novel tools we might tailor therapy for those patients most at risk of adverse outcomes.

Aik Seng Ng

Job Titles:
  • Student

Al Haj Zen

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  • Visiting Scientist

Alex Antonopoulos

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Postdoctoral Clinical Researcher

Andrea Rodriguez


Andrew Apps

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Fellow & DPhil Student

Anne Goriely

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  • Professor of Human Genetics

Antonio Rodríguez-Romera

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  • Student

Anuj Goel

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  • Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Genetics

Asmaa Bakleh

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Associate

Barbara Casadei

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  • British Heart Foundation ( BHF ) Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Betty Raman

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  • Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Catherine Krasopoulos

Job Titles:
  • CVM Lead Research Nurse

Charalambos Antoniades

Job Titles:
  • British Heart Foundation Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine

Charlotte Kelly

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Business Manager

Charlotte Rush

Job Titles:
  • BRC Theme Coordinator

Christian Babbs

Job Titles:
  • Head of Genome Engineering / Principal Investigator in RDM

Chrysovalantou Nikolaidou

Job Titles:
  • Senior Imaging Fellow

Constantinos Christodoulides

Job Titles:
  • University Research Lecturer

Damian Tyler

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  • Professor of Physiological Metabolism

Douglas Higgs

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor

Emily Cresswell

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  • Student

Field Marshal Earl Alexander

Job Titles:
  • Cardiovascular Medicine and Head of .

Fredrik Karpe

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  • Professor of Metabolic Medicine

Gary Ford

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  • Professor of Stroke Medicine

Gavin Turnbull

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  • Student

Gerissa Fowler

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  • Student

Gillian Douglas

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Science

Graham Collins

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Haematology

Graham Davies

Job Titles:
  • Head

Hal Drakesmith

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  • Professor of Iron Biology

Hanan Lamlum

Job Titles:
  • Head of Clinical Research Operations and Governance

Harry Clarke

Job Titles:
  • Recruitment Assistant

Heli Harvala

Job Titles:
  • Consultant Medical Virologist & Principal Investigator

Henry Boardman

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Researcher

Houman Ashrafian

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Professor of Experimental Therapeutics

Ileana Badi

Job Titles:
  • Senior Postdoctoral Researcher

Ioannis Akoumianakis

Job Titles:
  • Academic Clinical Lecturer, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Jacqueline Boultwood

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Molecular Haematology

Jagat S Chauhan

Job Titles:
  • Senior Bioinformatics / Data Scientist

James Brown

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  • Laboratory Manager

James Davies

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  • Associate Professor of Genomics

James Grist

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  • Principal Investigator

James Kennedy

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  • Associate Professor of Geratology & Stroke Medicine

Jill Walker

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Studies Manager

Jo Hovard

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  • IMD Business Manager

John Aaron Henry

Job Titles:
  • Academic Foundation Doctor

Katharine Thomas

Job Titles:
  • British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Fellow & DPhil Student

Katie Jeffery

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  • Associate Professor of Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology

Keith Channon

Job Titles:
  • Field Marshal Earl Alexander Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Head of Department

Kenneth Chan

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Fellow in Cardiology

Kuan Cha

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Ladislav Valkovic

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Metabolic Imaging

Laura Bailey

Job Titles:
  • Student

Leanne Hodson

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Metabolic Physiology

Lise Estcourt

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Haematology and Transfusion Medicine

Malenka Bissell

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Fellow

Marcin Grzegorczyk

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager

Marco Spartera

Job Titles:
  • CONSULTANT CARDIOLOGIST

Marella de Bruijn

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Developmental Haematopoiesis

Mary-Anne Durin

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  • Student

Masliza Mahmod

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Matthew Burrage

Job Titles:
  • British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellow & DPhil Student

Megha Agarwal

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Fellow

Monique Andersson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor in Medical Virology / Consultant in Infection

Naveed Akbar

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  • ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR of CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCE

Nicola Curry

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Haematology

Niklas Beyhoff

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Fellow

Paul Holloway

Job Titles:
  • Principal Investigator

Paul Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Director of Oxford Islet Isolation and Islet Transplant Programmes and

Per Arvidsson

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Petra Troszt

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Practitioner

Prof Alastair Buchan

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Stroke Medicine
Prof Alastair Buchan heads the Laboratory of Cerebral Ischaemia whose aim is to identify novel neuroprotective strategies that may be used for the treatment or prevention of an acute stroke. We conduct preclinical studies on putative neuroprotectants in models of stroke, while running human studies to identify potential targets for treatment strategies and markers for monitoring patients. We take a multimodal approach that involves aspects of cell and molecular biology, physiology, pharmacology, in vivo imaging, surgery and clinical medicine. Our interests currently lie in many exciting avenues of stroke research. We are identifying and targeting novel neuroprotective pathways following brain ischaemia such as the oxygen sensing mechanism, hypoxia inducible factor (HIF). We are also using proteomic and metabolomic techniques to identify new biomarkers for stroke. Other avenues of research include investigating neurovascular coupling following stroke, exploring pericyte control of capillary blood flow as well as attempting to improve the efficacy of the only approved treatment for acute stroke, recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA).

Prof Marella de Brujin

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Qiang Zhang

Job Titles:
  • RDM Principal Investigator

Ricardo Carnicer

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Richard Gibbons

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Clinical Genetics

Ritu Arya

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  • Postgraduate Research Assistant

Robert Turner

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Diabetic Medicine

Robin Choudhury

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Ronjon Chakraverty

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Haematology

Rosie Kirk

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  • Student

Ross Chapman

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Genome Maintenance Biology

Roza Jashari


Sarah Birkhoelzer

Job Titles:
  • Cardiology Registrar and Clinical Research Fellow

Sarah Califano

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Studies Officer

Sarah Cook

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Saul Myerson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Sharon Bye

Job Titles:
  • Health Care Assistant ( Research )

Shijie Cai

Job Titles:
  • Principal Investigator

Shoumo Bhattacharya

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Simon Davis

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  • Professor of Molecular Immunology

Sir Henry Wellcome

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow - Stanford University
  • Postdoctoral Fellow - Stanford University / Senior Scientist - Immunocore

Soumyanetra Chandra

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Researcher

Stefan Neubauer

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Stefan Piechnik

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  • Professor of Biomedical Imaging

Stephen Hyde

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Molecular Therapy

Sunitha Balaraju

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Researcher

Surawee Chuaiphichai

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Research Scientist

Timothy Betts

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Vanessa Ferreira

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

William Watson

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Scientist

Yvonne Couch

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Neuroimmunology

Zakariye Ashkir

Job Titles:
  • BHF Clinical Research Training Fellow