Dr Nicola Haines
As REACT COO Nicola works to ensure that we have the strategic and operational capacity to allow the science to run smoothly while maximising the opportunities to reach our goals and deliver impact on behalf of our funders, partners and publics. In REACT, …
Professor Daniel Stuckey
Daniel is Professor of Cardiovascular Imaging at University College London. For over 20 years his team have been developing in vivo imaging technology bespoke to cardiac regenerative therapies. Through successive BHF Fellowships, his team have established …
Dr Hanna Groothuizen
Hanna is REACT’s Research Culture Manager, working to help build a research culture that enables us to achieve our scientific goals. We know that healthy cultures foster innovation, retention and research integrity, whereas unhealthy ones do the opposite. …
Dr Christopher Toepfer
Chris is Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Science at the University of Oxford and Co-director of the Oxford Organoid Hub. His group is interested in understanding changes in cellular function that are driven by acquired and inherited …
Animal research
At the MRC/BHF CoRE in Advanced Cardiac Therapies, we are aiming to discover new therapeutic targets and translate them into clinical products which can be delivered as medicines. Some of our research therefore requires the use of animal models. This may …
Dr Jacqueline Barry
Jacqueline is Chief Clinical Officer at Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult. Jacqueline has over 20 years of experience in biologics and advanced therapies. Her career has focused on supporting the translation of research from the laboratory bench through to …
Dr Liam McQueen
Liam is a cardiovascular scientist with expertise in bioinformatics focused on investigating disease progression in cardiovascular conditions. Liam's focus as part of REACT is to utilise his experience to investigate the cellular and molecular factors …
Professor Emily Williams
Emily is Professor of Diversity, Development & Inclusion and Vice Dean (People & Culture) for the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King's College London. Emily has experience leading People and Culture functions within multiple institutions. As a …
Professor Robin Choudhury
Robin is Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford and Consultant Cardiologist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. His translational science laboratory aims to understand how cells of the innate immune system are …
Professor David Newby
Dave is a clinical cardiologist with an interest in experimental medicine and clinical studies and trials, and BHF Duke of Edinburgh Chair of Cardiology at the University of Edinburgh. He has worked on understanding cardiovascular biology and (pathology) …