Professor Andy Baker

Andy is BHF Professor of Translational Cardiovascular Sciences and Gustav Born Chair of Vascular Biology at the University of Edinburgh. He has a long standing interest in the understanding of vascular pathophysiology. Andy's laboratory was set up with …

Symposium

Annual events will allow our growing REACT community to gather, network and forge new collaborations. Our first symposium brought members together in person, in London, and online, in March …

Operations team

The REACT operations team manage the activities of the MRC/BHF CoRE in Advanced Cardiac Therapies on behalf of the leadership team . Led by Dr Nicola Haines , Chief Operating Officer, the team works closely with professional services colleagues at the …

Paul Riley elected as Fellow of the Royal Society

REACT Co-director Professor Paul Riley joins outstanding researchers from across the world who have this year been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences. Paul is recognised for his contribution to …

Career development

As the field of gene therapies to stimulate cardiac repair is emerging and rapidly evolving, specialist training opportunities remain limited.  Through REACT, we address this gap by convening leading experts from the UK and internationally to deliver a …

Professor Paul Riley

Paul is BHF Professor of Regenerative Medicine and Director of the Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine at the University of Oxford. His research interests span cardiovascular developmental biology and modelling congenital heart disease, …