Our Members

Coordinators, Principal Investigators, and Members

Hugh Watkins

Coordinator, PI

Hugh Watkins FRS FMedSci
Radcliffe Professor of Medicine and Head of Department,
Radcliffe Department of Medicine,
University of Oxford
John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford, UK

John Danesh

PI

FMedSci
Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Department of Public Health and Primary Care
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Shu Ye

PI

MD PhD
Professor of Cardiovascular Molecular Medicine and Genetics
University of Leicester, Cardiovascular Research Centre, Leicester, UK

Jeanette Erdmann

Coordinator, PI

PhD
Professor for Cardiogenetics
Institute for Cardiogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Heribert Schunkert

PI

MD
Professor for Cardiology at the Technische Universität München
Director of the Cardiology Department
Medical Director of the German Heart Centre Munich, Munich, Germany

Christian Weber

PI

MD FESC
Chair in Vascular Medicine
Director of the Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Germany

Johan Duchene

Member

PhD
Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Germany

Yvonne Döring

Member

PhD
Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Germany

Kiril Bidzhekov

Member

PhD
Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, Germany

Marlon Märtens

Member

MSc, PhD candidate
Institute for Cardiogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Tobias Reinberger

Member

PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institute for Cardiogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Zouhair Aherrahrou

Member

PhD
Deputy head and research group leader for experimental cardiovascular genomics
Institute for Cardiogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Maria Loreto Munoz-Venegas

Member

PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institute for Cardiogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Tom Webb

Member

PhD
Associate Professor in Cardiovascular Genomics
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Cardiovascular Research Centre, Leicester, UK

Sir Nilesh J. Samani

Member

MD FRCP FAHA F Med Sci
Cardiovascular theme lead, Leicester NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
Medical Director, British Heart Foundation
Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK

Anuj Goel

Member

MBBS, MSc
Postdoctoral Researcher
BHF Centre of Research Excellence, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, UK.
Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Theo Kyriakou

Member

PhD
Senior Research Scientist and Project Manager at the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics
College Lecturer
BHF Centre of Research Excellence, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, UK
Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Dirk Paul

Member

PhD
Group Leader in Integrative Genomics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

David Stacey

Member

PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Integrative Genomics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Honglin Song

Member

PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Integrative Genomics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Thorsten Kessler

Member

MD
Clinician Scientist
Junior Research Group Leader for Translational CV Genomics
German Heart Center Munich, Munich, Germany

Hendrik Sager

Member

MD
Professor for Cardiovascular Inflammation
ERC Research Group Leader for Inflammation in Atherosclerosis
German Heart Center Munich, Munich, Germany

Jana Wobst

Member

PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
German Heart Center Munich, Munich, Germany

Philip Seibler

Member

PhD
Section Head Applied Stem Cell Biology
Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Nadine Clausen

Project Manager

PhD
Project Manager
Institute for Cardiogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

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