On Thursday 8th October Professor John McMurray was the third Desmond Julian Lecture keynote speaker hosted by @BHFScotland . It was a pleasure for John McMurray to speak at this event on "The Fight Against Heart Failure – How One Small Country Has Made a Difference"

NERD are pleased to present #JurassicPark on 7 Nov at @grosvenorcinema 🎬🦕 If you are interested pls complete the registration form by scanning the QR code @UofGMVLS

This #WorldHeartDay ❤️we’re celebrating the launch of ACROSS - a new global research programme to increase the capacity of health services in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan to deliver home-based rehab programmes for people with heart disease and a mental health difficulty.

On Monday 29th September, we're celebrating World Heart Day with a special evening hosted by BHF-funded researchers at Dram. 👉 Book your ticket here: The Heart of the Matter – A Night with BHF Researchers Let’s come together to support heart research and enjoy a great night out!

New paper alert! 📄 Delighted to be sharing our work on the impact of Col4a1 mutations on cardiac morphology and function! 🧬🫀 Now available to read online in the Journal of Matrix Biology! https://t.co/waOuCphOPG

Are you aged 18 or over and living with one chronic condition? Researchers at the University of Glasgow are investigating whether a 12-week krill oil supplementation (or placebo) can help improve Interested? Get in touch at mvls-kommstudy@glasgow.ac.uk to learn more or sign up!

Well done to Dylan showcasing our work at #ESC2025 this year, on the use of machine learning to simplify complex coronary small vessel diagnostics @ColinBerryMD @DanielTYAng @UofGSCMH

It felt like a daunting task to get the message out to that many people and organise an event so large but we had great attendance and feedback which was really encouraging!

What is your biggest achievement while doing your PhD? My biggest achievement so far is probably in my role as a PGR rep. We decided to organise a cross-school event for all of the PGR students within MVLS to share their research in an informal way, with pizza of course!

We all know that lab work has a tendency to take longer than expected so it’s easy to feel de-railed when things go wrong but it’s always good to take a step back and look at the bigger picture and then it doesn’t feel so bad!

What advice would you give yourself before you started your PhD? I think the advice I’d give myself (or anyone at the start of a PhD!) is to have realistic expectations of how much you can get done in a week!

What does a typical week look like? A typical week will vary based on what experiments I have running but will normally have a mix of long whole-day experiments, shorter jobs to do in the lab like looking after cells, and desk work in the office such as analysing data or writing

Specifically, I am interested in whether small signalling particles called extracellular vesicles (or EVs) could be having a role in causing some of this damage, initially focusing on the blood vessels and heart.

Can you please explain your project? My PhD project is looking at the impacts of stroke on other organs of the body. We know that as well as brain injury, stroke survivors can have complications in a number of other organs and are interested in exploring some of these effects.

We are doing a series on meet our PhD students. Today we talked to student Anna Hodgson and she has answered four questions for us.

New Research from Dr Heather Walker posted in Healthcare in Europe. To find out more check out the article below ⬇

🎓 Meet Dr Iain Frater, Clinical Research Fellow at our School, as he shares insights into his career journey and groundbreaking research. 🔍 Discover more: ⬇

At the School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health research is a prime activity an forms the central core around everything else that we do. We do this research within the MVLS 2033 College Futures themes and work alongside our colleagues at the college. #MVLS2033 #TeamUofG

New article posted in the guardian on Addressing research inequalities and evidence gaps needs to ensure older adults and people living with dementia are included. More info ⬇

🎉 Congratulations to Professor John Cleland! We’re delighted to share that Professor Cleland has been awarded the prestigious McKenzie Medal by the British Cardiovascular Society. This honour recognises his outstanding contributions to cardiovascular research and medicine.