Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute (VPD-HLRI)
We bring together population health, laboratory, and clinical researchers, with patients and their loved ones, the NHS, commercial, and charitable sectors.
There is an urgent need to find new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cardiovascular and respiratory disease, and this is the core purpose of our Institute. We aim to improve health outcomes for populations and people around the world. - Professor Charlotte Summers – Director, VPD-Heart & Lung Research Institute
Cardiovascular and lung disease impacts all ages across the world. WHO reported that more than 27 million deaths were caused by cardiovascular and lung disease in 2019. There is every reason to suspect that the COVID pandemic, climate change, and air pollution has increased this mortality.
Our approach to the challenge of improving cardiovascular and lung health is grounded in our values. We are a patient-centred, collaborative, data-driven, and delivery-focussed community who are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusivity in both our research and our researchers.
Understanding complex issues, such as cardiovascular and lung health, from multiple viewpoints increases the likelihood that the preventive strategies, diagnostics, and therapeutic solutions we develop will be effective and have global impact.
We have over 450 research staff from seven different University departments and the NHS and have £250 million in active research funding.
We have a wet and dry laboratory research space and an NIHR accredited Clinical Research Facility with the ability to support experimental medicine and early phase clinical trials.
We host the:
- UK Cystic Fibrosis Innovation Hub
- Wolfson Lung Injury Unit
- BHF Centre of Research Excellence
- Cambridge Baker Systems Genomic Initiative
- Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit
Our research themes
- Medicine
- Public Health and Primary Care
- Haematology
- Clinical Neuroscience
- Clinical Biochemistry
- Radiology
- Surgery
Our department
Head of Institute (Director)
Professor Duncan Richards (acting Interim Director)
Cardiovascular Principal Investigators:
- Professor Emanuele di Angelantonio
- Professor Martin Bennett - Section Lead
- Professor Adam Butterworth
- Professor Clare Bryant
- Professor Murray Clarke
- Professor John Danesh
- Professor Marc Dewey
- Dr Nicholas Evans
- Dr Nicholas Gleadall
- Professor Michael Inouye
- Professor Helle Jorgensen
- Dr Stephen Kaptoge
- Dr Samuel Lambert
- Professor Xuan Li
- Professor Hugh Markus
- Professor James Rudd
- Professor Sanjay Sinha
- Professor Nicole Soranzo
- Dr Jason Tarkin
- Professor Toni Vidal-Puig
- Professor Angela Wood
- Professor Ziad Mallatt
Cardiovascular Affiliated Principal Investigators:
- Dr Meri Nus
- Dr Ana Vujic
- Dr Emma Yu
- Dr Tian Zhao
Lung Principal Investigators:
- Professor Andres Floto
- Dr Jonathan Fuld
- Professor Stefan Gräf
- Professor Frank McCaughan
- Professor Wei Li
- Professor Mark Toshner
Lung Affiliated Principal Investigators:
- Dr Neda Farahi
- Dr Aki Jha
Clinical Research Facility:
- Professor Mark Toshner – Director
- Dorothee Koscielny-Lemaire - CRF Operations manager
- Jenny Castedo - Lead Nurse
RPH Affiliated Principal Investigators:
- Mr Aman Coonar
- Dr Charlie Haworth
- Dr Claire Martin
- Dr Ian Smith
- Professor Joanna Pepke-Zaba
- Dr Paddy Calvert
- Dr Stephen Hoole
- Mr Stephen Large
CUH Affiliated Professor of Maternal and Fetal Medicine:
- Professor Catherine Aiken
Professional Services Team:
- Ruth Berriman – Business Operations Manager
- Tom Oldham – Buildings Services Manager
- Sarah Chantler – EA to Director, VPD-HLRI
- Alana Bradford - CUHP Fundraising Director for VPD-HLRI
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Visit us or contact us.
Visit us
Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Papworth Road
Cambridge
CB2 0BB
Tel: +44 (0)1223 762747
Email us
Email HLRI-reception@medschl.cam.ac.uk if you have any questions.