Cardiac & Vascular Physiology
Cardiovascular disease accounts for 160,000 deaths every year in the UK. Understanding the normal function of the cardiovascular system provides the basis for understanding pathological changes and exploring new avenues for treatment. This Theme encompasses all aspects of this vast research field from cellular to organ level and the integration of functions to produce appropriate cardiovascular responses.
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I aspire to bridge links between The Society and clinical physiology and healthcare scientist practitioners I educate in my role as senior clinical academic. This will provide a body for these cohort to align to, to provide support to The Society ventures and to provide research submissions. I will bring energy, enthusiasm, and innovation to this role within The Society to galvanise membership contributions and dissemination of Society endeavours.
Professor Cathal Breen, Cardiac & Vascular Physiology Theme Lead
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Professor Cathal Breen, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
I am board-certified by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Clinical Scientist of Cardiac Physiology. I specialise in cardiac physiology and technology-enhanced learning. I have almost 20 years of experience working in academia, educating health and medical students at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and supervising Masters and PhD projects. My PhD focused on the acquisition of expertise within the clinical domain and my published work demonstrates the impact smartphone applications, clinical decision support systems and augmented reality make on health professions education learning efficiency and knowledge retention. I currently lead the simulation and clinical skills strategy at Edinburgh Napier which facilitates Nursing, Midwife, Allied Health Professions and Social Work professions and hold an Honorary Research Consultant position, NHS Lothian, Scotland.
As Theme Lead, I am keen to embrace and promote the concept of One Health-One Medicine in physiological sciences and also hope to promote the interaction between data science and fundamental physiological research through interdisciplinary events and meetings. In addition, as a person of colour I am also keen to champion diversity and inclusivity in physiological teaching and research. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how physiological parameters can vary between people of colour and Caucasians and that this gap in our understanding requires the attention of the physiology community.
Dr Kamalan Jeevaratnam, Cardiac & Vascular Physiology Theme Lead
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Dr Kamalan Jeevaratnam, University of Surrey, UK
My research interests include integrative physiology, novel therapeutic agent discoveries, human animal interface research as well as medical education. My present work concerns the use integrative physiology techniques to elucidate mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmia and developing risk stratification strategies for clinical practice.
I was previously the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, lead in physiology at the School of Medicine, PU-RCSI based in Kuala Lumpur. As an academic, I have previously delivered anatomy and physiology lectures and practical session to both medical and veterinary students at the International Medical University, University Putra Malaysia and the University of Cambridge, UK. I am also an examiner on the surgical MRCS examinations.
Specialities in this Theme
| CRAC | Cardiovascular, respiratory & autonomic |
| CS | Cellular signalling |
| CP | Comparative physiology |
| EMT | Epithelia & membrane transport |
| HCM | Heart & cardiac muscle |
| HW | Health and wellbeing |
| HP | Human physiology |
| IC | Ion channels |
| MEP | Microvascular & endothelial physiology |
| MC | Muscle contraction |
| RP | Renal physiology |
| SM | Smooth muscle |
| TE | Teaching |