BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge

The image is divided into three vertical sections. On the left, gray smog surrounds factories and a city skyline while a person coughs, with icons of lungs and a child’s face suggesting respiratory harm. In the center, a human body silhouette shows internal organs (lungs, heart, liver, intestines) with icons of a thermometer and heart rate, indicating heat and health impacts. On the right, a sunny, green landscape shows a woman riding a bicycle near trees, wind turbines, and solar panels, with icons of a water droplet and sun, representing clean energy and climate solutions.

Interested in learning how environmental factors can contribute to common long-term health conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and even cancer?

Join our panel talk hosted by @daalenkim.bsky.social at this years #CamFest

📅Mon 23 March, 6-7:30pm
👉Book here: tinyurl.com/5693xx4b

Cambridge Uni: Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit The Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit (CEU) at the University of Cambridge, funded by the British Heart Foundation, is an internationally-renowned centre of excellence for the study of the causes and p...

Curious about blood and transplant research? 🩸🫀

Our full Blood and Transplant Research Unit (BTRU) seminar series is now available to watch on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/@cambridgeun...

Combined clinical, metabolomic, and polygenic scores for cardiovascular risk prediction AbstractBackground and Aims. Clinical biomarkers, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) metabolomics biomarker scores, and polygenic risk scores (PRS) have show

New paper alert!

@sritchie73.bsky.social @mikeinouye.bsky.social & team found integrating genetic & metabolic blood tests with existing clinical data could enhance how doctors identify people at high risk of heart disease, leading to earlier prevention strategies

Read more tinyurl.com/bp5tjck2

Great to share the latest work from our group and collaborators. First CARRIAGE study paper led by @drdaggarwal.bsky.social and the heroic efforts of Katie Bellis and Beth Blane in the lab plus all the team at @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social Huge thanks goes to the 22,000 participants of the study

Human heart with blood vessels. 3d illustration

Our team’s latest paper in @thelancetph.bsky.social explores how heart disease patterns changed before, during, and after COVID-19 in 57 million people across England🫀

Read more about these insights here: lnkd.in/er97byfM

Read the full paper here lnkd.in/eN6wHxXN

Out now!

A large scale study by CEU researchers has shown children & young people faced long-lasting & higher risks of rare heart & inflammatory complications after COVID-19 infection, compared to before or without an infection

👉 tinyurl.com/mpfv7vu3

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@vpd-hlri.bsky.social

Another Friday tour of the VPD-HLRI.
Joined by members and fundraisers of the @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social

There's still time to submit your abstracts to the Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) South East 2026 Conference!

Send us your presentation, workshop and creative enquiry abstracts on 'advancing equity in primary care: building healthier communities together’:

www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/sapc-se-2026

CEU colleagues working on Environmentally Sustainable Computing led by @loiclnlg.bsky.social have launched a digital sustainability certification scheme called Green DiSC with the first Bronze Certifications awarded 🎉

Find out more about the first Bronze Certification awardees tinyurl.com/2jt389s8

🔬Themes include:

• Mobilising & translating discoveries
• Targeting inflammation in CVD
• Cardiac repair and regeneration
• Cardiometabolic syndromes
• Applied Cardiovascular Health Research

@mikeinouye.bsky.social @iamslambert.bsky.social @aidanbutty.bsky.social @dphpc.bsky.social

The Relationship Between Genetic Factors and Heart Function - Conceptual Illustration

🚨 Exciting new PhD Opportunity 🚨

Applications are open for 3-year non-clinical PhD studentships with the BHF Cambridge Centre of Research Excellence

📅 Apply by 23 Nov 2025
🌍 Open to UK & international applicants

Find out how to apply here: tinyurl.com/3t59uwbn

The panel shares insights on mentorship, leadership & career growth, balancing expertise with openness, and skills for thriving in an AI/data-driven future.

👉 A must-listen for early-career researchers & anyone exploring paths in health data science!

The four panelists:

🎙️ Prof John Danesh - Head of @dphpc.bsky.social & Director of the CEU

🎙️ Dr Emma Bonglack - Schmidt Science Fellow (cardiometabolic diseases)

🎙️ Nick Hirschmüller - PhD student (genetic risk in CVD)

🎙️ Dr Anne Forde - PPIE Manager & science communicator at the CEU

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📢New Health Data Science podcast📢

Dr Alexia Sampri and Dr Elena Raffetti moderate a special panel discussion with Prof. John Danesh, Dr Emma Bonglack, Nick Hirschmüller and Dr Anne Forde!

Listen here:
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Ep 6 features @iamslambert.bsky.social Assistant Professor of the CEU where he leads the @pgscatalog.bsky.social

Sam shares his journey into health data science & his dual focus on multimorbidity in cardiometabolic disease & the development of open science tools.

Cover image for Health Data Science Insights podcast. The design features colourful neon heart shapes and waveforms resembling ECG and data graphs

📢New Health Data Science podcast Episode📢

CEU researchers Alexia Sampri, Elena Raffetti & @eliasallara.bsky.social explore the transformative impact of health data science on biomedical research

Listen here:
✅ open.spotify.com/episode/27ba...
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🚨Exciting fully funded PhD opportunity!

Applications are open for a DTP iCase interdisciplinary PhD studentship in Public Health and Primary Care supervised by @eliasallara.bsky.social

Apply by 2 Dec 2025 👉 www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/dtp-ica...

Sept is approaching & I can already hear initial chats/enquiries for potential PhD studies happening!

If you're interested in a PhD, check out our department @cam.ac.uk www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/education-an...

We've a super interdisciplinary faculty spanning primary care, data science, epidemiology etc

A photograph of Professor Angela Wood and Carmen Petitjean smiling standing next to each other

Congratulations to Carmen Petitjean who recently passed her PhD viva! 🎉

Thank you to her supervisor Prof Angela Wood and her examiners Nora Pashayan @dphpc.bsky.social and Elizabeth Williamson @lshtm.bsky.social

We wish Carmen all the best with the next steps of her career!

Ep 5 features Carole Morris, Head of Data & Modelling Services at Public Health Scotland

Carole reflects on her professional journey, from her early days as information analyst to leading national teams overseeing Scotland’s Trusted Research Environment and linked health datasets

Cover image for Health Data Science Insights podcast. The design features colourful neon heart shapes and waveforms resembling ECG and data graphs

📢New Health Data Science podcast episode out now📢

CEU researchers Alexia Sampri, Elena Raffetti & @eliasallara.bsky.social explore the transformative impact of health data science on biomedical research

Listen here:
✅ open.spotify.com/episode/1VHv...
✅ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

🎯Hear about strategies to reward, integrate and reciprocate blood donor time with our BTRU #Seminar on #blooddonor behaviour🩸

🗓️ Monday 08 September 2025

⏰ 13:00-14:00

👉Seminar by Dr Kathleen Chell, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
🔗Email donorhealth@medschl.cam.ac.uk for the online link.

Ep 4 features Anne Forde, Patient & Public Involvement and Engagement Manager at the CEU

Anne shares her career journey from immunology research to science communication & now public engagement, reflecting on how her own experience as a patient shaped her passion for making research more inclusive

Insights from Dr Anne Forde

📢New Health Data Science podcast📢

CEU researchers Alexia Sampri, Elena Raffetti & @eliasallara.bsky.social explore the transformative impact of health data science on biomedical research

Listen here:
✅ open.spotify.com/episode/3VGq...
✅ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Insights from Professor Tim Chico Health Data Science Insights - Cambridge · Episode

Ep 3 features Prof Tim Chico, Assoc Dir of the BHF Data Science Centre, where he leads the Smartphone & Wearable data theme

He shares the beginnings of his research career in vascular development, how a chance project turned into 20 years of discovery biology & inspiration behind his current work

Insights from Professor Tim Chico Health Data Science Insights - Cambridge · Episode

📢New Health Data Science Episode Available📢

CEU researchers Alexia Sampri, Elena Raffetti & @eliasallara.bsky.social explore the transformative impact of health data science on biomedical research

Listen here:
✅ open.spotify.com/episode/045Y...

✅ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

🎉 Huge congratulations to Amy Mason – voted Most Popular Mathematician in I’m a Mathematician 2025! 🏆

She’s taken part in 28+ live Chats, sharing her work, challenges, and passion for maths with students across the UK.

💬 Read more about it here: tinyurl.com/mezbkhdk

AI doesn't always live up to the hype — for polygenic scores regression-based methods remain undefeated

Congratulations to Martin Kelemen @aidanbutty.bsky.social & @mikeinouye.bsky.social who's paper has been featured on the Nature Communications Editors’ Highlights webpage

tinyurl.com/2wr65zw3

Summer has arrived and we are bringing together our community to watch Wimbledon and 18 free films on a big screen at the heart of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus between 30th June and 14th July.

Completely free and open to everyone, find out more: cambridge-biomedical.com/event/big-sc...

It has been great to take part in Regional Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Week with @cambridgebrc.bsky.social

On Monday we were at @royalpapworth.bsky.social looking for volunteers for our new PPI panel!