Alexandru Achim

Research interests: Congestive Heart Failure, Hypertension, Preventive Cardiology

Biography: Alexandru Achim is an interventional cardiology fellow with an interest in all transcatheter interventions, coronary and structural. Having completed medical degree in Cluj Napoca, Romania, he is now in his final year of cardiology residency. Furthermore, being the winner of the EAPCI-PCR Interventional Cardiology Traning Grant, he moved abroad, completing a 12-months fellowship in Graz, Austria (2020), a 6-months research fellowship at the Invasive Cardiology Dpt, Szeged, Hungary (2021) and currently training in complex PCI and CTO interventions in Basel, Switzerland.

Govinda Adhikari

Research interests: Congestive Heart Failure, Hypertension, Preventive Cardiology

Biography: I am currently a third-year medical resident at McLaren healthcare, MSU/CHM, Flint, Michigan. I obtained my medical degree from Kathmandu University, Nepal, in 2016. My areas of interest include Clinical and Preventive Cardiology, Heart failure, and Heart transplant, and global health.

Arslan Babar

Medical school: Shifa College of Medicine, Pakistan. Residency: Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Fellowship: Palliative care and Supportive Oncology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Currently enrolled in an MPH program.

Research interests: Solid tumor oncology, immune-checkpoint inhibitors, targeted therapy, precision medicine.

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Arslan-Babar-2

George Bazoukis

Research interests: Heart failure, Acute Coronary Syndromes, Implantable Cardiac Devices, Atrial Fibrillation

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/George_Bazoukis

Amir Hossein Behnoush

Research Interests: ECG, heart failure, valvular diseases, cardiac epidemiology and ACS

Biography: Amir Hossein Behnoush is a 5th year medical student at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (MD/MPH) and also International Chemistry Olympiad gold medalist 2017.

Branislav Bezák

Research Interests: ECG, heart failure, valvular diseases, cardiac epidemiology and ACS

Biography: Branislav Bezak, MD works as a resident and assistant lecturer at the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bratislava, Slovakia and as the Chief Research Officer at Premedix Academy in Bratislava, Slovakia. He is presently pursuing a PhD in Surgical Medicine. Dr. Bezak is interested in both basic and clinical research. Currently, he works on several scientific projects with colleagues from different medical fields, including work on machine learning and the use of AI in medicine and development of prediction models; telemedicine as well as mechanical circulatory support.

Khalid Bin Waleed

Research interests: Atrial fibrillation, Catheter ablation, Heart failure, SGLT2-inhibitors, Biomarkers, Cardio-oncology, Acute Coronary Syndromes

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Khalid-Bin-Waleed

Biography: Khalid Bin Waleed is an Afghan citizen and currently pursuing European Heart Rhythm Association awarded fellowship at St. George’s University Hospital, London, United Kingdom. He started medical career in 2006 and obtained MBBS degree (2011) from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. He successfully completed Master of Medicine in Cardiology (2015) and Ph.D. in Cardiology (2018) at the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University under Prof. Xia Yunlong. His scientific research attitude and development are related cardiovascular medicine particularly atrial fibrillation, thromboembolism, and catheter ablation. He published more than 4 SCI papers as first author and more than 6 SCI papers as coauthor. He already has a solid professional knowledge, and participated in a number of prestigious international scientific conferences (ESC 2018-2020, CCC 2019&2020, APHRS 2017&2018, GW-ICC 2017, CAFS 2015-2019) for his scientific work as an oral presenter or general poster presenter.

Allan Böhm

Research interests: Digital Health in Cardiology

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Allan-Boehm

Biography: Allan Böhm, MD, PhD, MBA, FESC works at the Department of Acute Cardiology at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Bratislava, Slovakia; teaches at the Faculty of Medicine at Comenius University in Bratislava and studies clinical research at Oxford University. Besides clinical medicine, he is also engaged in clinical and translational research. His research interests are acute cardiology, cardiovascular prevention, thromboses, arrhythmias, microRNAs, digital health and artificial intelligence. He is a founder of Premedix Academy & Clinic, a biomedical organization and precision medicine clinic focused on education, research and implementation of precision medicine into clinical practice. He was at the birth of digital health in the European Society of Cardiology, being one of the first nucleus members of the Digital Health Committee and Editorial Board of The European Heart Journal – Digital Health. In 2020, he became a board member of the European Society of Cardiology.

Jeffrey SK Chan

Research interests: Echocardiography; Heart Failure; Cardiovascular Epidemiology; Cardio-oncology; Predictive Risk Modelling; Trial Sequential Analysis

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeffrey-Chan-17

Biography: A medical graduate from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Jeffrey is a medical researcher focusing on echocardiography, heart failure, and epidemiological cardiology research. He has published numerous papers in international peer-reviewed journals, and has presented in several major international conferences. He was one of the four finalists at the Young Investigator Award competition of EchoAsia 2021. Jeffrey believes firmly in the value of international research collaboration and is actively seeking collaborative opportunities in heart failure, echocardiography and risk stratication / outcome research.

Selected publications:

1. Chan JSK, Harky A. Trial sequential analysis in meta-analyses: a clinically oriented approach with real world example. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020; 162(1): 167-173. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.06.063 (IF 4.451)

2. Chan JSK. The results are in: cardiovascular benefits of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists – a trial sequential analysis. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2021. 28(9): e2-e5. doi: 10.1177/2047487320918722 (IF 7.804)

3. Chan JSK, Lau DHH, Fan Y, Lee APW. Age-related changes in left ventricular vortex formation and flow energetics. J Clin Med. 2021; 10(16): 3619. doi: 10.3390/jcm10163619 (IF 4.241)

Alex Chau

Research interests: Diabetes, Cancer

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yau-Lam-Alex-Chau

Biography: Alex is a pharmacist from Vancouver, Canada. His main research interests are in the field of Diabetes and Cancer.

Selected publications:

1. Chau Y-LA, Yoo JW, Yuen HC, Waleed KB, Chang D, Liu T, Liu FZ, Tse G, Lee S, LI KHC. The impact of post-operative atrial fibrillation on outcomes in coronary artery bypass graft and combined procedures. J Geriatr Cardiol 2021; 18(5): 319−326. DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2021.05.005

2. Zhou J, Lee S, Wong WT, Leung KSK, Nam RHK, Leung PSH, Chau Y-LA, Liu T, Chang C, Cheung BMY, Tse G and Zhang Q (2021) Gender- and Age-Specific Associations of Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability With Anxiety. Front. Cardiovasc. Med. 8:650852. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.650852

Raymond Chan

Research interests: Endocrinology, Congestive Heart Failure, Alzheimer's Disease

Website:

Biography: Raymond is a fifth year medical student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He actively participated in medical research and has published several peer-reviewed articles on Alzheimer's Disease, Diabetes, Diabetic Retinopathy and Early-Phase Drug Trials. His current research interests are endocrine and cardiovascular disorders.

Ziliang Chen

Research interests: Cardio-oncology; Electrocardiology; Cardiorenal syndrome.

Biography: Ziliang has received his master's degree in cardiology in 2021 and will continue to pursue a medical doctor's degree at Tianjin Medical University. His research has been published in the Journal of Electrocardiology and Rheumatology.

Oscar Hou-In Chou

Research interests: cardio-oncology, electrophysiology, cardiomyopathy, metabolic syndrome, regenerative medicine, bioinformatics

Biography: Oscar is a fourth-year medical student at the University of Hong Kong. Oscar has received his master's degree in Medical Microbiology (Virology) in 2020 from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He is also a Master of Research in Medicine (Mres[Med]) candidate at the University of Hong Kong. His main research interest rest in the application of stem cells and virus in the modelling and treatment of cardiac conditions.

Cheuk To Chung

Research interests: Epidemiology, Oncology, Cardiovascular diseases

Biography: Cheuk To is a first-year medical student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She aims to broaden her skills in research, collaboration and academic writing. Her main research interests are in the fields of epidemiology, oncology and cardiology.

Ana Ciobanu

Research interests: electrocardiography, echocardiography, heart failure, hypertension, diabetes, cardiotoxicity.

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ana-Ciobanu

Biography: Dr. Ana Ciobanu obtained her medical degree in 2009 from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila Bucharest Romania and her PhD in 2015. She currently works as a cardiologist and assistant professor in the Internal Medicine and Cardiology Department, Th. Burghele Clinical Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila, teaching Semiology, Cardiology and Pneumology to the 3rd ad 4th year medical students.

Selected publications:

1. Ciobanu A, Gheorghe GS, Inţă OM, Zhou J, Zhang Q, Tse G. (2021). Mutual Information Reveals Non-linear Relationships between Electrocardiographic Conduction or Repolarization Indices and Mechanical Dispersion by Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography in the General Population, Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology; 47(5): 1408-1420, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2021.01.027

2. Gheorghe ACD, Ciobanu A, Hodorogea AS, et al. (2021). Subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in men under androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer, revealed by speckle-tracking-derived parameters, repolarization, and myocardial injury markers. Echocardiography. 38:632–640. https://doi.org/10.1111/echo.15043

Edward Christopher Dee

Research interests: prostate cancer clinical research, gastrointestinal tumors, radiation oncology, ablative radiation, cancer disparities in the US and Asia, financial toxicity of cancer care

Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EPLEf60AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Biography: Chris is from Manila, Philippines, and Vancouver, Canada. He studied molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale and completed his medical degree at Harvard. He is in radiation oncology residency at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. His primary research is with the Dana Farber Cancer Institute genitourinary radiation oncology group, mentored by Dr. Paul Nguyen and Dr. Anthony D'Amico. At Massachusetts General Hospital, he worked with the group of Dr. Ted Hong and Dr. Jennifer Wo studying cholangiocarcinoma. At MSK, he works with Dr. Fumiko Chino and Dr. Chris Crane.

Chris also works closely with academics and physicians in the Philippines and was listed in Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 for Healthcare and Sciences in 2021.

Selected publications:

1. Dee EC, Muralidhar V, King MT, Martin NE, D’Amico AV, Mouw KW, Orio PF, Nguyen PL, Leeman JE. Second malignancy probabilities in prostate cancer patients treated with SBRT and other contemporary radiation techniques. Radiotherapy and Oncology accepted 15 June 2021.

2. Dee EC, Paguio JA, Yao JS, Lim J, Lasco G. Asian Minorities in Asian Countries: the need to assess and address intersecting disparities affecting minoritized groups. Lancet Oncology accepted 10 June 2021.

3. Dee EC, Byrne JD, Wo JW. Evolution of the role of radiotherapy for anal cancer. Cancers accepted 6 March 2021.

4. Dee EC, Arega MA, Yang DD, Butler SS, Mahal BA, Sanford NN, Nguyen PL, Muralidhar V. Disparities in Refusal of Locoregional Treatment for Prostate Adenocarcinoma. JCO Oncology Practice accepted 26 January 2021.

5. Dee EC, Muralidhar V, Arega MA, Kishan AU, Spratt DE, Dess RT, King MT, Sha ST, Santos PMG, Butler SS, Sanford NN, Nguyen PL, Mahal BA. Factors influencing non-completion of radiotherapy among men with localized prostate cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics (IJROBP) accepted 25 November 2020.

6. Dee EC, Mahal BA, Arega MA, D’Amico AV, Mouw KW, Nguyen PL, Muralidhar V. Timing of Radiation and Androgen Deprivation for Prostate Cancer: Implications for Treatment during the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Oncology accepted 18 June 2020.

7. Dee EC, Freret ME, Horick N, Raldow AC, Goyal L, Zhu AX, Parikh AR, Ryan DP, Clark JW, Allen JN, Ferrone CR, Fernandez-del Castillo C, Tanabe KK, Drapek LC, Hong TS, Qadan M, Wo JY. Patterns of failure and need for biliary intervention in resected biliary tract cancers after chemoradiation. Annals of Surgical Oncology (ASO), accepted 10 June 2020.

Emma Coakley-Youngs

Research interests: CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, genetics

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emma-Coakley-Youngs

Biography: I completed my Biomedical Science undergraduate degree at the University of Greenwich, where I have also just finished my PhD working on a hESC model of ASD that I produced by CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing. I am now studying medicine at the new Kent and Medway Medical School. My research experience has been predominantly based around stem cell tissue culture, molecular biology, and live cell confocal microscopy while investigating the impact of reduction of CHD8 levels, a high risk Autism mutation. I hope to move towards more clinically relevant work, and find ways of integrating medicine with academic interest. I’ve had a long standing interest in the CV system which I haven’t had the opportunity to explore before so I am looking forward to the opportunity to learn more.

Michelle Eala

Research Interests: radiation oncology, health disparities, social determinants of health, global oncology

Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=-T5IgtwAAAAJ

Biography: Michelle is a general physician in the Philippines and an aspiring radiation oncologist. She was a direct entrant to the prestigious INTARMED program of the University of the Philippines, a 7-year accelerated medical program for the country’s top 40 high school graduates. She completed her medical internship at the Philippine General Hospital, a tertiary academic center and the largest government hospital in the Philippines. She has an exemplary leadership background, having served as high school student council president, medical school class president, and medical interns’ president. She graduated with the university’s Leadership Award and was named one of Ten Outstanding Medical Students in the national capital region. Michelle is also an avid runner and has won several track and field medals.

Selected publications:

1. Paguio JA, Golbin JM, Yao JS, Eala MA, Dee EC, Yu MG. Self-reported cultural competency measures among patients with diabetes: A nationwide cross-sectional study in the United States. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 2022;7:100158.

2. Eala MAB, Manlongat KD, Dee EC, Baticulon RE, Canal JPA. Mental health care for Filipino patients with cancer. Lancet Oncol. 2021 Dec;22(12):e531. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00570-2. PMID: 34856141.

3. Eala MAB, Dee EC, Ting FIL, Tangco ED. Medical imaging and nuclear medicine: points to note. Lancet Oncol. 2021 Jun;22(6):e226. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00292-8. PMID: 34087136.

4. Puyat CVM, Eala MAB, Dee EC, Tantengco OAG, Cruz ARDP, Faylona EA, Germar MJV, Sacdalan DL. Prioritising access to cancer drugs. Lancet Oncol. 2022 Jan;23(1):e2. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00637-9. PMID: 34973227.

5. Alberto NRI, Alberto IRI, Eala MAB, Dee EC, Cañal JPA. Availability of essential diagnostics in the Philippines. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2022 Jan 6;19:100375. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100375. PMID: 35024674; PMCID: PMC8749232.

6. Cereno RE, Yap B, Chavez L, Germar MJ, Eala MA, Fragante EJ. Toxicities and recurrences after Co-60 High-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer in a tertiary government hospital in the Philippines. Asian Journal of Oncology. 2021;07(03):126–33.

Mohammad El Diasty

Research interests: Cardiac surgery

Website: https://www.ctsnet.org/home/meldiasty / https://www.linkedin.com/in/doctordiasty/

Qualifications: MD, MSc, PhD, MRCS, FRCS-CTh, FEBTCVS

Biography: I am currently working as the Chief Cardiac Surgery Fellow at the Kingston Health Science Centre, Kingston, Canada, after I relocated from Oxford University, the UK, in August 2020. After I finished his residency training in cardiac surgery and obtained my PhD and master’s degree in Spain, I completed advanced sub-specialty fellowship training in mitral surgery, aortic surgery, and multi-arterial off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery in the USA and the UK. I had the opportunity to work in different health care systems and which enabled me to focus on some very important non-clinical aspects of patients care such as clinical research, medical education, managerial and leadership skills, and quality assessment and improvement. Since I moved to Kingston, I created the Cardiac Surgery Research Lab which currently includes over 30 students, both medical and undergrads, who are working on over than 40 research and quality improvement projects. My main areas of research interests include:

- Improving clinical outcomes after Cardiac Surgery.

- Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation.

- Inflammatory response after Cardiac Surgery.

Jacqueline Li Yen Goh

Research interests: Ophthalmology, Public Health

Website:

Biography: Li Yen (Jacqueline) is an Ophthalmology Resident in London and a Fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists. She completed her medical degree and an intercalated Bachelor of Medical Sciences in Public Health at the University of Nottingham and continues to pursue her research interests in ophthalmology, public health and epidemiology alongside her clinical practice.

Nicholas Grubic

Research interests: Cardiovascular Epidemiology; Sudden Cardiac Arrest/Death; Sports Cardiology; Systematic Reviews; Health Services Research; Biostatistics; Study Design

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicholas_Grubic

Biography: Nicholas Grubic is a Senior Analyst at Ontario Health and a Research Assistant within the Cardiovascular Imaging Network at Queen’s University (CINQ). He completed his Master of Science in Epidemiology (2021) and Bachelor of Science at Queen’s University (2019). Nicholas’ research focuses on the evaluation of strategies to prevent sudden cardiac arrest and other adverse cardiovascular events in the general population. He is also interested in research topics surrounding sports cardiology, including pre-participation screening and shared decision-making. During his research career, Nicholas has led statistical analyses for numerous epidemiological studies using health administrative data. He has advanced experience in statistical programming, biostatistics, epidemiological study design, and evidence synthesis. He is a trainee member of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, the Cardiac Arrhythmia Network of Canada, and the Community & Athletic Cardiovascular Health Network.

Selected publications:

1. Grubic N, Belliveau DJ, Herr JE, Nihal S, Wong SWS, Lam J, Gauthier S, Montague SJ, Mulvagh S, Durbin J, Johri AM. Training of non-expert users using remotely-delivered, tele-mentored point-of-care ultrasound: A proof-of-concept study. Ultrasound Quarterly (in press).

2. Grubic N, Peng YP, Walker M, Brooks SC. Bystander-initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator use after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Uncovering disparities in care and survival across the urban-rural spectrum. Resuscitation. 2022;175:150-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2022.04.014.

3. Grubic N, Hill Braeden, Phelan D, Baggish A, Dorian P, Johri AM. Bystander interventions and survival after exercise-related sudden cardiac arrest: A systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2022;56;410-416. https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/11/30/bjsports-2021-104623

4. Grubic N, Puskas J, Phelan D, Fournier A, Martin LJ, Johri AM. Shock to the Heart: Psychosocial Implications and Applications of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young. Current Cardiology Reports. 2020;22(12):168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-020-01419-6.

5. Grubic N, Colledanchise K, Liblik K, Johri AM. The Role of Carotid and Femoral Plaque Burden in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease. Current Cardiology Reports. 2020;22(10):121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-020-01375-1.

Shyla Gupta

Research interests: Cardiology; Electrophysiology; Tropical Medicine; Women’s Health

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shyla-Gupta

Biography: Shyla Gupta is a medical student (expected 2026) at the University of Ottawa. Shyla has been involved with research since the start of her undergraduate degree in Health Sciences at Queen’s University. Her main focuses are in cardiology, specifically infectious disease, education and diversity within healthcare. She is passionate about women’s health as well, and hopes to continue her research in the field through her upcoming work at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.

Braeden Hill

Research interests: Clinical cardiology; Sports cardiology; Echocardiography; Cardiovascular risk stratification

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Braeden-Hill-3

Biography: Braeden Hill is a Bachelor of Health Sciences undergraduate student (expected 2023) at Queen’s University. Braeden has had the pleasure of being involved with cardiovascular research throughout his undergraduate degree, investigating topics in clinical and sports cardiology. He is particularly interested in the prevention of sudden cardiac death in athletes, the community response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and the application of point-of-care ultrasound imaging for cardiovascular risk stratification.

Helen Huang

Research interests: Clinical genetics; bioinformatics; cardio-oncology; gastro-hepatology; metabolic syndrome; public health

Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-huang-635321146/

Biography: Helen Huang is a Year 3 Medical Student studying at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. She is originally from Vancouver, Canada and hopes to pursue an IM residency in North America. She has strong interest in genetics and preventative cardiology, as well as gastro-hepatology. She is a current undergraduate research scholar in the Division of Genetics and Translational Medicine at Perelman School of Medicine in the University of Pennsylvania. At RCSI, she is a researcher for the RCSI School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Science and the Tissue Engineering Research Group. She had previously worked with Oxford University, George Washington University, and University of British Columbia as a research assistant. She have been recipients of the Upjohn Award in Molecular Medicine on her winning Year 1 Dissertation on the applications of CRISPR in SCD and holds the Irish Health Research Board Grant for her research on IBD genetics. Moreover, she received the Best Public Health Poster from the Boston Congress of Public Health (HPHR) and received the Undergraduate Travel Award for her presentation at the 2022 American Heart Association Scientific Session. She is also the co-founder of ICORMed Collaborative research group and continues her passion for leadership through society positions and non-profit organisations.

Jeremy Hui

Research interests: Cardiac-Onco-Hematology; Cardiac Electrophysiology; Tropical Medicine; Predictive Biomarkers; Cardiovascular Epidemiology.

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeremy-Hui-2

Biography: Jeremy is a third-year medical student at the University of Hong Kong. At the State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, he works with the team of Dr. Chi-Ming Che identifying metal compounds with anti-tumor activity. He is also involved in the research of tropical diseases affecting the heart, mentored by Dr. Adrian Baranchuk. His main research interest is in the detection, monitoring, and treatment of cardiac dysfunction as a side effect of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Kyle Hui

Research interests: Diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, microbiology

Biography: Kyle is a second-year medical student at the University of Hong Kong. At Queen Mary Hospital, he works as a research assistant under Dr. Siddharth Sridhar to investigate and study rat Hepatitis E. He hopes to further expand his research skills through academic writing, especially regarding the epidemiology and treatment of non-communicable diseases.

Ziheng Jia

Research interests: Cardiooncology, atrial fibrillation

Biography: Ziheng is in the fourth year of his undergraduate medicine programme. He will enter clinical practice in the next semester. He has experience in pre-clinical research at the Tianjin Institute of Cardiology.

Adan Khan

Research interests: Neurology, Neurosurgery, Oncology and Artificial Intelligence

Website: https://linktr.ee/notadankhan

Biography: I am a preclinical undergraduate medical student at Kent Medway Medical School. I am interested in academic research and am excited to be involved to be able to provide my input and learn as I go along. Co-founder of Diversity in Medical Academia (DIMA), a student-run organisation aiming to bridge the gap for students who are underrepresented in the research field. Open to research opportunities, please feel free to contact me.

Shazaib Khan

Research interests: cardio-oncology

Biography: I studied Biomedical Sciences at Queen Mary, University of London, graduating (virtually) before undertaking Medicine at the Kent and Medway Medical School. My time at Queen Mary exposed me to the research field, and it was here that I discovered my keen interests in understanding human pathology and everything that can go wrong inside us.

Emma King

Research interests: biostatistics and epidemiology

Biography: Emma began her science career by gaining a degree in Biology (BSc (Hons.)) from the University of St Andrews, enjoying molecular and cellular biology as well as evolution. During her time at St Andrews she won 2x summer research bursaries that helped her gain experience in a molecular plant pathology laboratory. After graduating, she turned her interests to medicine and gained an MBBS from Imperial in 2014. Once she had finished the UK foundation programme, she worked as a locum doctor in various specialties. She hopes to eventually do a PhD in biology or biomedicine, but prior to that would like to enhance her skills and knowledge, particularly of statistics. She has been unable to practice medicine during the pandemic due to ill health, but in this time has been voluntarily tutoring medical students and also works for an education company providing guidance for young people that would like to pursue a career in medicine.

Adila Labenberg

Biography: I am Adila, a second year student at the University of St Francis, IN, USA. I am currently majoring in nutrition and minoring in psychology. I am interested in any projects that are nutrition based or are in the field of cognition or cardiology. I am an avid writer, and have had my poetry published in 4 different anthologies from the American Library of Poetry. I am looking forward to being a proactive member of the group and our future collaborations together.

Veronica Lai

Research interests: Trials, methdology

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Veronica-Ka-Wai-Lai

Ishan Lakhani

Research interests: Cardiac epidemiology; cardiac biomarkers

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ishan-Lakhani

Biography: Ishan is a fifth year medical student in Hong Kong. He has already published works in many international journals such as Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental and has obtained funding to support his attendance at many overseas Cardiology Conferences, including the American College of Cardiology and European Society of Cardiology. He is involved in Medical Education - with his position as the Director of Clinical Sciences for Virtual Research Lab - and Public Health - with his leadership role in the Medical Students Service Platform (MSSP), an organization that collaborates with various NGOs in Hong Kong. Ishan is also the proud recipient of the Ti Hua Koo and Dorothy Koo Vee Koo Scholarship, the Gerald Choa Memorial Fund Service Scholarship as well as the Young Investigator Award at the Inaugural Clinical and Translational Cardiology Conference in Hong Kong.

Selected publications:

1. Lakhani, I., Leung, K., Tse, G., & Lee, A. (2019). Novel Mechanisms in Heart Failure with Preserved, Midrange, and Reduced Ejection Fraction. Frontiers In Physiology, 10. DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00874

2. Lakhani, I., Gong, M., Wong, W., Bazoukis, G., Lampropoulos, K., & Wong, S. et al. (2018). Fibroblast growth factor 21 in cardio-metabolic disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Metabolism, 83, 11-17. DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2018.01.017

Athena Lee

Research interests: Cardiovascular Endocrinology; Congenital Heart Disease; Reproductive Medicine; Prostate Cancer; Gut Microbiome.

Biography: Athena is a third-year medical student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. At the Center for Gut Microbiota Research, she works with the team of Dr. Francis Chan studying Crohn's Disease. She is involved in preventive pediatric eye care at the Hong Kong Eye Hospital. Her main research interest is in the relations of the endocrine system to the cardiovascular system and the role of clinical endocrinology in cardiology.

Rebecca On Yu Lee

Research interests: Surgery

Biography: Rebecca is a final year medical student at the University of Manchester. She completed her Master of Pharmacy at the University of Nottingham in 2018 and is registered as a pharmacist in the UK. Rebecca is passionate about research and medical education. Throughout her undergraduate degrees, she has been actively involved with multiple projects and research including systematic reviews. She hopes to further expand her research skills and clinical knowledge to enhance her academic development.

Sharen Lee

Research interests: Cardiac electrophysiology; electrocardiography; cardiac ion channelopathies; diabetes; predictive risk model development

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sharen-Lee

Biography: Sharen is currently a final year medical student at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her main research interest is risk stratification in congenital arrhythmic syndromes and diabetes with the use of data modeling. She has over 45 publications in renowned international journals including ESC Heart Failure, Journal of American Heart Association, Diabetes, and more. She has presented at more than 10 international conferences, including the European Society in Cardiology Congress, European Heart Rhythm Association Congress and Heart Rhythm. She was also awarded First Place at the Young Investigator's Award at the International Congress on Electrocardiology 2021 and First Place at the English Speech Competition at the Asian Heart Society Congress 2020. She is a member of the International Society of Electrocardiology- Young Community.

Selected Publications:

1. Tse G., Liu T., Roever L., Lee S. (2021) Promoting gender equity in diabetes research based on an alternative model for research mentorship. Diabetes.

2. Lee S., Zhou J., Leung K.S.K., Wai A.K.C., Jeevaratnam K., King E., Liu T., Wong W.T., Chang C., Wong I.C.K., Cheung B.M.Y, Tse G.*, Zhang Q.* (2021) Comparison of sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor on the risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation, stroke and mortality in diabetic patients: a propensity score-matched study in Hong Kong. Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy.

3. Lee S., Wong J., Wong I.C.K., Mak C., Mok N.S., Liu T., Tse G. (2021) Ventricular tachyarrhythmia risk in paediatric/young vs adult Brugada syndrome patients: a territory-wide study. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.671666

4. Lee S.*, Zhou J.*, Leung K.S.K., Wu W.K.K., Wong W.T., Liu T., Wong I.C.K., Jeevaratnam K., Zhang Q., Tse G. (2021) Development of A Predictive Risk Model for All-Cause Mortality in Diabetic Patients in Hong Kong. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2020-001950

5. Lee S.*, Zhou J.*, Guo C.L., Wong W.T., Liu T., Wong I.C.K., Jeeevaratnam K., Zhang Q., Tse G. (2021) Predictive scores for identifying patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at risk of acute myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death. Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism. DOI: 10.1002/edm2.240

Teddy Lee

Research interests: Sepsis, COVID-19, Pharmacoepidemiology

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Teddy-Lee

Biography: Teddy is a second-year Bachelor of Pharmacy student at the University of Hong Kong. He joined his first medical conference and won the Campbell MacFarlane Best Poster Award at the International Conference on Emergency Medicine held in the UAE at the age of 19. He will continue to pursue his studies in medicine and aspires to become a clinician-researcher.

Justin Chak Yin Leung

Research interests: tbc

Biography: Justin is a fifth-year medical student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has been actively involved in different services, including myopia prevention programme in the Hong Kong Eye Hospital and primary health prevention in CUCHAMPION. Currently, he is building his own organization for health education in primary schools of Hong Kong.

Keith Sai Kit Leung

Research interests: Arrhythmias, Cardiac arrest (OHCA), ACS, HF, ECG, Echo/POCUS, Trauma

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Keith-Leung-4

Biography: Keith is a 4th year medical student in the UK who achieved distinction in both of his preclinical years. He graduated with a BSc Biomedical Science (1st Hons) and a President Prize awarded by the Institute of Biomedical Science prior his medical study. He has published over 15+ peer-reviewed articles till date, and presented in national conferences (Royal College of Physicians Research Symposium, British Cardiovascular Society Annual Conference) as well. As the founding president of Aston Cardiovascular Society and Aston Emergency Medicine Society, he delivered teachings to his juniors on management of common cardiac conditions, ECG interpretation, etc. He also serves as a reviewer and young editorial board member for journal CVIA, advisory panel for Recourse AI, national ambassador of International Student Association of Emergency Medicine, past committee of British Undergraduate Cardiovascular Association, and works as an event medic (ambulance technician) in his spare time. He aims to work as an academic prehospital emergency physician in the future.

Selected publications:

1. Leung, K.*, Zhou, J.*, Kong, D., Lee, S., Liu, T., Wai, A., Chang, C., Zhang, Q. & Tse, G. Low rates of liver injury in Edoxaban users: Evidence from a territory-wide observational cohort study. (2021) Clinical Cardiology. DOI: 10.1002/clc.23570.

2. Lakhani, I., Wong, M., Hung, J., Gong, M., Waleed, K., Xia, Y., Lee, S., Roever, L., Liu, T., Tse, G., Leung, K.# and Li, K.# (2020). Diagnostic and prognostic value of serum C-reactive protein in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Heart Failure Reviews. DOI: 10.1007/s10741-020-09927-x.

Andrew Li

Research interests: Computing, automated ECG analysis

Xinmu Li

Research interests: Machine learning in cardiology

Website:

Biography: Xinmu Li graduated with a Bachleor of Medicine degree from Tianjin Medical University and is currently studying for Master degree majoring in Cardiology at Tianjin Medical University under the supervision of Professor Tong Liu. Her research focuses on the use of artificial intelligence for problems in cardiovascular medicine, particularly heart failure.

Xintao Li

Research interests: Arrhythmias, Cardiac arrest, ACS, Heart failure, ECG, Echo/POCUS, Trauma

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Keith-Leung-4

Biography: Dr Li is a cardiologist who is pursuing his PhD at Shanghai Jiantong University.

Kiera Liblik

Research interests: Acute Coronary Syndrome; Electrophysiology; Tropical Medicine; Machine Learning; Women’s Health; Cardiovascular Risk Stratification

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kiera-Liblik

Biography: Kiera Liblik is a medical student (expected 2024) and master’s student (expected 2022) at Queen’s University. Kiera has had the pleasure of being involved with research throughout her undergraduate degree and first two years of medicine (both at Queen's University) in women's health and cardiology. She is predominantly interested in the way that these two areas intersect, acknowledging the historical gender disparity in research pertaining to women's cardiovascular health. She is intrigued by the complex cardiovascular risk factors as well as social determinants of health that may contribute to this higher risk. An awareness of the urgency for continuing research in this area as a well as passion for understanding cardiovascular disease inspired her to integrate an MSc in Translational Medicine at Queen’s University into her medical school education.

Selected publications:

1. Held C., Liblik K., Mulvagh, S., Hindmarch, C., Alavi, N., & Johri, A., 2021. Emotional distress in women after acute myocardial infarction - still a long way to walk. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2021.08.007. (In Press)

2. Liblik, K., Mulvagh, S., Hindmarch, C., Alavi, N., & Johri, A., 2021. Depression and Anxiety following Acute Myocardial Infarction in Women. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine. DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2021.07.005. (In Press)

3. Gariscsak, P., Aggarwal, I., Liblik, K., Mann, S., & Winthrop, A. 2021. Virtual vs. In-Person Suture Training: An Evaluation of Synchronous and Asynchronous Teaching Paradigms. Canadian Journal of Surgery. (Accepted Abstract)

4. Aggarwal, I., Gariscsak, P., Liblik, K., Mann, S., & Winthrop, A. 2021. Impact of COVID-19 on Procedural Skills Training and Career Preparation of Medical Students. Canadian Journal of Surgery. (Accepted Abstract)

5. Liblik K., Byun, J., Farina, J., Lloyd-Kuzik, A., Burgos, L. M., Howes, D., Baranchuk, A. 2021. Determining the Importance of Gender, Race, and Body Shape for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Education Using Manikins. Circulation. (Accepted Abstract).

6. Liblik, K., Hu, R., Foldes-Busque, G., & Johri, A. 2021. The FRIDA Pilot Study (Female Risk Factors for Post-Infarction Depression and Anxiety). Canadian Journal of Cardiology. (Accepted Abstract)

Fei Liu

Research interests: Arrhythmia, Atrial fibrillation, Catheter ablation, SGLT2-inhibitors, Biomarkers, Cardio-oncology

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fei-Liu-83

Biography: Fei Liu is an Chinese and currently working as a clinical doctor in cardiology department in First affiliated hospital of Dalian medical University. He started medical career with a seven years medical training program in 2011 and obtained Master of Medicine in 2018. He successfully completed Ph.D. in Cardiology (2021) at the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University under Prof. Xia Yunlong. His scientific research attitude and development are related cardiovascular medicine particularly Arrhythmia, catheter ablation and Cardio-oncology. He published more than 9 SCI papers as first author and more than 5 SCI papers as coauthor. He has presented in several major international conferences. He believes firmly in the value of international research collaboration and is actively seeking collaborative opportunities in Atrial fibrillation, Catheter ablation and Cardio-oncology research.

Selected publications:

Liu, F.; Hidru, T. H.; Gao, R.; Lin, Y.; Liu, Y.; Fang, F.; Liu, J.; Li, H.; Yang, X.; Xia, Y., Cancer patients with potential eligibility for vascular endothelial growth factor antagonists use have an increased risk for cardiovascular diseases comorbidities. J Hypertens 2020, 38 (3), 426-433.(IF 4.844)

Liu, F.; Xin, Z.; Bin Waleed, K.; Lin, Y.; Tse, G.; Luhanga, A.; Sun, Y.; Gao, L.; Yin, X.; Xia, Y., CHA2DS2-VASc Score as a Predictor of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After Catheter Ablation of Typical Atrial Flutter. Frontiers in Physiology 2020, 11 (558). (IF 4.566)

Liu, F.; Sun, W.; Li, Y.; Sun, Y.; Yu, X.; Yin, X.; Xia, Y., Low-Level Stimulation and Ethanol Ablation of the Vein of Marshall Prevent the Vagal-Mediated AF. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine 2021, 8 (365). (IF 6.05)

Haipeng Liu

Research interests: Cardiovascular diseases, computational fluid dynamics, biomechanics, photoplethysmography

Website: https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/persons/haipeng-liu

Biography: Haipeng Liu received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and biomedical engineering from Zhejiang University in 2012 and 2015, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in medical sciences from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2018. He is currently a Research Fellow within the Research Centre for Intelligent Healthcare of Coventry University. He is the author of over 40 journal articles and four IEEE conference papers. He had an invited talk in the 41st IEEE International Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC 2019). His research interests include biomechanics, computational fluid dynamics, and simulation of cardiovascular diseases. Dr Liu was a recipient of the Travel Award of British Heart Foundation in the 14th International Symposium on Biomechanics in Vascular Biology and Cardiovascular Disease, and the Research and Innovation Support Fund of Anglia Ruskin University.

Tong Liu

Research interests: Arrhythmia, Atrial fibrillation, Catheter ablation

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tong-Liu-49

Biography: Tong Liu is Professor of Cardiology at the Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Cardiology, Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University. He is an academic cardiac electrophysiologist with research interests in the mechanisms, pathogenesis and epidemiology of cardiac rhythm disorders. He was an electrophysiology research fellow from 2009.12-2010.11 in Heart Rhythm Center, the Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. He served as Editorial Board members of World Journal of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy, and guest reviewers in peer reviewed SCI journals in the field of cardiology, such as JACC, Am J Cardiol, PACE, Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart and Vessels.

Xuejin Liu

Research interests: Data Science, Children's Psychology, Pre-School Education

Biography: Xuejin is an assistant professor in the School of Educational Science, Kaili University, Kaili City, Guizhou, China. His main research interests include Data Science, Children's Psychology, and Pre-School Education.

Jonathan Mui

Research interests: Diabetes; dementia

Biography: Jonathan is currently a final year medical student at the University of Cambridge. He is particularly interested in neurology and endocrinology, having completed an intercalated degree in 2018 on psychology, neuroscience and behaviour.

Throughout his undergraduate years, he has undertaken multiple projects and laboratory attachments at Hong Kong University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and University of Cambridge. He also regularly holds small group tutorials for third year and fourth year medical students.

Gauranga Mahalwar

Research interests: ardio-oncology, cardiac sarcoidosis, TAVR and pericardial disease process

Biography: I am a third year medicine resident at Cleveland Clinic Akron General who completed his medical school from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University. I am an aspiring cardiologist with interest in advanced cardiac imaging.

Elham Mahmoudi

Research interests: Cardiac electrophysiology

Biography: Elham is a MD-MPH general cardiologist from Tehran, Iran; She has got her cardiology board certification in late 2020. So far, she has been working as a clinical cardiologist as well as a clinical researcher in Iran. Her research background goes back to about 12 years ago when she was a first year medical student. After investigating cellular and molecular biology of the immune system, human cognition and neurology, finally she chose cardiology to be her major field, as the logic behind the electrophysiology of the heart is a perfect combination of medicine, physics and mathematics for her. Recently, she has been working on markers of repolarization disparity in various clinical settings. Now, she's getting familiar with machine learning and deep learning implications in cardiology, in which she is still so elementary.

Jahanzeb Malik

Research Interests: Clinical electrophysiology and devices

Biography: Jahanzeb Malik, MBBS, FCPS Cardiology is a fellow-in-training at the Department of Electrophysiology, Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology/National Institute of Heart Diseases, Pakistan. He is a co-founder of The Research Academy, a biomedical organization to foster medical research in medical students and young doctors of Pakistan.

Publications:

1. Naeem H, Khan U, Mohsin M, Niazi K, Malik J, Satti DI, Anwar W. Comparison of Invasive Coronary Angiography Versus Computed Tomography Angiography to Assess Mehran Classification of In-Stent Restenosis in Bifurcation Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Am J Cardiol. 2022 Jun 1;172:11-17. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.02.014. Epub 2022 Mar 26. PMID: 35351284.

2. Satti DI, Hussain T, Ahmed S, Saqib BUH, Malik J, Umair F. Outcomes of ambulance arrival vs. self-presentation in acute heart failure: an insight from the heart failure registry in Pakistan. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2022 May 9:1-5. doi: 10.1080/14779072.2022.2075344. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35522982.

3. Mehmood A, Waqas Afzal M, Ullah Jan M, Altaf A, Sami A, Akhtar W, Malik J. Clinical outcomes by indexed mitral valve tenting on mitral stenosis undergoing percutaneous transvenous mitral commissurotomy. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. 2022 Apr 7;40:101025. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2022.101025. PMID: 35434260; PMCID: PMC9010645.

4. Malik J, Javed N, Rana G, Shoaib M, Ishaq U, Chauhan H. Outcomes of intracutaneous sutures in comparison with intracutaneous staples in cardiac implantable-electronic device pocket closure. Anatol J Cardiol. 2021 Oct;25(10):716-720. doi: 10.5152/AnatolJCardiol.2021.96644. PMID: 34622786; PMCID: PMC8504665.

5. Malik J, Yousaf H, Abbasi W, Hameed N, Mohsin M, Shahid AW, Fatima M. Incidence, predictors, and outcomes of DAPT non-compliance in planned vs. ad hoc PCI in chronic coronary syndrome. PLoS One. 2021 Jul 16;16(7):e0254941. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254941. PMID: 34270595; PMCID: PMC8284673.

Andres Felipe Miranda Arboleda

Research Interests: Cardiac Electrophysiology

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andres-Miranda-3

Akshay Nair

Research Interests: interventional cardiology, structural heart disease, and heart failure.

Biography: Interventional cardiology, structural heart disease, and heart failure. Akshay is currently an undergraduate third-year medical student at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin. He aims to develop his clinical research skills and medical expertise in hopes of pursuing cardio-thoracic surgery. At RCSI, he is a member of the Surgical, Cardiovascular, and Emergency Medicine societies, as well as a dedicated peer mentor for incoming students. He is certified in ACLS and Irish Good Clinical Practice.

Mukti Nakarja

Research Interests: tbc

Biography: Mukti Nakarja is a 1st year Medical School Student at Kent and Medway Medical School. She has previously completed a master’s degree in Pharmacy at the University of Bath. Her aspiration is to specialise in Cardiology.

Kenrick Ng

Research Interests: Solid Tumour Oncology, Genitourinary Cancer, Lung Cancer, Cancer Immunology, Cardio-Oncology, Predictive Biomarkers, Disparities in Cancer Care

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kenrick-Ng

Biography: Dr. Kenrick Ng obtained his medical degree from the University of Cambridge in 2012. He furthered his postgraduate training in Central London hospitals, obtaining a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education in 2014, Membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 2015 and Speciality Certificate in Medical Oncology in 2020. He is due to complete a PhD in Tumour Immunology in the UCL Cancer Institute under a Cancer Research UK Clinical Research Training Fellowship, while concurrently acting as Honorary Clinical Research Fellow in Early Phase Clinical Trials in the NIHR UCLH Clinical Research Facility.

He is on the advisory board of the journal Oncology and Therapy, and has been subinvestigator of research grants from the UK Medical Research Council and the Cancer Research UK Early Detection Scheme. He has published more than 15 first author peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and co-authored many others. His research work in cancer has been awarded with the prestigious Helen Patterson Research Registrar Award and ASCO Conquer Cancer Foundation Merit Award, and he has also supervised projects which have won the prestigious Sylvia Lawler Oncology Prize from the Royal Society of Medicine.

Selected Publications:

1. K Ng, K Vinnakota, A Sharma, J Kelly, P Dasgupta, N Vasdev Urinary Biomarkers to Mitigate Diagnostic Delays of Bladder Cancer in the COVID-19 era; Nature Reviews Urology, 2020

2. K Ng, P Wilson, K Mutsvangwa, L Hounsome, J Shamash Overall survival of black and white men with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC): a 20-year retrospective analysis in the largest healthcare trust in England; Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, 1-7, 2021

3. Gjafa E*, Ng K*, Grunewald T, Galazi M, Skyllberg E, Wilson P, Alifrangis C, Shamash J Neutropenic Sepsis Rates in Patients Receiving Bleomycin, Etoposide, and Cisplatin Chemotherapy using Olanzapine and Reduced Doses of Dexamethasone Compared to a Standard Antiemetic Regimen; BJU International, 127(2): 205-211

Evbayekha Endurance Osas

Research Interests: Cardiovascular Disease

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Biography: I grew up and went to medical school in Nigeria. I worked as an internist in Nigeria for a few years. During this time, I took the United States Medical Licensing Exam USMLE and am currently in line to start residency in July 2022.

Souhail Ouardouz

Research Interests: Cardiac Electrophysiology; Cardiovascular Epidemiology; Cardio-oncology; Heart Failure; Arrhythmias; Valvular disease

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ouardouz-Souhail

Biography: Souhail is a medical student (expected 2024) at the Cadi Ayyad University Marrakech, Morocco. He is passionate about Research particularly in Cardiology and Cardiovascular. He also serves as the President of the Marrakech Medical student association where he organizes different workshops and tutoring for first year and second year medical students. He aspires to become a clinician-researcher.

Dimitrios Patoulias

Research Interests: Diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dimitrios-Patoulias

Biography: My name is Dimitrios Patoulias. I am a physician fully trained in Internal Medicine. I earned my MD degree from the Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (grade: excellent). I have also earned a MSc degree in the field of Medical Research Methodology from the Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (grade: excellent with distinction, class valedictorian). I have earned my PhD degree in the Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with my thesis entitled: “Assessment of the effect of sodium/glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors on aortic stiffness and right ventricular function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. “ (Supervisor: Doumas Michael, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, grade: excellent with distinction).

I have authored or co-authored 181 peer-reviewed articles indexed in PubMed database until August 2022, mainly in the field of diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease, while I have also served as a referee in 84 journals indexed in the same database, including The Lancet, BMJ, Diabetologia, eClinicalMedicine, Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental, Cardiovascular Diabetology, Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism, Molecular Metabolism, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, International Journal of Cardiology, The American Journal of Cardiology, European Journal of Internal Medicine. I also serve as a Sentinel Reader of the MORE system from the Health Information Research Unit at McMaster University (Canada) from January 2021. My current h-index is 12.

I am a member of the European Society of Cardiology and the Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease (D&CVD) Study Group of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD).

In addition, I have participated as a sub-investigator in three multicenter RCTs (NCT03689374, NCT03751657 and NCT04760626). During my short academic career, I have earned academic scholarships from the European Federation of Internal Medicine, the Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Hellenic Association for the Study and Education of Diabetes Mellitus. My field of specific interest focuses on diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease, while I am keen on systematic reviews and meta-analyses conduction.

Francesco Perone

Research Interests: cardiac rehabilitation, cardiovascular prevention, sports cardiology, ischemic heart disease, heart valve disease, and heart failure

Biography: Medical doctor, specialist in Cardiovascular Diseases, he is currently working as a cardiologist and researcher at the Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit, Rehabilitation Clinic "Villa delle Magnolie", Italy. Since September 2019 he is Young Italian Ambassador of European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), whereas since 2020 he is Board member of the Italian Society for Cardiovascular Prevention (SIPREC) Young Group. One of his main fields of interest is the multimodality cardiac imaging. He performed a period of in-depth study of cardiac imaging techniques (transthoracic, transesophageal, and advanced echocardiography, cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI) at the Cardiac Imaging Unit, “La Paz” University Hospital (Madrid, Spain), and specialization thesis in cardioncology, tutor dr Teresa López Fernández. He is fully certified in European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) Adult Transthoracic and Transoesophageal Echocardiography.

Athaya Purnomo

Research Interests: Urology; Oncology; Kidney Transplantation; Immunology; Data Analytics; Predictive Risk Modelling; Risk Stratification; Systematic Review and Meta-analysis; In Silico study

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Athaya-Purnomo

Biography: Athaya's research focuses mostly on uro-oncology, for instance prostate cancer biomarkers using miRNA and gene predictors, and predictive risk models for kidney transplantation rejection using gene polymorphism study. He is Urologist in Malang city, East Java, Indonesia, currently undertaking MSc Precision Cancer Medicine in University of Oxford, UK.

Selected publications:

• Daryanto, B, Purnomo, A.F. (2022) Association between CTLA4 +49A/G (rs231775) single nucleotide polymorphism and the risk of acute allograft renal transplantation rejection : a multi-ethnic modelling of meta-analysis. F1000 Journal. doi : https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.75633.1

• Daryanto, B., Janardhana, A., Purnomo, A.F. (2022) The Effect of Covid-19 Severity on Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Manifestations. Medical Archives. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2022.76.127-130

• Daryanto, B, Purnomo, A.F., Seputra, K.P., Budaya, T.N. (2022) Comparison between intravesical chemotherapy epirubicin and mitomycin-c after TURB vs TURB alone with recurrence rate of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer : meta analysis. Medical Archives. doi: 10.5455/medarh.2022.76.198-201

Danny Radford

Research Interests: Bioinformatics, Genetics, Cardiology, Tropical Medicine and Oncology

Website:

Biography: I’m a 1st biomedical science graduate from the University of Plymouth. I am in the process of publishing my dissertation project in The Advanced Journal of Professional Practice. In this project we used bioinformatics to analyse P.falciparum lifecycle stage proteins with the aim to identify possible vaccine targets which haven’t been described in the literature before. Now, I am medical student at the Kent and Medway Medical School and I am looking forward to participating in more research.

Leonardo Roever

Research interests: Evidence based medicine and practice, network meta-analysis, randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, umbrella reviews, meta-epidemiologic studies, cross-sectional studies, diagnosis, treatment, management, and prevention of atherosclerosis, ectopic adiposopathy, biomarkers, inflammatory markers, metabolic syndrome, coronary artery disease, cardiovascular prevention, heart failure, hypertension, arrhythmia, diabetes, aging, stroke, , clinical epidemiology, clinical research, biostatistics and development of new diagnostic and therapeutic methods.

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leonardo-Roever

Dr. Leonardo Roever was graduated in UNIT (2002), had his specialization in UNIFESP (2003) and UFU (2020), Masters degree (2008), PhD (2019) and Post-Doctorate (2021) in Health Sciences from the UFU. Currently Postdoctoral (2021-current) at the Medical School of USP in São Paulo. International Editorial Board - European Heart Journal, Editorial Board (International Journal of Cardiology, BMC Medical Research Methodology, BMC Emergency Medicine and Lipids in Health and Disease), Associted Editor [BMC Cardiovascular Disorders (Epidemiology) and Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine], Academic Editor [Medicine (USA - Baltimore, Maryland)/ BioMed Research International (Critical Care)] and others. The total of publications comprises more than 260 articles in journals specialized as an author and/or co-authored, including high-impact journals such as The Lancet, Nature, Nature Medicine, The Lancet Neurology, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, The Lancet Global Health, European Heart Journal, JACC, Circulation and British Medical Journal (BMJ), 21 abstracts in conference proceedings,1 international E-book and 2 national book, and 2 chapters international and 34 national.

Member of the Global Burden of Disease collaborator network (GBD), GRADE Working Group, Integrated Meta-analysis of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology-Group (IMCSC-Group), International Health Informatics Study Network (IHISN) and the CEO of Brazilian Network of Research in Meta-analysis (BRAMETIS). He has acted or works as a member of the editorial board of 15 and reviewer of 243 scientific journals. Ad Hoc for the The Medical Research Council (MRC) is part of UK Research and Innovation, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI-USA) and Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF) - Hong Kong.

Danish Iltaf Satti

Research interests: Interventional cardiology, Heart failure, Diabetes, Hypertension, ECG, COVID-19, Oncology, Arrhythmias, Hepatorenal syndrome, Systematic reviews, Meta-analyses, Artificial Intelligence

Biography: Danish is a fourth-year medical student from Shifa College of Medicine, STMU in Pakistan. He is a member of Radscholars Inc. working on various researches which include a biochemistry project & a radiology project related to Artificial Intelligence. Furthermore, he is involved in multiple systematic reviews and meta-analyses related to HRS and Multiple Myeloma. Being a passionate researcher and striving for healthcare equity, Danish would want his career to revolve around helping patients and making their lives better!

Soban Sadiq

Research interests: drugs-induced metabolic syndrome, anti-psychotics, anti-cancer medications

Biography: Soban Sadiq is currently working as Senior Lecturer (Clinical Pharmacology/Biomedical Sciences) in Kent and Medway medical school (KMMS), Canterbury-UK. Before joining KMMS, he worked in Imperial college London and University of Buckingham as Clinical Pharmacology Lead. He completed his medical degree from Pakistan. To excel in research, he got opportunity to study in University of Liverpool-UK from where he obtained his PhD degree in Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology. He has vast experience of Teaching and Research and published papers in national and international journals. His main research interests revolve around drugs-induced metabolic syndrome including cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. He worked mainly on antipsychotic and anticancer drugs and interested in exploring other drugs leading to metabolic syndrome.

Publications:

1. Fingolimod (FTY720) Preserves High Energy Phosphates and Improves Cardiac Function in Heterotopic Heart Transplantation Model. Ahmed N, Farooq J, Sadiq S, Meo SA, Jan A, Cheema FH, Faggian G, Rungatscher A.Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Sep 8;21(18):6548. doi: 10.3390/ijms21186548.

2. Cardioprotective Effects of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor Immunomodulator FTY720 in a Clinically Relevant Model of Cardioplegic Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Ahmed N, Mehmood A, Linardi D, Sadiq S, Tessari M, Meo SA, Rehman R, Hajjar WM, Muhammad N, Iqbal MP, Gilani AU, Faggian G, Rungatscher A. Front Pharmacol. 2019 Jul 18;10:802. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00802.

3. Nilotinib-induced metabolic dysfunction: insights from a translational study using in vitro adipocyte models and patient cohorts. Sadiq S, Owen E, Foster T, Knight K, Wang L, Pirmohamed M, Clark RE, Pushpakom S. Leukemia. 2019 Jul;33(7):1810-1814. doi: 10.1038/s41375-018-0337-0.

Sanobar Shariff

Biography: I'm a final year medical student studying in the Yerevan State Medical University, Armenia. I'm passionate about cardiovascular intricacies and it's impact on the global health and population. I would like to make significant impact on the face of public health.

Ellen Sheppard

Research interests: tbc

Biography: I'm Ellen Sheppard and I am an undergraduate second-year medical student studying at Kent And Medway Medical School. I am very excited to get involved in some research and expand my knowledge in cardiology.

Yuki Kaling Shum

Research interests: Cardio-oncology; Artificial Intelligence; COVID-19; Pharmacoepidemiology

Biography: Yuki is a foundation pharmacist in the UK who graduated with a MPharm (1st Hons).

Selected publications:

1. Shum, K., Yan, Z., Lai, C. (2021) Lopinavir-ritonavir(LPV/r) for the Treatment of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19): A Systematic Review. J Pharmacol Pharm Res Volume 3(2): 1-21. https://researchopenworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/JPPR-3-2-312.pdf

Silverdew Shi

Research interests: tbc

Biography: tbc

Rishika Trivedi

Research interests: 1. Structural Heart Diseases 2. Interventional Cardiology 3. Heart Failure 4. Preventive Cardiology

Biography: I am medical Graduate from Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, India. I have keen interest in Cardiology and Global health. My interest in research began when I got the opportunity to work on a neurology project granted by The Indian Council Of Medical Research. Since then I have strived to explore various areas of research.

Christopher Tsang

Research interests: Cardiac electrophysiology; Interventional cardiology; Heart failure; Diabetes

Biography: Christopher is a third-year medical student at the University of Hong Kong. He is currently studying for an intercalated BSc in Clinical Sciences at the University of Bristol. At the Bristol Heart Institute, he works with Professor Paolo Madeddu’s team in investigating the damage of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein on cardiac microvascular cells. He hopes to develop his research skills and statistical literacy to gain a deeper insight in the prevention, detection and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

Gary Tse

Research interests: Cardiac Electrophysiology; Cardiovascular Epidemiology; Data Analytics; Predictive Risk Modelling; Risk Stratification

Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gary-Tse

Biography: Gary's research focuses on the development of predictive risk models for rare and common cardiovascular diseases. He is Secretary of the Cardiovascular Analytics Group, with a joint appointment as Professor of Cardiology at Tianjin Medical University's Institute of Cardiology, China and Reader in Public Health at the Kent and Medway Medical School, United Kingdom.

Selected publications:

1. Ju, C., Zhou, J., Lee, S., Tan, M.S., Liu, T., Bazoukis, G., Jeevaratnam, K., Chan, E.W.Y., Wong, I.C.K., Wei, L., Zhang, Q.*, Tse, G.* (2021) Derivation of an electronic frailty index for predicting short-term mortality in heart failure: a machine learning approach. ESC Heart Failure. PMID: 34080784. https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.13358. Impact factor: 4.411.

2. Tse, G.*, Zhou, J., Lee, S., Liu, T., Bazoukis, G., Mililis, P., Wong, I.C.K., Chen, C., Xia, Y., Kamakura, T., Aiba, T., Kusano, K., Zhang, Q., Letsas, K.P. (2020) Incorporating latent variables using nonnegative matrix factorization improves risk stratification in Brugada syndrome. Journal of the American Heart Association. e012714. PMID: 33170070. https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.119.012714. 5-year impact factor: 5.501.

3. Zhou, J., Lee, S., Wang, X., Li, Y., Wu, W.K.K., Liu, T., Cao, Z., Zeng, D.D., Leung, K.S.K., Wai, A.K.C., Wong, I.C.K., Cheung, B.M.Y., Zhang, Q.*, Tse, G.* (2021) Development of a multivariable prediction model for severe COVID-19 disease: a population-based study from Hong Kong. Nature NPJ Digital Medicine. JCRQ1, Impact factor: 11.653. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-021-00433-4.

Irfan Ullah

Biography: Doctor from Kabir Medical College, Gandhara University, Peshawar, Pakistan.

Yueying Wang

Research interests: Cardiology, atrial fibrillation

Biography: Dr. Yueying Yang is a medical graduate and a PhD student at The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, under the supervision of Professor Tong Liu. She is mainly engaged in the research on the mechanisms of atrial fibrillation.

Zhaojia Wang

Research interests: Aging-related AF, Cardio-oncology

Biography: Zhaojia completed her Master of Medicine degree and is currently a doctoral candidate in internal medicine at The Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, under the supervision of Professor Tong Liu. She is mainly engaged in the research on the mechanisms of aging-related atrial fibrillation.

Hannah Wilkinson

Research interests: Heart Failure, Arrythmias, Valvular disease, Echocardiography

Biography: I am currently a first year medical student at Kent and Medway Medical School. I have experience as a Heart Failure Specialist Nurse and have worked in various areas of cardiology. I am looking forward to learning some research skills whilst widening my knowledge of the speciality.

Benjamin Yip

Research interests: Artificial Intelligence, Cardiology

Biography: Benjamin is an undergraduate second-year medical student at Kent and Medway Medical School. He is enthusiastic and keen in expanding his knowledge in cardiology.

Daniel Yoo

Research interests: Infectious diseases, Cardiovascular system

Biography: Daniel is a fourth year candidate for Doctor of Pharmacy at UBC in Canada.

Selected publications:

1. Chau Y-LA, Yoo JW, Yuen HC, Waleed KB, Chang D, Liu T, Liu FZ, Tse G, Lee S, LI KHC. The impact of post-operative atrial fibrillation on outcomes in coronary artery bypass graft and combined procedures. J Geriatr Cardiol 2021; 18(5): 319−326. DOI: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2021.05.005

2. Saatchi, A., Yoo, J. W., & Marra, F. (2021). Outpatient prescribing and prophylactic antibiotic use for recurrent urinary tract infections in British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Urological Association Journal, 15(12). https://doi.org/10.5489/cuaj.7162

Yi Zhang

Research interests: Cardio-oncology, atrial fibrillation; heart failure

Biography: Yi Zhang is a medical student at Tianjin Medical University.

Nan Zhang

Research interests: Cardio-oncology, atrial fibrillation; heart failure

Biography: Nan Zhang just received her undergraduate degree in June, 2021 and will continue to pursue her master's degree in cardiology at Tianjin Medical University. Her research has been published in the European Heart Journal and Europace. She was rewarded the National scholarship of China and the Principle's scholarship of TMU in 2019 and received the Distinguished Graduate Award of Tianjin Medical University in 2021.

Jiandong Zhou

Research interests: Data Science; Artificial Intelligence; Health Informatics; Complex Network Analysis; Pharmacoepidemiology; Computational Risk Stratification; Biostatistics.

Website: https://jiandzhou3-c.wixsite.com/jadonzhou

Biography: Jiandong's research focuses on developing novel data analytics and AI models for predictive risk modeling and pharmacoepidemiology in cardiovascular diseases and cancers. Jiandong is a final-year Ph.D. candidate majoring in Data Science in the School of Data Science, City University of Hong Kong.

Selected publications:

1. Zhou, J., Wang, X., Lee, S., Wu, W. K. K., Cheung, B. M. Y., Zhang, Q., & Tse, G. (2020). Proton pump inhibitor or famotidine use and severe COVID-19 disease: a propensity score-matched territory-wide study. Gut. JCR Q1, Impact factor: 23.06. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323668.

2. Zhou, J., Lee, S., Wang, X., Li, Y., Wu, W.K.K., Liu, T., Cao, Z., Zeng, D.D., Leung, K.S.K., Wai, A.K.C., Wong, I.C.K., Cheung, B.M.Y., Zhang, Q., Tse, G.* (2021) Development of a multivariable prediction model for severe COVID-19 disease: a population-based study from Hong Kong. Nature NPJ Digital Medicine. JCRQ1, Impact factor: 11.653. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-021-00433-4.

3. Chen, C., Zhou, J. (Joint first author). Yu, H., Zhang, Q., Gao, L., Yin, X., ... & Xia, Y. (2021). Identification of important risk factors for all-cause mortality of acquired long QT syndrome patients using random survival forests and non-negative matrix factorization. Heart Rhythm, 18(3), 426-433. JCRQ1, Impact factor: 6.343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2020.10.022.

4. Zhou, J., Zhang, Q., & Li, X. (2021). Fuzzy factorization machine. Information Sciences, 546, 1135-1147. JCRQ1, Impact factor: 6.795. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2020.09.067.