Metin Avkiran

Prof Metin Avkiran was appointed as BHF Associate Medical Director for Research in 2016, on secondment from King’s College London. At King’s, he is Professor of Molecular Cardiology and served as Deputy Head of the Cardiovascular Division and on the steering committee of the BHF Centre of Research Excellence from 2004 to 2016. His laboratory’s research focuses on investigating the molecular signalling mechanisms that regulate cardiac function in health and disease. Professor Avkiran has previously served as Chairman of the British Society for Cardiovascular Research and President of the International Society for Heart Research.