Category: News

Today is a Good Day – Aortic Dissection Awareness

Mr Mark Field from our LABB Group is featured in the award-winning short film ‘Today is a Good Day – Aortic Dissection Awareness’ by Aortic Dissection Awareness UK and Ireland, which you can watch on the link below. A powerful reminder about why our research is so important.    

ITV Granada Reports

Our BHF-funded research on thoracic aortic aneurysms was covered by ITV Granada Reports: https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2019-02-14/tackling-heartbreak-on-valentines-day

Engineering PhD Student Receives Prestigious Award

We are pleased that Zhuo Chang, who was supervised by Dr Riaz Akhtar on a project related to arterial stiffening has been awarded the prestigious Chinese Government Scholarship for Outstanding PhD Thesis for Self-Funded Students 2018. Zhuo’s work focussed on utilising the internal mammary artery as a novel target for arterial stiffening. You can read […]

Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science (LCCS) Launch

We were pleased to attend the launch of the Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Science (LCCS). Former Liverpool Football Club manager Gérard Houllier came to Liverpool to help launch the new collaborative research initiative to improve the heart health of the Liverpool City Region. The LABB group is excited about potential opportunities that will arise through LCCS […]