The BHF Imperial Centre for Research Excellence will host its annual symposium on 1st October 2020. It will be an online event with a COVID-19 theme.

The pandemic has had a particular impact on cardiovascular health and, with the encouragement of the BHF, the Imperial Centre has looked to provide support to better understand and adapt to the effects of the virus. The annual symposium is an opportunity to showcase and discuss those efforts. It is also an opportunity to inspire and inform future plans and we look forward to your contribution during or after the event.

Please register in advance.

For any queries regarding events, please contact Jaya Rajamanie.

Programme

10:00 – 10:15 Introduction- Martin Wilkins

Session 1 – 10:15-11:15

Clinical and pathophysiological insights (Dorian Haskard and Edwin Chilvers)

• Clinical experience. Cardiovascular sequelae and practice adaptation. (Ramzi Khamis)
• Impact on clinical trials (Rasha Al-Lamee)
• P-HOSP (Luke Howard)

Break: 11:15 – 11:30

Session 2 – 11:30 – 12:30

Drug discovery and evaluation (Sian Harding and Beata Wojciak-Stothard)

• Thrombosis in COVID-19- What have we learnt and treatment implication. (Mike Laffan)
• Endothelial pathophysiology- cross talk with thrombosis. (Ana Randi)
• Imaging ACE2 dimerization (Edwin Garcia/Paul French)

Lunch: 12:30 – 13:30

Session 3 – 13:30 – 15:00

Devices for remote diagnosis, monitoring and treatment (Fu Siong Ng and Mary Ryan)

• Biosensing platforms (Molly Stevens)
• Remote diagnostics and wearables (Patrik Bachtiger)
• Next generation Implantable devices (Zac Whinett)
• Assessment of cardiac function by the non-specialist (Peter Weinberg)

Break: 15:00 – 15:30

Session 4 – 15:30 – 17:00

Big data and cardiovascular health (Prapa Karagaratnam and Ioanna Tzoulaki)  

• COVID-19 Human Population SusceptibiliTY COHORT Network (COVIDITY-COHORT) (Ioanna Tzoulaki)
• Clinical data for research (Jamil Mayet)
• BCD: Big data, COVID and cardiovascular Disease (Jennifer Quint)
• Experience with a ‘Living lab’ and the ‘internet of things’ (Dave Sharp)

Keynote Lecture – 17:05- 17:30 Digital twin for cardiovascular disease – external speaker

Closing remarks 17:30