Our Funded Researchers
Get to know more about some of the dedicated individuals who have been funded by St Mary's Coronary Flow Trust and the key research they are doing.
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PhD: Electrophysiology
Clare Coyle
Clare is a British Heart Foundation and NIHR academic clinical fellow completing a PhD in cardiac electrophysiology with a focus on Atrial Fibrillation (AF). AF is the most common heart rhythm problem and affects around a third of adults over the age of 65 years. It can cause unpleasant symptoms such as palpitations and shortness of breath and increases the risk of heart failure and stroke. Some people find a procedure called an AF ablation can improve their symptoms but there is a large group of people that this treatment doesn’t help. The aim of Clare’s research is to understand the mechanisms of AF, focusing on the nervous system of the heart, with the hope of improving the success rates of the AF ablation procedure. The coronary flow trust has helped to fund this research to support multi-centre clinical trials and supported presentation of the research at UK and international conferences.
Cardiology Registrar
Balrik Kailey
The Coronary Flow Trust has been instrumental in supporting my research which focuses on Ripple Mapping and how it can improve our understanding of arrhythmia mechanisms and tailor ablation therapy.
Specifically I am carrying out mechanistic work seeking to understand and characterise the circuit of AV nodal reentrant tachycardia. We have carried out a single centre prospective study investigating a tailored approach to VT ablation. Finally, I am leading a multi-centre RCT comparing Ripple guided ablation to conventional ablation in the treatment of scar related atrial tachycardia.
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PhD: Electrophysiology
Keenan Saleh
I am deeply grateful to the Coronary Flow Trust for their invaluable support. Through their generous funding, I was able to take a period out of my cardiology speciality training to undertake clinical research at Imperial College London. This opportunity would not have been possible without their commitment to advancing cardiovascular research and supporting young scientists in their early academic careers.
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Consultant Cardiologist
Ahran Arnold
I am a Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London and Consultant Cardiologist at Hammersmith Hospital, specialising in heart rhythm disorders. The Coronary Flow Trust has provided me invaluable research funding support to allow me to carry out crucial early scientific work that was not yet at the right stage for other funding bodies. By supporting researchers in this way the Coronary Flow Trust facilitates new ideas bridging the gap from inception to fully fledged research and the development of scientific careers.
Cardiology Clinical Fellow
Florentina Simader
My name is Florentina Simader. I am a cardiology clinical and research fellow at Imperial College London. I would like to express my deep gratitude to the Coronary Flow Trust for the support they provided during my transition to working in a new country. Moving to a new environment can be challenging, but the trust’s assistance has been instrumental in helping me overcome these obstacles.