December 10th, 2019 – Another Successful Year for Post Graduate Education at the Hatter Cardiovascular Institute

2019 has been another successful year for post graduate students at the Hatter Cardiovascular Institute (HCI). This year 3 PhD’s and 1 MD(Res) were awardee to members of the HCI. This brings the total number of higher degrees emanating from the HCI to 70.

The Hatter Cardiovascular Institute is pleased to congratulation the following recipients from 2019:

Dr Stasa Taferner  PhD – An investigation into the role of the CXCR7 chemokine receptor in acute MI and angiogenesis.

Dr Idris Harding PhD – Determinants of Reperfusion Injury in the Diabetic Heart

Dr Kaloyan Takov PhD – Cardioprotective & proangiogenic activities of small exosomes released by amniotic fluid stem cells.

 Dr Ashraf Hamarneh MD(res) – The effect of RIC and glyceryl trinitrate on perioperative myocardial injury in CABG patients.