Honours and Awards

Awards

European Collaborative Project on Inflammation and Vascular Wall Remodelling in Atherosclerosis Acronym: AtheroRemo, EU - HEALTH-2007-2.4.2-1. 2008.

Translating innate immune receptor function into diagnostic and therapeutic applications for atherosclerosis – IMMUNATH, EU STREPS-SME FP6-2005-LIFESCIHEALTH-7. Dec 2006.

Strategic Investment Fund- Performance Award, Imperial College. 2007.

The role of nuclear factor kappa B activation in accelerated intimal hyperplasia - Fellowship for Mr Jonathan Finch, British Heart Foundation. Sep 2007.

Role of cytokines in atherosclerosis, Graham Dixon Charitable Trust. 2007.

Smooth muscle cells in atherosclerosis: a proteomic approach, Graham Dixon Charitable Trust. 2006.

Membrane type-I matrix metalloproteinase in carotid disease, Graham Dixon Charitable Trust. 2006.

Role of nuclear factor kappa B in intimal hyperplasia: studies in a porcine model of carotid-jugular transposition, Hammersmith Trustees’. May 2006.

Tissue Factor Signalling in chronic inflammation, Novo Nordisk. Jan 2005.

NFkB signalling in intimal hyperplasia, Hammermith Hospitals Trustees' Research Comittee. Dec 2005.

Toll like receptor signalling in atherosclerosis, British Heart Foundation. 1 Dec 2005.

Role of membrane type I matrix metalloproteinase in smooth muscle cell migration in atherosclerosis, Hammersmith Hospital Trustees' Research Committee. 10 May 2005.

First Prize for the Young Investigator Award (Thrombosis) of the European Society of Cardiology. 2002.

Molecular mechanisms of regulation of the tissue factor gene: a novel approach of dissecting signalling pathways via adenoviral gene transfer, European Society of Cardiology. 2001.

Award for Leukocyte recruitment and Trafficking Research, British Cytokine Group. 2000.

Immunological components in acute coronary syndromes, European Commission Marie Curie Fellowship. 1998.

Young Investigator Award - International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 1997.

Memberships of professional bodies

Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, Fellow of European Society of Cardiology. 2007 -

Member, British Atherosclerosis Society. 2007 -

Member, British Cardiovascular Society. 2007 -

Member of the Working Group "Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis" of the European Society of Cardiology, Working Group "Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis" of the European Society of Cardiology. 2006 -

Member, Medical Defence Union. 2006 -

Associate Member, Royal College of Physicians, London. 2006 -

Professional Member, American Heart Association. 2004 -

British Society of Echocardiography. 2003 -

General Medical Council. 2000 -

Links with other academic bodies

Professor Goran Hansson, Centre for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Institutet. 2005 -

Universita' Vita e Salute / San Raffaele Hospital, Via Olgettina 60, 00132 Milano, Italy. Collaborative research on the role of inflammation in atherosclerosis. 2000 -