Past Events
BHI Public Lecture September 11th 2009
Can doctors do better? Diagnosing and treating people with angina
Gene Feder, Professor of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol
BHI Symposium September 12th 2009
There will be a public lecture and symposium in September 2009, to celebrate opening of the new BHI Hospital (there will not be a BHI awayday in 2009). Details to follow.
Cardiovascular Translational Workshop 19th March 2009
2-5pm (followed by drinks reception)
C42, School of Medical Sciences, University Walk FREE EVENT – ALL WELCOME
but please register: research-development@bristol.ac.uk
Organised by RED. Download Flyer>>
Speakers:
Prof. Gianni Angelini - Translational research at the biomedical research unit
Dr. Raimondo Ascione - Autologous stem cells for myocardial repair:
the Transact trials put Bristol on the map
Prof. Ian Day - A geneticist's perspective on statin prescribing
Dr. Costanza Emanueli - tba
Dr. Sarah George - Stabilization of atherosclerotic plaques by reducing cell death
Dr. Olga Konopatskaya - Functional genomics of atherothrombosis
Prof. Julian Paton - Designing new therapeutic approaches to hypertension
BHI Awayday 3rd April 2008
To be held at the Medical Education Centre.
Download the programme (Word doc)>>
This year there will be two external speakers:
Professor Mike Marber: Professor of Cardiology, King's College, London
Professor Jeff Molkentin: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA
BHF Ashton Court 5km Jog 9th May 2008
This is a new BHF fundraising event. We're hoping to enter a team of BHI researchers, so please contact Elinor.Griffiths@bris.ac.uk if you'd like to join in.
Find out more about the Ashton Court jog>>
Inflammation - The Secret Killer
Inaugural Lecture by Prof. Kai Zacharowski
30th November 2007, 5.30pm, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road.
What does a splinter in a finger or stubbed toe have to do with your risk of suffering a heart attack or succumbing to cancer or developing Alzheimer's disease? More than you might think. Suddenly, inflammation has become one of the hottest areas of medical research. Further information is available
A world out of energy balance: What can we do about the obesity epidemic?
Inaugural lecture by Professor Janice Thompson
October 25th 2007, 5:30pm, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road.
Obesity is a global epidemic, particularly affecting certain ethnic minorities and people of lower socioeconomic status. What is causing this global epidemic, and what can we do about it? This address will explore these questions and describe what we currently know about preventing obesity in at-risk communities. Further information is available
Who nearly killed Sir Ranulph Fiennes? A private investigation into the causes of heart attacks and how to stop them
September 18th 2007
2nd BHI public lecture
by Andrew Newby, British Heart Foundation Professor of Vascular Cell Biology
6.00 – 6.45 pm public lecture (booking not required)
6.45 – 7.45 pm drinks reception - all welcome
In a role inspired by Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, Professor Andrew Newby will seek to find the agent responsible for the near sudden death at Bristol International Airport of one of Britain’s most intrepid adventurers, Sir Ranulph Fiennes. He will visit the scene of the crime – the coronary artery – and interrogate each of the likely culprits. He will describe how the latest scientific tools are providing ever-greater ‘forensic’ clues to identify the guilty party. Finally, addressing all the assembled suspects, he will give his verdict and suggest how such crimes may be avoided in future.
4th European Meeting on Vascular Biology and Medicine
The 4th meeting of the EMVBM will be held in Bristol from 17 - 20th September 2007.
Meeting website
Autologous Stem Cells for Cardiovascular Disease
24th & 25th June 2007, Tortworth Court Four Pillars Hotel, Wotton-under-Edge, Bristol
This meeting brings together internationals experts in this field to discuss the potential of stem cells in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. It is being organised by Dr. Raimondo Ascione, Bristol Heart Institute, and Miltenyi Biotec, who are also sponsoring the meeting.
Joint Meeting with the Wales Heart Institute 24th April 2007
A joint meeting of the Bristol and Wales Heart Institutes was held at Burwalls Conference Centre, Clifton, Bristol. The meeting was organised jointly by Professors Andrew Newby (Bristol) and Tudor Griffith (Cardiff) and attended by over fifty researchers from the two Institutes.
Download the meeting programme (84KB pdf file)>>
24th May: "Stem cells to regenerate arterial vessels: experimental and clinical evidences"
Inaugural lecture by Paolo Madeddu
Professor of Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine
5:15pm LT1, School of Chemistry, Cantocks Close,
"Trust me: I'm a cardiac surgeon" - 1st BHI Public Lecture
Prof Gianni Angelini gave the 1st Bristol Heart Institute public lecture on July 12th 2006, entitled:"Trust me: I'm a cardiac surgeon". The lecture, which also acted as the official re-launch ceremony of the BHI, was held in the Victoria Rooms, Queens Road, and attended by about 400 people. Prof Selby Knox, pro-vice chancellor of the university opened proceedings, and the lecture was closed by Prof Len Hall, Dean of Medical and Veterinary Sciences. It was followed by a drinks reception for everyone at which there was an opportunity for the public to meet and talk with scientists and clinicians from the BHI.
The patron of the BHI, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, unfortunately could not attend the lecture, but expressed his thanks and support for the BHI via a video. Sir Ranulph underwent bypass surgery at Bristol Royal Infirmary in 1993, and says of the operation:
"The double bypass I received was so successful that 3 months later I ran 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days".