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🎥 Happening today! Join us at 4pm for the VPD–HLRI Monthly Seminar Series. Talks from David Arnold & Scott Ritchie on pleural infection and cardiovascular disease risk prediction. Can’t make it? Watch live on our new YouTube channel: youtube.com/live/Rf31zSBkQ… Cambridge Department of Medicine


Today we were happy to host NIHR BTRU in Donor Health and Behaviour for their annual international steering committee Yaning 吴 (she/her) National Institute for Health and Care Research NIHR BTRU in Donor Health and Behaviour Research at Lifeblood NHSBT Statistics European Blood Alliance Haem-Match NHS Blood+Transplant NIHR BTRU in Organ Donation and Transplantation Cambridge University CUHP NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre

Well done to James O'Brien for his talk in his first international meeting at the European Atherosclerosis Society 2025 in Glasgow!


Following an article from British Heart Foundation about the £5 blood test that improves risk prediction for heart attacks and strokes, we caught up with the lead analysis behind the idea. BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge Cambridge University



Kicking off the American Thoracic Society (ATS) conference with some great news! Congratulations on the award Luke Flower and enjoy representing us in San Francisco! #ATS2025

A brilliant few days at #ATS2025! Great to present our work from VPD Heart & Lung Research Institute, connect with researchers worldwide, & explore San Francisco. Also very grateful to receive an ATS International Trainee Scholarship Award whilst there. I’ll definitely be back! ATS Crit Care


🎉 Huge congratulations to Prof Clare Bryant on being elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences! Clare Bryant ([email protected]) Medicine at Cambridge Cambridge University #MedicalSciences #HLRI #Cambridge

Watch Immunologist Prof Clare Bryant from Cambridge University discuss what becoming a new Academy Fellow means to her. Congratulations, Clare! 🎉 #AcademyFellows #VeterinaryMedicine

We were delighted to host the CambridgeCardio monthly talk with guest speaker Norbert Weissmann from Universität Gießen discussing; Tobacco smoke-induced pulmonary hypertension & lung emphysema.




JOB OPPORTUNITY: Come and work with us in the National Institute for Health and Care Research Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections HPRU EZI. We have a post for a clinician to do a PhD in emerging infections and/or vector borne disease, working on national clinical studies.

🌈This Pride Month, we sat down with Luke Flower proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, to hear his story. At the VPD-HLRI, we’re proud to celebrate voices like Luke’s and to stand for inclusion, visibility, and equality every day of the year. 🏳️🌈 #PrideMonth #Pride2025

Join CRUK Cambridge Centre: Thoracic Cancer for the launch event of 'NextGen Researchers'. A great opportunity to connect with like-minded early career cancer researchers in Cambridge! 📅Thurs 10 July, 5-6pm 🍕 Pizza provided 📍 VPD Heart & Lung Research Institute Register ➡️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/nextgen-rese…


🚨Good news alert! #HLRI’s own Clare Bryant ([email protected]) has been awarded an European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant!
