Launch of the Clinical Sciences Research Institute - Symposium
The University of Warwick will be celebrating the launch of the Clinical Sciences Research Institute on Tuesday 26 April with a free Symposium addressing issues in Cardiovascular Health and Ethnicity.
The Institute will be based at a new purpose-built facility at the University Hospital at Walsgrave, in Coventry. The new facility, developed in partnership with the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, the regional healthcare community and Warwick Medical School, provides internationally competitive facilities for functional genomics, proteomics and imaging research.
Symposium
To celebrate the opening Warwick Medical School will be hosting a Symposium on Cardiovascular Health and Ethnicity:
Date: Tuesday 26 April
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Clinical Sciences Building, UHCW Campus, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry CV2 2DX
Time: 1.45pm - 5.30pm
For free registration for the Symposium and directions, please email carly.hayman@warwick.ac.uk Tel 02476 96 8649
| Time | Programme |
|
1.45pm |
Registration |
| 2.15pm |
Cardiovascular health and ethnicityNish Chaturvedi Chair: Professor Sudhesh Kumar, Warwick Medical School |
| 2.45pm |
UK Asian Diabetic StudyPaul O’Hare Chair: Professor Ala Szczepura, Warwick Medical School |
| 3.15pm |
Southern Africa Stroke Prevention InitiativeMargaret Thorogood Chair: Professor Hendrik Lehnert, Warwick Medical School |
| 3.45pm |
Coffee and posters |
| 4.15pm |
Nutrition and blood pressure in West AfricaFrancesco Cappuccio Chair: Professor Victor Zammit, Warwick Medical School |
| 4.45pm |
KEYNOTE LECTURE Telomeres, ageing and cardiovascular diseaseNilesh Samani Chair: Professor Donald Singer, Warwick Medical School |
| 5.30pm |
Close of Symposium |