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Our mission is to enhance human health by exploring causes and mechanisms of cardiovascular disease and advancing and implementing discoveries leading to improved prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

The Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (ICAMS) is a research-intensive institute in the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life science at the University of Glasgow. ICAMS is also home to a British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence that focuses on vascular science and biomedicine.

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Research

Research is the prime activity of the Institute and forms the central core around which all our other activities, including teaching, training, clinical care and public outreach take place.

BHF Centre of Excellence in Vascular Science and Medicine

The British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence

Athena SWAN

The Athena SWAN (Scientific Women's Academic Network) Charter recognises commitment to advancing women's careers in science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine (STEMM) employment in academia. The Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences was awarded an Athena SWAN Bronze award in the November 2015 round.

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Taught and Research courses are available at our institute

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Staff and Students

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News and Events

  • 15 Feb

    HBP Scotland

    The Cross Party Group (CPG) on Heart Disease and Stroke in the Scottish Parliament held an Inquiry into high blood pressure in Scotland.
  • 27 Feb

    Workshops on stroke care in Africa

    Professor Peter Langhorne of ICAMS recently joined a multidisciplinary team of colleagues from Canada and Uganda to participate in a series of workshops in Kampala, Uganda.
  • 20 Feb

    Signal Transduction - George Baillie

    An article stemming from a collaboration between the laboratories of Mikel Garcia-Marcos (Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA) and Professor George Baillie (ICAMS).
  • 15 Feb

    ESC Best of 2018 collection

    Prof Rhian Touyz features in the 'Best of the ESC in 2018 Virtual Issue'
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