Committee Members

Honorary Members

President Dr Lopa Leach Until 2028 Professor of Vascular Biology
Director, Human Placental Vascular Lab
Division of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
School of Life Sciences,
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
University of Nottingham, UK
Treasurer, International Federation of Placental Associations.
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9266-6808
 +44 07794489738 lopa.leach@nottingham.ac.uk
Honorary Secretary Dr Andrew Benest Until 2028 Assistant Professor in Cancer Sciences
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
Centre for Cancer Sciences
Biodiscovery Institute
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD +44 (0)115 8231142 andrew.benest@nottingham.ac.uk
Honorary Treasurer Dr Dean Kavanagh Until 2026 Assistant Professor in Cardiovascular Sciences
Institute of Biomedical Research
Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
College of Medical and Dental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Birmingham
B15 2TT d.kavanagh@bham.ac.uk

Ordinary Members

Editor of Proceedings Dr Andrea Murray Until 2024 Clinical Sciences Building
School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
Divison of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences
Salford Royal NHS Foundation
Salford, M6 8HD +44 (0)161 206 1538/1133 Andrea.Murray@manchester.ac.uk
Media Officer (Website) Dr Andrea Caporali Until 2024 Senior Lecturer
University/BHF Center for Cardiovascular Science
The Queen's Medical Research Institute
School of Clinical Sciences
The University of Edinburgh
47 Little France Crescent
Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ
+44 (0) 131 2426760 a.caporali@ed.ac.uk
Social Media Officer Dr Paola Campagnolo Until 2024 Paola Campagnolo, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Cardiovascular Molecular Biology
32AY04 / x4346
Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences
School of Biosciences and Medicine
Section of Cardiovascular Sciences
University of Surrey
Guildford, GU2 7XH +44 (0) 1483 68 4346 p.campagnolo@surrey.ac.uk
Dr Raina D Ramnath Until 2026 Research Fellow
Bristol Renal, University of Bristol
Translational Health Sciences
Bristol Medical School
Dorothy Hodgkin Building
Whitson street,
Bristol, BS1 3NY +441174558188 mdrdr@bristol.ac.uk
Prof Angel Armesilla Until 2026 Professor in Cardiovascular Molecular Pharmacology
Research Institute in Healthcare Science
School of Pharmacy
Faculty of Science and Engineering
University of Wolverhampton, City Campus
MB407 Rosalind Franklin Building
Wolverhampton, WV1 1LY, UK +44(0)19022382 A.Armesilla@wlv.ac.uk
Early Career Researcher Gayathri (Victoria) Balasubramanian Until 2023 Staffordshire University
Science Centre
Leek Road
Stoke-on-Trent gayathri.balasubramanian@research.staffs.ac.uk
Early Career Researcher Ellie Bunce Until 2026 Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
University of Cambridge
Li Ka Shing Centre
Robinson Way
Cambridge CB2 0RE Ellie.Bunce@cruk.cam.ac.uk
Dr Gianfranco Matrone Until 2026 Lecturer
University/BHF Center for Cardiovascular Science
The Queen's Medical Research Institute
School of Clinical Sciences
The University of Edinburgh
47 Little France Crescent
Edinburgh, EH16 4TJ +44 (0)131 242 9232 gianfranco.matrone@ed.ac.uk