Short course: Basic and Translational Cardioimmunology

Dates 

26th - 28th February 2024

Course description

The short course in Basic and Translational Cardioimmunology has been designed for non-clinical and clinical cardiologists and allied health professionals who have a keen interest in immunology and inflammation related to cardiac function and disease.

The course will be held online over three days, with tailor-made lectures delivered by experts in the field of cardiac inflammation and immunity from Queen Mary University of London and Barts’ Heart Centre. All lectures will have a clear clinical and translational focus with relevant disease cases that will allow participants to gain tangible.

All lectures will be recorded.

Summary of topics to be covered for each day

Day 1: Principles of the molecular and cellular basis of cardiac inflammation

• Cells and mechanisms of the innate immune system
• Cells and mechanisms of the adaptive immune system
• The immune response in the heart
• Cardiac metabolism and inflammation
• Macrophages and cardiac repair
• Placental inflammation and congenital heart diseases
• Immune senescence & inflammation

Day 2:  Cardiac inflammation and its role in clinical settings (Part 1)

• Diagnostic and prognostic challenges in inflammatory heart muscle disease
• Conventional and Novel Biomarkers of cardiac inflammation
• Acute myocarditis
• Inflammation in acute and chronic heart failure
• Sarcoidosis
• Myocarditis and Covid
• Immunosuppression in heart muscle inflammation

Day 3: Cardiac inflammation and its role in clinical settings (Part 2)

• Inflammation in hypertension
• Inflammation and Arrythmias
• Cardiac inflammation in systemic inflammatory disorders
• Cardiac inflammation as a complication of chemotherapy/immune checkpoint inhibition in cancer
• Familial heart muscle diseases and inflammation

Speakers

Dr Dunja Aksentijevic
Professor Federica Marelli-Berg
Dr Jianmin Chen
Dr Oliver Guttman
Dr Dan Harding
Professor Sian Henson
Professor Myles Lewis
Dr Paula Longhi
Dr Charlotte Manisty
Dr Saidi Mohiddin
Dr Suchita Nadkarni
Dr Alex Protonotarios
Dr Kostas Savvatis
Dr Neha Sekhri
Dr Egle Solito
Professor Ken Suzuki
Dr Jamie Timmons
Dr Vishal Vyas

Download programme

Programme - Basic and Translational Cardioimmunology [DOC 183KB]

Fees and registration

Full 3 days (Overseas) £750 - Register
Full days (UK participants) £500 - Register 

Contact

For any queries email:

Professor Federica Marelli-Berg - f.marelli-berg@qmul.ac.uk 
Dr Maria Longhi - m.longhi@qmul.ac.uk 
Dr Suchita Nadkarni - s.nadkarni@qmul.ac.uk