UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science

Launching a new in-person short course on Mendelian randomisation for students, ECRs/MCRs/SCRs, professionals this autumn at UCL with the fantastic Emma Anderson and Neil Davies. Details in thread below. Hope to see you in Bloomsbury this September!

📚 Learn more about our Cardiovascular Science Masters Degree programme at the Postgraduate Open Evening on Tuesday 11 June, 16:00-19:00.   There you can connect with our world-renowned academics shaping the teaching curriculum.   Book your place: https://bit.ly/3wM9wjG

🗓️ Join us for our Postgraduate Open Evening on Tuesday 11 June, 16:00-19:00! This in-person open evening will be a great chance to find out more about the Cardiovascular Science Masters Degree programme. Book your place: https://bit.ly/3wM9wjG @UCLPopHealthSci

Congratulations to our Institute of Cardiovascular Science team on being awarded a Faculty Education award for Innovation in the use of virtual reality (VR) applied to teaching modules on congenital heart disease and microvascular biology for our iBSc and MSc Cardiovascular Science students. The team - Dr Claudio Capelli, Mr Endrit Pajaziti, Prof Andrew Cook, Dr Paul Frankel and Prof Silvia Schievano – conduct pioneering research in Virtual Reality (VR) which they have applied to enhance teaching. The students and tutor are completely immersed in a simulated environment via a VR headset. This approach was initially used during the Covid-19 pandemic to bring together students studying virtually the Congenital Heart Disease – Fundamentals module with their tutor in a virtual classroom, when in person demonstration using the unique, ethically approved archive of rare human heart specimens was not possible. Supplementing morphology practical sessions, VR is now a popular part of this module’s teaching, allowing students to view, slice and interact with models of hearts with congenital heart diseases in ways that are not possible with precious and fragile human specimens. VR is also used in the Microvascular Biology module, in which students explore how growth of very small blood vessels is regulated, and it has been popular in a range of other teaching scenarios including for a UCL student surgical society. The Team has also been shortlisted for the UCL Provost's Education Award – fingers crossed!  

Want to join our team? We have 2 Senior Research Fellow positions available in the Department of Population Science and Experimental Medicine. For more information and to apply see: https://lnkd.in/eDAMGejz https://lnkd.in/eqj9d--c Closing date for both: 23-Jun-2024

We are offering three MSc Cardiovascular Science Bursaries (https://lnkd.in/dAYJ-k2) for Home applicants. If you study in full-time or part-time mode, you may be eligible to apply for a Postgraduate Master's Loan from Student Finance England. For a comprehensive list of the funding opportunities available at UCL, including funding relevant to your nationality, please visit the Scholarships and Funding website (https://lnkd.in/dac5yRPQ)