Our sponsors and partner organisations
Organisation
The people behind the study
Our aim is to work closely with as many interested researchers and clinicians as possible so we can move the research forward quickly.
Our research activities are centered at:
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics
University of Oxford
Roosevelt Drive
Oxford
OX3 7BN
Many people in the department and the Wellcome Trust are involved in this research including:
Professor Shoumo Bhattacharya, Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow and Consultant Cardiologist:
Chief Investigator of the GOCHD study
Professor Hugh Watkins, BHF Field Marshal Earl Alexander Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine:
Co-investigator and Head of Department
Dr Jamie Bentham, Wellcome Trust Clinical Fellow and Paediatric Cardiology Specialist Registrar:
Clinical researcher coordinating recruitment and setting up the study
Dr Catherine Cosgrove, BHF postdoctoral researcher:
Postdoctoral researcher, DNA extraction and sample archiving, designing and running experiments
Dr José Bragança, Wellcome postdoctoral researcher:
Senior Postdoctoral researcher, molecular biology
Miss Angela Franklyn, BHF postgraduate researcher:
Research Assistant, website design and maintenance
Research collaborations
Many projects will be carried out in collaboration with other UK scientists interested in congenital heart disease especially:
Professors B Keavney and J Goodship, University of Newcastle
Dr F Bu’Lock, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester
Professor D Brook, University of Nottingham
Professor P Scambler, University College London
