Hugh Watkins
Prof Hugh Watkins is the Field Marshal Alexander Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford. He is Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Honorary Consultant in Cardiology and General Medicine at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
Professor Watkins directs the BHF Molecular Cardiology Laboratory in the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and is also Director of the British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence at Oxford, one of four such programmes in the UK. His expertise is in molecular genetic analysis of cardiovascular disease as a tool to define disease mechanisms and therapeutic targets. He is best known for his work on inherited heart muscle diseases, in particular hypertrophic cardiomyopathy where his work has lead to the idea that energy compromise is a key disease mechanism. His work on genetic causes of 'sudden cardiac death' syndromes has been translated into clinical practice as part of a Department of Health funded 'Genetics Knowledge Park' leading to commissioning of a national DNA diagnostic service. He also investigates susceptibility genes for coronary artery disease and chairs a large international collaboration in this area, including pharmaceutical and biotech partners, with funding from the European Commission.
He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, a Fellow of the American Heart Association and he is Associate Editor of Circulation Research.
| hugh.watkins@cardiov.ox.ac.uk | |
| Tel | +44 (0)1865 234657 |
| Fax | +44 (0) 1865 234658 |
| Email (PA) | kathryn.smith@cardiov.ox.ac.uk |
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