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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · 2h

🔬Themes include:

• Mobilising & translating discoveries
• Targeting inflammation in CVD
• Cardiac repair and regeneration
• Cardiometabolic syndromes
• Applied Cardiovascular Health Research

@mikeinouye.bsky.social @iamslambert.bsky.social @aidanbutty.bsky.social @dphpc.bsky.social

BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · 2h

🚨 Exciting new PhD Opportunity 🚨

Applications are open for 3-year non-clinical PhD studentships with the BHF Cambridge Centre of Research Excellence

📅 Apply by 23 Nov 2025
🌍 Open to UK & international applicants

Find out how to apply here: tinyurl.com/3t59uwbn

The Relationship Between Genetic Factors and Heart Function - Conceptual Illustration

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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · 7d

The panel shares insights on mentorship, leadership & career growth, balancing expertise with openness, and skills for thriving in an AI/data-driven future.

👉 A must-listen for early-career researchers & anyone exploring paths in health data science!

BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · 7d

The four panelists:

🎙️ Prof John Danesh - Head of @dphpc.bsky.social & Director of the CEU

🎙️ Dr Emma Bonglack - Schmidt Science Fellow (cardiometabolic diseases)

🎙️ Nick Hirschmüller - PhD student (genetic risk in CVD)

🎙️ Dr Anne Forde - PPIE Manager & science communicator at the CEU

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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · 7d

📢New Health Data Science podcast📢

Dr Alexia Sampri and Dr Elena Raffetti moderate a special panel discussion with Prof. John Danesh, Dr Emma Bonglack, Nick Hirschmüller and Dr Anne Forde!

Listen here:
✅ open.spotify.com/episode/15Gi...
✅ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Cover image for Health Data Science Insights podcast. The design features colourful neon heart shapes and waveforms resembling ECG and data graphs

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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · 13d

Ep 6 features @iamslambert.bsky.social Assistant Professor of the CEU where he leads the @pgscatalog.bsky.social

Sam shares his journey into health data science & his dual focus on multimorbidity in cardiometabolic disease & the development of open science tools.

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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · 13d

📢New Health Data Science podcast Episode📢

CEU researchers Alexia Sampri, Elena Raffetti & @eliasallara.bsky.social explore the transformative impact of health data science on biomedical research

Listen here:
✅ open.spotify.com/episode/27ba...
✅ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · 20d

🚨Exciting fully funded PhD opportunity!

Applications are open for a DTP iCase interdisciplinary PhD studentship in Public Health and Primary Care supervised by @eliasallara.bsky.social

Apply by 2 Dec 2025 👉 www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/dtp-ica...

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Mike Inouye @mikeinouye.bsky.social · Aug 27

Sept is approaching & I can already hear initial chats/enquiries for potential PhD studies happening!

If you're interested in a PhD, check out our department @cam.ac.uk www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/education-an...

We've a super interdisciplinary faculty spanning primary care, data science, epidemiology etc

Doctoral Training | Department of Public Health and Primary Care (PHPC)

Course Code – MDPU22 A doctorate from the University of Cambridge is primarily a research degree based on a research programme developed in conjunction with a supervisor.

www.phpc.cam.ac.uk

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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · 23d

Congratulations to Carmen Petitjean who recently passed her PhD viva! 🎉

Thank you to her supervisor Prof Angela Wood and her examiners Nora Pashayan @dphpc.bsky.social and Elizabeth Williamson @lshtm.bsky.social

We wish Carmen all the best with the next steps of her career!

A photograph of Professor Angela Wood and Carmen Petitjean smiling standing next to each other

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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · Sep 8

Ep 5 features Carole Morris, Head of Data & Modelling Services at Public Health Scotland

Carole reflects on her professional journey, from her early days as information analyst to leading national teams overseeing Scotland’s Trusted Research Environment and linked health datasets

BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · Sep 8

📢New Health Data Science podcast episode out now📢

CEU researchers Alexia Sampri, Elena Raffetti & @eliasallara.bsky.social explore the transformative impact of health data science on biomedical research

Listen here:
✅ open.spotify.com/episode/1VHv...
✅ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · Sep 5

🎯Hear about strategies to reward, integrate and reciprocate blood donor time with our BTRU #Seminar on #blooddonor behaviour🩸

🗓️ Monday 08 September 2025

⏰ 13:00-14:00

👉Seminar by Dr Kathleen Chell, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
🔗Email [email protected] for the online link.

BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · Aug 29

Ep 4 features Anne Forde, Patient & Public Involvement and Engagement Manager at the CEU

Anne shares her career journey from immunology research to science communication & now public engagement, reflecting on how her own experience as a patient shaped her passion for making research more inclusive

BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · Aug 29

📢New Health Data Science podcast📢

CEU researchers Alexia Sampri, Elena Raffetti & @eliasallara.bsky.social explore the transformative impact of health data science on biomedical research

Listen here:
✅ open.spotify.com/episode/3VGq...
✅ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Insights from Dr Anne Forde

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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · Aug 22

Ep 3 features Prof Tim Chico, Assoc Dir of the BHF Data Science Centre, where he leads the Smartphone & Wearable data theme

He shares the beginnings of his research career in vascular development, how a chance project turned into 20 years of discovery biology & inspiration behind his current work

Insights from Professor Tim Chico

Health Data Science Insights - Cambridge · Episode

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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · Aug 22

📢New Health Data Science Episode Available📢

CEU researchers Alexia Sampri, Elena Raffetti & @eliasallara.bsky.social explore the transformative impact of health data science on biomedical research

Listen here:
✅ open.spotify.com/episode/045Y...

✅ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Insights from Professor Tim Chico

Health Data Science Insights - Cambridge · Episode

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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · Jul 25

🎉 Huge congratulations to Amy Mason – voted Most Popular Mathematician in I’m a Mathematician 2025! 🏆

She’s taken part in 28+ live Chats, sharing her work, challenges, and passion for maths with students across the UK.

💬 Read more about it here: tinyurl.com/mezbkhdk

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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · Jul 11

AI doesn't always live up to the hype — for polygenic scores regression-based methods remain undefeated

Congratulations to Martin Kelemen @aidanbutty.bsky.social & @mikeinouye.bsky.social who's paper has been featured on the Nature Communications Editors’ Highlights webpage

tinyurl.com/2wr65zw3

Editors' Highlights | Nature Communications

Editors' Highlights

www.nature.com

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Cambridge Biomedical Campus @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social · Jun 27

Summer has arrived and we are bringing together our community to watch Wimbledon and 18 free films on a big screen at the heart of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus between 30th June and 14th July.

Completely free and open to everyone, find out more: cambridge-biomedical.com/event/big-sc...

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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · Jun 13

It has been great to take part in Regional Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Week with @cambridgebrc.bsky.social

On Monday we were at @royalpapworth.bsky.social looking for volunteers for our new PPI panel!

NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre @cambridgebrc.bsky.social · Jun 13

If you didn't know - Patient & Public Involvement is taking place ALL OVER ‪@cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social‬ & @angliaruskin.bsky.social - so LOTS of ways for YOU to get involved! Thanks to ARU for joining our event @royalpapworth.bsky.social on Mon! @cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @pcucambridge.bsky.social‬

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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · Jun 13

Can deep-learning be used for polygenic risk scores?

New paper out in @natcomms.nature.com!

To find out more read here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

@mikeinouye.bsky.social @aidanbutty.bsky.social @yuxu.bsky.social

Performance of deep-learning-based approaches to improve polygenic scores - Nature Communications

Polygenic scores aim to capture genetic risk but may miss nonlinear genetic and environmental interactions. Here, the authors show that neural networks detect limited nonlinearity and do not outperfor...

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BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social · Jun 9

We recently welcomed Dr Alexander Mörseburg to the CEU!

In his previous work with @ims-mrl.bsky.social & @mrcepid.bsky.social he built a protein-based “aging clock” using data from 44k+ people. Having #type2diabetes & higher #BMI were associated with faster biological aging

👉 tinyurl.com/4uhse44v

Genetic determinants of proteomic aging - npj Aging

npj Aging - Genetic determinants of proteomic aging

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Mike Inouye @mikeinouye.bsky.social · Jun 5

📣 Latest from the lab: Performance of deep-learning-based approaches to improve polygenic scores www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Its thought deep learning will substantially improve PGS but the reality is MANY have tried but no/little gain has been seen so far. Here we report our negative results.

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Sam Lambert @iamslambert.bsky.social · May 24

@hasanga.bsky.social from @mikeinouye.bsky.social / @cambridgebaker.bsky.social @cambridge-ceu.bsky.social sharing new results for local-ancestry effects on CAD risk loci. #ESHG2025

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