The 2024 Autumn Term Cardiac Function Seminar series talks will be back Wednesday 27th November (please note the date for this talk) when we will be welcoming Dr Stefan van Duijvenboden, University of Oxford.
Talk Title: Autonomic control of heart rhythm physiology: old barriers & new perspectives
Talk Time: 12:30 – 13:30 UK time
Location: Hybrid Meeting (Hybrid – online Via Teams and Meeting room 427/428 4th Floor ICTEM, Hammersmith Campus, Du Cane Road W12 0NN
Please note the seminar organizers and the Head of Section would like to request that attendees will in the majority of cases be physically present in the seminar room and a participation via Teams shall be the exception.
Short Bio
Stefan van Duijvenboden is an Oxford BHF CRE Intermediate Transition Fellow at the university of Oxford. He was originally trained as a technical physician (MSc, University of Twente, Netherlands) and then conducted his PhD studies in biomedical engineering at UCL, where he performed experimental studies to investigate how cardiac repolarisation is controlled by the autonomic nervous system. He then joined the Electrogenomics Group at UCL and Queen Mary University of London to study the prognostic value and genetic basis exercise ECG markers. Currently, he is based in the Big Data Institute in Oxford where he develops methods to analyse complex time-series datasets to investigate if (wearable) electrocardiogram sensors can improve the prediction of, and discovery of novel mechanisms for, cardiovascular disease.
Talk Summary
Electrical cardiac function is under tight control of the autonomic nervous system. Impaired autonomic function is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. However, the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. This work seeks to elucidate the autonomic control mechanisms of heart rhythm using data from small experimental studies to large population-based cohort studies with exercise, follow-up, and genetic data. The work will also show how emerging technologies may overcome longstanding old barriers in implantation of cardiac autonomic monitoring in daily clinical practice.
If you are joining online and you have not yet signed up to join the Cardiac Function Seminar Team group in order to participate in the seminar online please register via the linked tab or here which will provide access to the Team.
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The Cardiac Function Seminar Team
(Prof. Thomas Brand, Natasha Richmond)
