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Ajay Shah

Professor Ajay Shah

Executive Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine

  • BHF Chair of Cardiology

Research interests

  • Cardiovascular

Biography

Ajay Shah is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Professor of Cardiology; James Black Professor of Medicine; Director of the King's BHF Centre of Research Excellence; and Hon. Consultant Cardiologist at King's College Hospital. He trained in medicine and cardiology at the University of Wales, undertook doctoral research training in Wales and Belgium, and was a postdoctoral scientist at the National Institutes of Health in the USA in the early 1990s. Prior to his appointment to the Chair of Cardiology at King's in 1998, he was a Medical Research Council Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiff.

The main research interests of the Shah lab are in the pathophysiology of heart failure, both in experimental models and in patients. His group has undertaken seminal studies on the role of NADPH oxidase (NOX) proteins and redox signalling pathways in the cardiovascular system. He has a long-standing interest in the actions of NO in the heart and has recently developed a programme of human studies on the roles of neuronal NO synthase (nNOS).Other areas of work include heart failure with preserved ejection function (HFpEF) and heterogeneity in heart failure. He has published ~ 350 peer-reviewed papers and has an h-index of 98. Ajay is a Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences, the International Society for Heart Research, the European Society of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association. Find out more about Professor Shah's research via his research page

He is Associate Editor of the American Journal of Physiology (Heart & Circulation), Consulting Editor for Cardiovascular Research, and on the Editorial Boards of Circulation and the European Heart Journal.

Research

OILRIG
Lipids and Membranes Research Interest Group

A Lipids and Membranes Research Interest Group

News

FoLSM researchers featured in 2023 Highly Cited Researcher List

Academics from the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researcher 2023 list from Clarivate

Highly cited 2023

Medicine MBBS graduate awarded the prestigious Wellington Medal

The award recognises the student’s excellent academic achievements and contributions to King’s and their potential for the future.

An image of Dr Thibault Magrangeas on his graduation day.

Risk of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes higher for COVID-19 patients

Patients who contract COVID-19 face a higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, a new study has found.

Cardio james clark thumbnail

King's staff, students and alumni receive Sustainability Awards

Students, staff and alumni come together at the King’s Sustainability Awards to celebrate the efforts of those helping to make King’s a more sustainable place.

Group photo of the Sustainability Awards with people holding up SDG signs and an SDG slide in the background.

Researchers identify three proteins with potential to prevent heart failure

Scientists working to develop new therapies and treatments for heart failure patients have discovered three novel proteins that can be injected immediately...

heart-failure

A summer of success for King's Forensics

King’s Forensics is an academic group within King’s College London that hosts a range of world-leading laboratories, including the Drug Control Centre: the...

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King's BHF Centre Symposium 2022 provides platform for cardiovascular disease-related research

The BHF Centre of Research Excellence Symposium 2022 gave a platform for researchers to present their ground-breaking work into cardiovascular and heart...

Professor Ajay Shah, BHF Centre Symposium

REF2021: Faculty's research makes UK top rankings

The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine has maintained its position among the world’s best universities for research excellence and power in the latest...

A red flag with the King's College London logo

King's spin-out Heqet Therapeutics raises £6.6m

Heqet Therapeutics, a King’s biotech spin-out active in the field of regenerative medicine, today announces the closing of a £6.6m Series A financing round,...

heart 2

The Princess Royal opens clinical simulation teaching ward

Her Royal Highness toured the Chantler Simulation & Interactive Learning Centre at King's Guy’s Campus.

Princess Anne with group of students and staff standing over a table with a clinical simulation prosthetic arm

Events

08DecHarold Moody (780 × 450 px)

Harold Moody Lecture 2022

Professor Stephani Hatch on 'Accelerating the Pace of Change in Tackling Social and Mental Health Inequalities and Inequities

Please note: this event has passed.

Spotlight

Spotlight on COVID: What does it have to do with cardiovascular health?

Professor Ajay Shah discusses the COVID-19 disease and cardiovascular co-morbidity

spotlight-covid-1920

Research

OILRIG
Lipids and Membranes Research Interest Group

A Lipids and Membranes Research Interest Group

News

FoLSM researchers featured in 2023 Highly Cited Researcher List

Academics from the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine have been named on the annual Highly Cited Researcher 2023 list from Clarivate

Highly cited 2023

Medicine MBBS graduate awarded the prestigious Wellington Medal

The award recognises the student’s excellent academic achievements and contributions to King’s and their potential for the future.

An image of Dr Thibault Magrangeas on his graduation day.

Risk of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes higher for COVID-19 patients

Patients who contract COVID-19 face a higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, a new study has found.

Cardio james clark thumbnail

King's staff, students and alumni receive Sustainability Awards

Students, staff and alumni come together at the King’s Sustainability Awards to celebrate the efforts of those helping to make King’s a more sustainable place.

Group photo of the Sustainability Awards with people holding up SDG signs and an SDG slide in the background.

Researchers identify three proteins with potential to prevent heart failure

Scientists working to develop new therapies and treatments for heart failure patients have discovered three novel proteins that can be injected immediately...

heart-failure

A summer of success for King's Forensics

King’s Forensics is an academic group within King’s College London that hosts a range of world-leading laboratories, including the Drug Control Centre: the...

King's symposium thumbnail

King's BHF Centre Symposium 2022 provides platform for cardiovascular disease-related research

The BHF Centre of Research Excellence Symposium 2022 gave a platform for researchers to present their ground-breaking work into cardiovascular and heart...

Professor Ajay Shah, BHF Centre Symposium

REF2021: Faculty's research makes UK top rankings

The Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine has maintained its position among the world’s best universities for research excellence and power in the latest...

A red flag with the King's College London logo

King's spin-out Heqet Therapeutics raises £6.6m

Heqet Therapeutics, a King’s biotech spin-out active in the field of regenerative medicine, today announces the closing of a £6.6m Series A financing round,...

heart 2

The Princess Royal opens clinical simulation teaching ward

Her Royal Highness toured the Chantler Simulation & Interactive Learning Centre at King's Guy’s Campus.

Princess Anne with group of students and staff standing over a table with a clinical simulation prosthetic arm

Events

08DecHarold Moody (780 × 450 px)

Harold Moody Lecture 2022

Professor Stephani Hatch on 'Accelerating the Pace of Change in Tackling Social and Mental Health Inequalities and Inequities

Please note: this event has passed.

Spotlight

Spotlight on COVID: What does it have to do with cardiovascular health?

Professor Ajay Shah discusses the COVID-19 disease and cardiovascular co-morbidity

spotlight-covid-1920