The King's British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre of Research Excellence was established through a national competition in April 2008 and was successfully renewed in 2014, 2019 and 2024, receiving a total of £25 million funding to date. The mission of the Centre is to improve outcomes for patients with cardiovascular conditions through research-led discovery and innovation.
The Centre brings together a wide range of internationally renowned scientists and clinicians who are focused on basic and applied work that leads to advances in the early diagnosis, prevention and treatment of heart diseases. Our ethos is to stimulate novel cutting-edge research by stimulating and facilitating interactions across disciplines, including those between basic scientists and clinicians.
Most cardiovascular conditions ultimately lead to heart failure. More than 550,000 people in the UK live with heart failure and one-year mortality after admission is >30%. The Centre aims to make significant advances in the prevention, diagnosis, stratification and treatment.