Prof Derek HAUSENLOY

Derek Hausenloy is a Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School and University College London, as well as a Senior Consultant and Clinician Scientist at the National Heart Centre Singapore. He conducts both basic and clinical research in the area of ischaemic heart disease and heart failure. His research focuses on discovering novel therapies to protect the heart against the detrimental effects of acute ischaemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) in order to prevent the onset of heart failure. Prof Hausenloy uses a translational approach to cardioprotection, ranging from experimental models of acute IRI to proof-of-concept clinical studies in acute myocardial infarction and cardiac bypass surgery patients, and finally to large multi-centre randomised clinical trials focused on clinical outcomes. He is also interested in both small animal and clinical cardiac positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in the context of acute myocardial infarction and cardioprotection. Prof Hausenloy has been a Principal Investigator on more than 20 research grants, and has authored over 150 papers.