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Alun Hughes' Brief CV

General Information

Full Name Alun Hughes
Date of Birth 4th March 1959

Education

  • 1980
    BSc
    University of London
    • Physiology 1st class honours
  • 1983
    MB BS
    St Mary's Hospital, London
    • Medicine
  • 1988
    PhD
    University of London
    • Pharmacology

Experience

  • 2013 -
    Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pharmacology
    University College London
  • 2013 -
    Honorary Clinical Professor, University College Hospital London
    University College Hospital London
  • 2017 -
    Head of Research Department
    Population Science & Experimental Medicine, UCL
  • 2017 - 2025
    Associate Director
    MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing at UCL
  • 2009
    Visiting Professor
    Department of Pharmacology, University of Aarhus, Denmark
  • 2017
    Visiting Professor
    Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Australia
  • 2013 -
    Honorary Professor
    National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK

Open Source Project

Honors and Awards

  • 1980
    • Huggett Memorial Prize
  • 1983
    • De Rothschild Prize Prize
  • 1988
    • International Society for Hypertension (ISH) Prize
  • 2006
    • Fujian Provincial Government Research Prize

Academic Interests

  • Haemodynamics
    • Wave intensity
    • Pulse wave and reservoir analysis
    • Arterial stiffness
  • Blood pressure
    • Life course trajectories and risk
  • Cardiometabolic health
    • Heart brain interactions