Professor Sunil Bhandari Professor Sunil Bhandari, Consultant Nephrologist, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Honorary Professor, Hull York Medical School

Sunil Bhandari leads, in collaboration, a research programme based around renal anaemia, CKD progression and the effects of iron therapy on cardiac and renal function. Ongoing collaborative translational research includes effects of iron therapy in uraemic cardiomyopathy and mitochondrial function. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh and trained in Yorkshire and Australia. He is International Director for the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh), Co-Director of the UK Advanced Nephrology Course, and Deputy Head of School of Medicine for Yorkshire and Humber.

Ms Nicola Bowers Cardiac Rehabilitation and Cardiac Clinical Trial Nurse Specialist, Buckingham Healthcare NHS Trust

Nicola Bowers has established a cardiology research team, heightening national and international awareness of cardiology clinical activity through the Thames Valley and South Midlands network. She has been instrumental in digital projects to improve cardiovascular care within the region. She has also established an award winning cardiac rehabilitation service and was runner up in the 2020 British Journal of Nursing cardiology nurse of the year awards. She was recently appointed honorary secretary of the British Association for Nursing for Cardiovascular Care and is a dedicated communicator working collaboratively to disseminate best practice, represent patients, their carers and to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease.

Dr Patricia Campbell Consultant Cardiologist and Heart Failure Clinical Lead, Southern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland

Patricia Campbell is a graduate of University College Dublin (UCD) and undertook residency training between Ireland and the Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, USA. She also undertook heart failure and echo training at the Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, and was Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary and UCD, before coming finally home to take up role as heart failure lead in Southern Trust, Northern Ireland.

Professor John Cleland Consultant Cardiologist; Director of the Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow

John Cleland heads the Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, an internationally renowned clinical trials unit that offers a complete service both to academia and industry for research into cardiovascular and metabolic disease. His main interest is heart failure, extending from epidemiology and prevention, to phase II-IV trials and guidelines. He qualified from the University of Glasgow and completed training at St. Mary's & Hammersmith Hospitals, London. He was awarded a Senior Fellowship by the British Heart Foundation, appointed Professor at the University of Hull and, in 2013, the National Heart & Lung Institute, Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals, Imperial College London. He founded the European Journal of Heart Failure. He is Past-Chair of the ESC Working Group on heart failure and the British Society for Heart Failure, a nd established the UK Heart Failure Investigators’ Research Network.

Dr Sue Piper Consultant Cardiologist, King’s College Hospital NHS Trust, London

Sue Piper is committed to ensuring high quality heart failure care for all through innovation, education, training and clinical excellence. She is Chair of the Pan London Heart Failure Steering Group, Chair of the British Society for Heart Failure sub-committee for Education, a Member of European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Association examination committee, and of the Heart Failure Association Patient Care committee.