Nilesh J Samani

Nilesh J Samani
University of Leicester
Leicester, UK

Nilesh Samani is British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiology and Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Leicester, Director of the Leicester National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Unit in Cardiovascular Disease and Consultant Cardiologist at the Cardiac Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK. He graduated from the University of Leicester Medical School in 1981.

Professor Samani's clinical practice is in adult cardiology with specialisation in interventional cardiology. His main research interests are focused around understanding the inherited basis of common cardiovascular diseases and on the role of biological ageing in cardiovascular diseases. He is recognised as one of the leading researchers world-wide in this field, and has published over 250 papers. He is a principle investigator on several national and international programmes on cardiovascular genetics including the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, the British Genetics of Hypertension (BRIGHT) Study, the British Family Heart Study, and the European Cardiogenics, Bloodomics and ENGAGE integrated projects.

Professor Samani is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the United Kingdom, a National Institute for Health Research Senior Investigator and holds international fellowships of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of Circulation Cardiovascular Genetics, Heart, Journal of Hypertension, and Clinical Science.