We are delighted that Professor Mark Kearney has been announced in the new line up of NIHR Senior Investigators and our colleague Professor Anne-Maree Keenan OBE has secured a second term in the role.
Professor Mark Kearney (above left) leads Work Stream 3 (Translation of Molecular Understanding) within our Cardiometabolic Disease theme, while Professor Ann-Maree Keenan (above right) is NIHR Leeds BRC Associate Director.
As a cardiologist, Mark has been appointed based on his research into the mechanisms underlying diabetes related heart disease and new treatments for patients with heart failure.
Commenting on his appointment Professor Kearney, who is also Dean of the University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health said: “Our focus in the faculty is to improve health outcomes and quality of life for individuals and societies and these awards demonstrate the hard work that is achieved. I work with a great multi-disciplinary team on research that has the potential to affect millions of people with diabetes and this award is recognition of the work we do as a team.”
This latest round of appointments follows an open competition, with the NIHR appointing 39 new Senior Investigators in this round and reappointing 19 others.
NIHR Senior Investigators are among the most prominent and prestigious researchers funded by the NIHR. They are outstanding leaders of patient and people-based research within the NIHR research community. Senior Investigators receive an award of £20,000 per year of appointment to fund activities that support their research.
Many congratulations to both Mark and Anne-Maree on this well-earned honour.