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Professor Keith Channon

Professor Channon is NIHR Emeritus Investigator and Chair of the NIHR-BHF Cardiovascular Partnership which brings together experts to advance the scientific and research agenda in cardiovascular diseases. 

Keith trained in cardiology in Manchester, Oxford and Duke University before returning to Oxford in 2000. He is the British Heart Foundation Field Marshal Earl Alexander Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine and Deputy Head of Medical Sciences Division (Research), University of Oxford and Director of Research and Development and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Other roles include Director of the Oxford Academic Health Partners, Executive of Oxford’s British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, and previously served as Director of the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre during 2008-2018.