Mentorship
Are you a passionate nurse, doctor, or pharmacist with a desire to explore the exciting world of heart failure research? Are you an early career researcher seeking guidance and support to embark on a dedicated period of research? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
Join the British Society for Heart Failure’s exclusive one-year mentoring programme designed specifically for health care professionals who are interested in pursuing an academic career or further qualification in the field of heart failure. We understand that starting a research journey can be daunting, but with the right guidance and support, you can accelerate your progress and achieve outstanding results.
Our mentorship programme is the gateway to unlocking your research potential. We have assembled a team of accomplished mentors, who are experts in the field of heart failure research and are eager to share their knowledge and experience with you.
As a mentee, you will benefit from:
Personalised Guidance: Our mentors will work closely with you to develop a tailored research plan, helping you identify key objectives and milestones.
Expert Insights: Gain invaluable insights from seasoned researchers who have already made significant contributions to the field of heart failure.
Networking Opportunities: Connect with a community of researchers and clinicians, fostering collaborations and expanding your professional network.
Skill Development: Enhance your research skills, learn advanced methodologies, and stay up-to-date with the latest developments in heart failure research.
Career Advancement: Gain a competitive edge as you receive guidance on publications, grants, and career progression, setting the stage for a successful research career.
To be eligible for this exciting opportunity, you must be an enthusiastic early career researcher considering a dedicated period of research. As a mentee, you must be a member of the British Society for Heart Failure (BSH). Not a member yet? Apply here
Spaces are limited, and we anticipate a high demand for this programme. Don't miss out on this chance to receive invaluable guidance and support on your research journey.
Apply now to become a mentee in the Heart Failure Research Mentorship Programme. Please send applications to isabella.mcleod@bsh.org.uk. The application deadline is September 30th 2023.
Remember, the path to becoming a successful researcher starts with the right mentorship. Join us at the BSH Annual Meeting on November 30th and embark on your own research journey!
Together, let's strengthen the future of heart failure research!
About the programme
Meet the Mentors
Eylem Levelt
Cardiologist, Leeds
Eylem is a professor of cardiology at the University of Leeds with specialist interest in diabetic heart disease, multimorbidity, and cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) imaging. Eylem’s research focus is to improve cardiovascular outcomes for patients with type 2 diabetes through multicentre collaborative efforts.
Since the start of her DPhil studies at the University of Oxford her research has been devoted to better understanding the mechanisms of heart disease in type 2 diabetes through application of CMR imaging and cardiac MRS techniques, and the modification of this risk.
Her current and future research focuses on testing novel treatment strategies with randomised clinical trials by monitoring the heart’s response to treatment using CMR imaging and MRS biomarkers to tackle the issue of cardiovascular disease in high risk type 2 diabetes patients.
Claire Lawson
ANP, Leicester
Dr Lawson is an Associate Professor at University of Leicester and Advanced NIHR Fellow with 27 years’ experience in cardiovascular nursing clinical care, education and research. Over the last 11 years she has held four personal research fellowships from Florence Nightingale Foundation, Wellcome Trust and NIHR. Dr Lawson is a clinical epidemiologist and statistician and her research focuses on the collection, linkage and analysis of ‘big data’ to investigate heart failure and comorbidity epidemiology, patient centred outcomes, health informatics and education. She has worked extensively with national linked clinical data and international disease registries and has she has international collaborations with Sweden, Singapore and Hong Kong. Claire is Secretary of the British Association of Nursing in Cardiovascular Care and a member of the BSH research committee.
Rhys Williams
Pharmacist, Bridgend
Rhys graduated from the University of Portsmouth. He is a Specialist Cardiology Pharmacist at Princess of Wales Hospital, South Wales. He is also a member of BSH Research Committee and is keen to help others with service evaluation and research.
Paz Tayal
Cardiologist, London
Dr Paz (Upasana) Tayal is an MRC Clinician Scientist at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London and a Consultant Cardiologist specialising in cardiomyopathy and cardiac imaging at the Royal Brompton Hospital.
In 2022 she was awarded an MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship to develop her programme of research evaluating sex specific differences in patients with cardiomyopathy, with the aim of improving outcomes for all patients affected by these conditions.
She has a number of national committee and leadership roles including the Royal Society of Medicine (current Cardiology Council; former President of the Trainees' Section), The Royal Society (Diversity and Inclusion Committee), and the British Cardiovascular Society (Clinical Standards Committee). She is passionate about supporting the next generation of clinical academics and is really looking forward to her mentoring role with the BSH.
Janine Beezer
Pharmacist, Sunderland
Janine is an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist (heart failure) at South Tyneside and Sunderland Foundation Trust, Sunderland.
Janine has worked within the Inpatient heart failure service for the last 10 years managing heart failure patients through out there inpatient journey and on discharge. She is particularly interested in the care of older heart failure patients and the impact of frailty.
Janine is a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, BSH research fellow, member of the National Heart Failure Audit domain expert group and a founding member and current co-chair of the UK Clinical Pharmacists association heart failure group.
Rosalynn Austin
Research Nurse, Portsmouth
Rosalynn is a Canadian trained nurse who has worked in the UK since 2009. Her research interests are in heart failure and burden of treatment, specifically how can we decrease the burden that managing chronic illness places on people. Rosalynn finished my PhD in 2022 and currently splits her time between Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS trust and the University of Stavanger, Norway. In the UK she is part of the cardiology team and is working to build more research projects which are multidisciplinary, and nurse led. In Norway Rosalynn works as a post doc on an eHealth research project. She is passionate about research and wants to encourage and elevate Nurse Research in heart failure and Cardiology.
Loreena Hill
Research Scientist, Belfast
Loreena worked as a heart failure nurse with prescribing authority for nearly 15 years in the Belfast Health & Social Care Trust. In 2006 she successfully completed MSc and then a doctoral fellowship, funded by the PHA in 2015. Loreena was appointed in 2018 to a full-time lecturer & research position at Queen’s University, Belfast, within the School of Nursing & Midwifery, and promoted to Reader in 2023.
Her main research interest centres around Heart Failure (HF), in particular patients in advanced/palliative stages of HF and patients with an implanted device. Loreena currently coordinates a European project called Passion-HF, which aims to co-develop an e-health platform to empower patients with HF to self-manage their illness, including medications. In April 2023 she commenced BHF nurse fellowship, to co-design and test within Belfast and Clydebank, a digital intervention providing information and support to patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. Finally, Loreena co-chairs the Digital health & patient care committee of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology.
Patricia Campbell
Cardiologist, Southern Trust NI
Dr Patricia Campbell is Consultant Cardiologist and Heart Failure Lead in the Southern Trust in Northern Ireland. She did her Heart Failure Training in Brigham & Women’s/Harvard Med School. She was assistant Professor in University of Calgary and University College Dublin, before returning to her hometown to take up her current post. Her published research focuses on HF hemodynamics, the right heart in HF, and more recently on optimal clinical pathways for HF patients.
She sits on the British Society of HF board, the Clinical Advisory Board of the HF charity ‘Pumping Marvellous’, and on the board of the Cardiovascular Disease Taskforce for NI as well as the Irish Cardiac Society. She is also now the Lead Clinician for HF in Northern Ireland.
Application deadline is September 30th 2023.
Send applications to isabella.mcleod@bsh.org.uk
