Professor Pasquale Maffia

Pasquale.Maffia@glasgow.ac.uk

Organisation:

School of Infection and Immunity

Homepage:

https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/infectionimmunity/staff/pasqualemaffia/

Keywords:

Cardiovascular Imaging, Image analysis, Molecular Imaging, Preclinical Imaging

Interests:

I am currently a Professor of Cardiovascular Immunology at the University of Glasgow (UK) within the School of Infection & Immunity. Additionally, I serve as the School’s International Lead, co-lead of the ARUA/Guild Africa-Europe CoRE in Non-Communicable Diseases & Multimorbidity, and as a Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Naples Federico II (Italy).

I am an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, the British Pharmacological Society, and the European Society of Cardiology.

I am the Vice-President and Chair of the Engagement Committee for the British Pharmacological Society (BPS), Chair of the Immunopharmacology Committee for the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR), and Chair of the Translational Research Medical Review Panel for Heart Research UK (HRUK). Additionally, I am a Nucleus Member of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on Atherosclerosis & Vascular Biology and serve on the Executive Committee of the British Atherosclerosis Society (BAS). I am also part of the Fellowship Committee of the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the Immunotherapy Committee of the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS).

I am the Deputy Editor of Cardiovascular Research, Associate Editor of Pharmacological Research, and Editor-in-Chief of the Human Health Section of Frontiers for Young Minds. Additionally, I serve on the editorial boards of several journals, including Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (ATVB) and Scientific Reports.

I have a strong interest in the role of the immune response in cardiovascular diseases. My research encompasses both basic and clinical studies, with a focus on understanding and targeting immune and inflammatory mechanisms involved in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, hypertension, and heart failure. I have published over 130 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals including Nature Genetics, Nature Reviews Immunology, Nature Reviews Cardiology, Lancet Global Health, Immunity, European Heart Journal, Circulation, and Circulation Research.