CNIC visiting researces
Dr Carlos A Morillo, Full Professor at the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and senior clinical researcher at the Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Calgary University (Canada), and Dr Mark Andrew Hlatky, Professor of Health Policy and Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine are the two researchers participating in the Fundación Occident Visiting Researchers programme at CNIC.
The programme offers internationally prestigious scientists the opportunity to spend periods at Spanish research centres such as CNIC.
The aim of the programme is, on the one hand, to encourage a deeper scientific relationship between the host research group and the researcher’s group, and on the other, foster new lines of action based on novel scientific interests.
The Visiting Researchers programme began in 2008 and enjoys great recognition in the area of scientific research thanks to the work undertaken by the Fundación Occidente and the support offered by institutions and organizations to enable progress in the programmes being worked on.
To date, six scientists have participated in this programme at CNIC. In addition to Carlos A Morillo and Mark Andrew Hlatky, previous programme participants have been Guillermo Oliver, Benedetta Izzi, Raffaele Strippoli, Sandeep V Pandit, Stuart Pocock and Gabriel Núñez.
CARLOS A. MORILLO
Calgari University
Dr Carlos A Morillo is Full Professor at the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and senior clinical researcher at the Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Calgary University, Canada. He held the post of Director of the Cardiology Division of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Cummings School of Medicine, University of Calgary and Director of Cardiology for the region of Calgary and southeast Alberta, Alberta Health Services between 2016-2022.
He was Director of the arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation service and of the syncope unit at McMaster University from 2002 to 2014. His chief areas of research are related with the design of clinical studies in atrial fibrillation, syncope and treatment and management of Chagas disease. Morillo is interested in exploring the role of autonomic cardiovascular regulation and has published several studies analysing the role of baroreflexes and sympathetic traffic in different clinical situations such as sudden death, stroke, neurocardiogenic syncope and Chagas cardiomyopathy.
DR. ANDREW HLATKY
Stanford University
Dr Hlatky is a diologist and Professor of Health and Medicine Policies at The Stanford University School of Medicine. His main fields of research are clinical trials and clinical research methods. Dr Hlatky has participated In numerous large multi-centre randomized clinical trials, including studies on coronary revascularization, the treatment of acute myocardial infarction, hormone therapy to prevent cardiovascular diseases in women, and the treatment of potentially fatal ventricular arrhythmias. He pioneered the compilation of data on economic results and quality of life as a part of randomized trials, which has become a standard tool for researching outcomes.
He has led large research studies on coronary revascularization, sudden cardiac death, implantable defibrillators, heart failure and coronary artery disease. He has also developed decision models to assess the effectiveness and profitability of a wide range of clinical strategies, such as the prevention of sudden cardiac death, the use of tests to guide the preventive treatment of heart diseases, the use of genetic tests in cardiovascular medicine, and the management of cardiac risk during non-cardiac surgery. His current research focuses on the effects of adverse events during pregnancy on women’s long-term cardiovascular health.
