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Lisa Heather is an Associate Professor at Oxford Cardiovascular Science, focusing her research on metabolism and its critical implications for heart health. Her interest in metabolism began during her undergraduate studies in Medical Biochemistry at the University of Surrey, where she appreciated the intricate connections within biological processes, akin to the complexities of public transport networks. Lisa's doctoral research delved into how abnormal substrate metabolism contributes to the development of cardiac hypertrophy. Following this, her post-doctoral studies concentrated on mitochondrial metabolism and its influence on the progression of cardiac disease. In 2011, she was awarded the Diabetes UK RD Lawrence Fellowship to investigate the effects of hypoxia on metabolism in the type 2 diabetic heart, a major factor in mortality and morbidity among diabetic patients. In 2018, Lisa received the British Heart Foundation Intermediate Fellowship to explore the detrimental effects of fat accumulation in the type 2 diabetic heart, where she identified novel signaling roles of fatty acids that regulate crucial physiological processes within cardiomyocytes.
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