How to get involved with CMR research in the UK-Topic Video

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The speaker outlines why cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is an outstanding research tool: it is accurate, reproducible, versatile, non-invasive, and suitable for studies from basic science to large multicenter trials. He advises junior researchers to visit multiple centers, choose supportive supervisors, pick achievable topics, and cultivate persistence, creativity, openness, and resilience. He also discusses major funding routes, including fellowships, advertised project posts, and local schemes. For new CMR centers, he recommends focusing on important, solvable questions, balancing breadth and focus, avoiding “me-too” studies, and building strong collaborations.  <br /><br />He then summarizes activity of the British Society of CMR research group and its task forces, highlighting multicenter studies in chronic ischemic heart disease, acute coronary syndromes, cardiomyopathies, heart failure, valvular disease, congenital/interventional CMR, and T1 mapping. Several major trials are underway or funded, including T-TIME and HCMR, with the goal of generating clinical evidence that changes practice.

Keywords

cardiovascular magnetic resonance

CMR research

multicenter trials

funding opportunities

T1 mapping

clinical evidence