ProfessorPeter Weinberg
Professor of Cardiovascular Mechanics
Department of Bioengineering - Faculty of Engineering
Orcid identifier0000-0001-6114-5498 (opens in a new tab)
- Professor of Cardiovascular MechanicsDepartment of Bioengineering - Faculty of Engineering
- 020 7594 1517 (Work)
- 4.10, Royal School of Mines, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
RESEARCH
Overview
Professor Weinberg’s research is chiefly concerned with elucidating mechanisms involved in the development of atherosclerosis. He has proposed a new hypothesis relating the anatomically patchy distribution of atherosclerosis to local variation in blood flow and in uptake of plasma macromolecules by the arterial wall. He is also developing methods of non-invasive pulse wave measurement for assessing heart failure. Current projects include studying effects of flow on permeability and inflammation of cultured endothelium, Investigating patterns of flow and disease in the human aora, and simplifying devices for heart failure diagnosis. Previous work has investiagted haemodynamic scaling laws across species, the aggregation and oxidation of lipoproteins, and potentially anti-atherogenic effect of dietary isoflavones.
The work has been funded by 88 grants from BBSRC, EPSRC, MRC, BHF and the Wellcome Trust, amongst others. Peter has supervised 70 Fellows, Postdoctoral Research Associates, Research Assistants, PhD students and Technicians. Eight members of the group have obtained academic staff positions: Peter Vincent (Aeronautics, Imperial), Jordi Alastruey (Biomedical Engineering, KCL), Francesca Palombo (Physics, Exeter), Katharine Fraser (Mechanical Engineering, Bath), Asimina Kazakidi (Biomedical Engineering, Strathclyde), Emma Bailey (Life Sciences, Glasgow), Christina Warboys (Royal Veterinary College) and Zahra Mohri (Surgery & Interventional Science, UCL). Peter won the President’s Award for Excellence in Research Supervision in 2014.
Major past and present collaborators include Professors Gerald Rimbach (now University of Keil), C. Ross Ethier (now Georgia Tech), David Leake (University of Reading), Spencer Sherwin (Imperial) and Meng-Xing Tang (Imperial).
More details can be found on the lab website - see left sidebar.
Professor Weinberg’s research is chiefly concerned with elucidating mechanisms involved in the development of atherosclerosis. He has proposed a new hypothesis relating the anatomically patchy distribution of atherosclerosis to local variation in blood flow and in uptake of plasma macromolecules by the arterial wall. He is also developing methods of non-invasive pulse wave measurement for assessing heart failure. Current projects include studying effects of flow on permeability and inflammation of cultured endothelium, Investigating patterns of flow and disease in the human aora, and simplifying devices for heart failure diagnosis. Previous work has investiagted haemodynamic scaling laws across species, the aggregation and oxidation of lipoproteins, and potentially anti-atherogenic effect of dietary isoflavones.
The work has been funded by 88 grants from BBSRC, EPSRC, MRC, BHF and the Wellcome Trust, amongst others. Peter has supervised 70 Fellows, Postdoctoral Research Associates, Research Assistants, PhD students and Technicians. Eight members of the group have obtained academic staff positions: Peter Vincent (Aeronautics, Imperial), Jordi Alastruey (Biomedical Engineering, KCL), Francesca Palombo (Physics, Exeter), Katharine Fraser (Mechanical Engineering, Bath), Asimina Kazakidi (Biomedical Engineering, Strathclyde), Emma Bailey (Life Sciences, Glasgow), Christina Warboys (Royal Veterinary College) and Zahra Mohri (Surgery & Interventional Science, UCL). Peter won the President’s Award for Excellence in Research Supervision in 2014.
Major past and present collaborators include Professors Gerald Rimbach (now University of Keil), C. Ross Ethier (now Georgia Tech), David Leake (University of Reading), Spencer Sherwin (Imperial) and Meng-Xing Tang (Imperial).
More details can be found on the lab website - see left sidebar.
GRANTS
- STANDARD - CALLMRC UKRI IAA 22-25Medical Research Council (MRC)1 Apr 2022 - 31 Mar 2027
- GRANTResponsive mode: Fast 3D Super-Resolution Ultrasound Imaging Through Acoustic Activation and Deactivation of NanodropletsEngineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)6 Apr 2020 - 4 Oct 2023
- GRANTEPSRC Capital Award for Core EquipmentEngineering & Physical Science Research Council (E1 Jan 2020 - 30 Jun 2021
- GRANTEPSRC Impact Acceleration Account 2017-2020Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E1 Apr 2017 - 31 Mar 2022
- GRANT*College* Impact Acceleration Account - Imperial College London 2012Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (E1 Oct 2012 - 30 Sep 2015