AHC RESEARCH PROGRAMME From the inception of the Aswan Heart Centre in 2009, it was planned and agreed that a strong Research Programme is an important part of the mission statement of the Centre, designed to integrate and strengthen the clinical programme in its plight to achieve “Excellence” and importantly to train a new generation of physicians and scientists, collectively, capable of sustaining the overall programme. Purpose built biomedical science research laboratories were commissioned in November 2016.

The AHC Research Programme consists of a continuum of population science, translational, and basic science research targeting specific diseases with significant relevance to the population of Egypt, Africa and the world, particularly neglected diseases such as Inherited Cardiac Conditions, Rheumatic Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension. Establishing local state-of-the-art investigative platforms ranging from Next Generation Sequencing (In-house), advanced microscopy, conventional molecular and cellular biology, biochemical techniques and importantly biomedical engineering and computing (including in-house 3D modelling) has laid the foundation for strong translational research. View Matrix

The research programme is fully integrated with the clinical activities. The interdisciplinary approach at AHC, allows teams from different backgrounds and fields of expertise to work together in a seamless fashion. The Clinical Programme provides a rich wide and arguably unique resource, which is used heavily in almost every research project. Equally attractive are the Research Laboratories, which include Life Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Platforms, on site and are run by highly skilled scientists and experts.