Charis Pericleous

Dr Charis Pericleous is an Advanced Research Fellow at the National Heart and Lung Institute within Imperial College London's Faculty of Medicine, holding a Versus Arthritis Career Development Fellowship focused on autoimmune disease complications.

Her academic background includes:

• PhD in Clinical Medicine/Rheumatology from University College London
• MSc in Molecular Medicine from University College London
• BSc in Molecular Genetics from Kings College London

Her research centers on cardiovascular disease mechanisms in systemic autoimmune conditions like antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), specifically investigating how autoantibodies induce endothelial dysfunction and vasculopathy. She aims to identify novel therapeutic targets to prevent cardiovascular complications in these patients through molecular pathway analysis.

Her scientific recognition includes:

• Versus Arthritis Career Development Fellowship

Supported by her fellowship grant since 2016, she actively contributes to Imperial's Vascular Science group, Vascular Science Network, and Vasculitis Centre. Her work bridges clinical rheumatology and vascular biology to address unmet therapeutic needs in autoimmune-mediated cardiovascular disease.