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Dr. Sonya Babu-Narayan is a Reader at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, and a Consultant Cardiologist at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust. She also serves as Associate Medical Director at the British Heart Foundation (2018–present). Her academic roles include leadership in adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) research, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) technology, and clinical guidelines. She holds a PhD from Imperial College London and completed advanced clinical training in cardiology across multiple prestigious institutions.
Education:
- MB BS (Merit in Clinical Medicine), University College London (1998)
- BSc First Class Honours (Neurosciences), University College London (1994)
- MRCP (UK), Royal College of Physicians (2001)
- PhD, Imperial College London
Research Interests: Her work focuses on adult congenital heart disease, CMR innovations, and clinical outcomes in ACHD. She co-authored the 2020 ESC ACHD guidelines and pioneered CMR-based risk stratification models. Her research integrates biomedical engineering, public health, and clinical cardiology.
Awards and Recognition:
- BHF Intermediate Clinical Research Fellowship (2012–2018)
- American Heart Association Cardiovascular Disease in the Young Award (2006)
- 2022 Inspiring Communicator Award (for science-art collaborations)
Advising/Grants: She led the BHF-funded INDICATOR cohort study and collaborated with Wellcome Trust on the Fluent Heart project, blending medicine with arts. She advises parliamentary committees on healthcare policy.
Collaborations and Labs: Active in the National Heart and Lung Institute, she leads international studies like the COaCHeD project and chairs ACHD imaging guidelines committees.