Professor John Cleland

John Cleland is Emeritus Professor at the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. His main interest is heart failure, extending from epidemiology & prevention, to Phase II-IV trials and guidelines. Particular current interests include myocardial substrate, congestion & inflammation, telemonitoring & theranostics. He qualified from Glasgow in 1977, completed training at St. Mary's & Hammersmith Hospitals (London) and was subsequently awarded a British Heart Foundation Senior Fellowship in Glasgow. He was appointed Professor of Cardiology at University of Hull 1999-2013 and the National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London 2013-18. He returned to Glasgow as Director of the Robertson Centre for Biostatistics & Clinical Trials 2016-2022 and subsequently (until 2026) as Professor of Cardiology. He founded the European Journal of Heart Failure. He helped found and was Past-Chair of the ESC Working Group on heart failure and British Society for Heart Failure