Dr Sarah Birkhoelzer is a Heart Failure and Imaging Fellow at the Unviersity Hospial Dorset. She completed her PhD at the University of Oxford, where examined cardiac and skeletal muscle metabolism in heart failure, followed by a research fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital under Dr. Scott Solomon, focusing on cardiac amyloidosis. She is the UK Heart Failure Association (HFA)Young Ambassador and serves on the BCS Practice & Guidelines and Women in Cardiology Committees, as well as the EACVI Web & Communications Committee. She is member of the Editorial Board of the British Journal of Cardiology. A confident public speaker, she presents widely and hosts the patient-facing BEATWISE podcast, aiming to bridge clinical knowledge and patient experience. Her work has received multiple awards and funding from both industry and charities.