Professor David Newby

Professor Newby is British Heart Foundation Duke of Edinburgh Chair of Cardiology at the University of Edinburgh, Director of the Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, Director of Edinburgh Imaging facilities, and a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. He has major interests in experimental medicine, advanced imaging and clinical trials of cardiovascular disease including coronary heart disease, aortic stenosis and heart failure. He also has major interests in the cardiovascular effects of air pollution, and the interaction between cardiac and respiratory diseases. He is Chief Investigator for the SCOT-HEART and SCOT-HEART 2 trials.