Meet the ACROSS Team
ACROSS brings together researchers, clinicians and specialists from the UK, Pakistan and Bangladesh to develop affordable, culturally appropriate and sustainable cardiac rehabilitation.
Programme leadership
ACROSS Co-Principal Investigators
Providing shared strategic and scientific leadership across the international ACROSS partnership.
Co-Principal Investigator · UK
Professor Rod Taylor
University of Glasgow
Professor of Population Health Research and co-lead of the ACROSS programme, with expertise in cardiac rehabilitation, clinical trials and evidence synthesis.
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Co-Principal Investigator · Pakistan
Professor Imran Bashir Chaudhry
Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning
Consultant psychiatrist and international mental health researcher providing strategic leadership for ACROSS research and implementation in Pakistan.
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Professor Karina Lovell
University of Manchester
Emeritus Professor with expertise in mental health nursing, psychological interventions and accessible models of care.
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Dr Amy Blakemore
University of Manchester
Senior Lecturer specialising in multimorbidity, intervention development and global research capacity strengthening.
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Professor Nusrat Husain
University of Manchester
Chair in Psychiatry with extensive expertise in global mental health, culturally adapted interventions and international clinical research.
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Professor Alex McConnachie
University of Glasgow
Professor of Clinical Trial Biostatistics with expertise in the design, analysis and delivery of complex clinical studies.
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Professor Emma McIntosh
University of Glasgow
Professor of Health Economics with expertise in economic evaluation, global health research and health technology assessment.
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Professor Tahir Saghir
Cardiology Specialist
Cardiologist and researcher contributing specialist clinical knowledge to the development of cardiac rehabilitation in Pakistan.
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Professor Zainab F. Zadeh
Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning
Clinical psychologist and researcher contributing expertise in psychological health, research delivery and capacity strengthening.
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Dr Md Jamal Uddin
Cardiac Rehabilitation Researcher
Researcher specialising in the development and evaluation of culturally adapted home-based cardiac rehabilitation in Bangladesh.
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Professor Saidur Rahman Mashreky
North South University and BUHS
Professor of Public Health contributing expertise in noncommunicable diseases, health systems and population-based research.
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Dr Mithila Faruque
Bangladesh University of Health Sciences
Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, with expertise in research and public health.
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Professor Chaudhury Meshkat Ahmed
Professor of Cardiology
Cardiology specialist contributing expertise in heart failure, preventive cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation.
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Professor Sherry Grace
York University and University Health Network, Canada
International cardiac rehabilitation researcher contributing expertise in access, delivery, implementation and global models of rehabilitation.
View university profile →A Growing International Team
Additional ACROSS researchers, clinical partners, early-career researchers and programme team members will be added as the programme develops.
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