Alumnus of the AdCSP receives W3 professorship
Prof. Dr Arash Haghikia from the Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine at Charité’s German Heart Centre and alumnus of the BIH Charité Advanced Clinician Scientist Program (AdCSP) has been appointed W3-Professor of Cardiology at the Ruhr University Bochum and Head of the Cardiology Clinic at the University Hospital St. Josef-Hospital in Bochum. Prof. Haghikia's clinical focus is on interventional cardiology, catheter-based aortic valve therapy and intensive care medicine. As part of the AdCSP funding, his scientific research focused on the role of gut microbiome-dependent metabolites in the development and progression of cardiovascular diseases. In line with this, Prof Haghikia would also like to establish a cardiometabolic research focus in Bochum.