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- Cappuccio, Franco
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Professor Francesco P Cappuccio
MB BS; MD; MSc (Epid); DLSHTM; FRCP (Lon); FFPH; FAHACephalon Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine & Epidemiology
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Franco moved to Warwick in July 2005 to take up the newly established Cephalon Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine & Epidemiology. He is a cardiovascular physician, a clinical epidemiologist and a public health expert. After his medical degree in Naples, he moved to Britain where he trained at Charing Cross Hospital, St George's Hospital Medical School and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in London. In 2000 he became Professor of Clinical Epidemiology & Primary Care at St George's, University of London. His main interests are in the prevention, detection and management of hypertension and its complications of the heart, brain, kidneys and the circulation. His research interests are the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, nutrition and health, metabolic abnormalities and cardiovascular risk, risk in ethnic minorities, both in developed and developing countries. Franco heads up a multi-disciplinary research group with a number of research objectives: to develop and establish a programme of national and international cardiovascular epidemiology, to develop and establish a significant national and international programme of research into Sleep, Health and Society, to facilitate clinical research into sleep disorders, to assist the development of undergraduate and postgraduate education into sleep medicine and its impact on health and society. |
Qualifications
| 1981 | MB, BS (Hons) University of Naples |
| 1984 | MD (Hons) University of Naples |
| 1993 | MSc (Epidemiology) University of London |
| 1996 | MRCP London |
| 1996 | CCST in General Medicine |
| 1997 | DLSHTM University of London |
| 1999 | FRCP London |
| 2000 | MFPHM (now MFPH) |
| 2002 | European Diploma of Hypertension Specialist (ESH) |
| 2006 | FFPH London |
| 2007 | FAHA |
Roles
| 1987 - | Steering Committee, The Olivetti Prospective Heart Study |
| 1991 - | Principal Investigator, Wandsworth Heart & Stroke Study |
| 1997 - 2005 | Regional Principal Investigator, ASCOT |
| 2000 - | Principal Investigator, Kumasi Study in West Africa |
| 2000 - 2003 | Co-Principal Investigator, IMMIDIET European Project (FP-5) |
| 2008 - 2011 | Co-Principal Investigator, Hypergenes European Project (FP-7) |
| 2005 - 2009 | Treasurer, Executive Committee, British Hypertension Society |
| 2005 - 2009 | Member, UK Stroke Research Network Prevention Clinical Study Group (UK SRN) |
| 2006 - | Strand Lead (Prevention), West Midlands Local Stroke Research Network (WMLSRN) |
| 2006 - 2009 | University of Warwick Designated Individual, Human Tissue Authority |
| 2006 | Technical Expert, World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva, Switzerland |
| 2007 | Technical Expert, World Health Organization (WHO), Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2008 - 2011 |
Member, Information Service & Guidelines Working Party, British Hypertension Society |
| 2008 - | Core Member, Cardiovascular Diseases Expert Group, Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study |
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2008 - 2010 |
Committee Member, Public Health Program Development Group for the NICE guidance on Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease |
| 2009 - 2012 | Committee Member, Cardiovascular Health Committee of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal College of Physicians |
| 2009 - 2012 | Ordinary Member, Executive Committee, British Hypertension Society |
| 2009 - 2012 |
Technical Expert, Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), Washington DC, USA |
| 2010 - 2012 |
Topic Leader for Stroke, West Midlands (South) CLRN |
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2010 - |
Individual Member, National Heart Forum |
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2010 - |
Associate Editor, Sleep journal |
Awards
| 2003 | 2002 RCGP and Boots The Chemists Research Paper of the Year Award (Royal College of General Practitioners) |
| 2003 | I.S.H.I.B. Distinguished Researcher Award for 2003 (International Society of Hypertension in Blacks) |
| 2005 | 40th Anniversary Gold Medal of the Lithuanian Society of Cardiology |
| 2007 | International Fellowship of the American Heart Association (FAHA) |
| 2008 |
European Society of Hypertension Centre of Excellence in Hypertension & Cardio-Metabolic Research |
| 2008 | World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Nutrition |
Membership of learned societies
| National |
| Association of Physicians of Great Britain & Ireland (APGB&I) |
| British Hypertension Society (BHS) |
| British Sleep Society (BSS) |
| National Heart Forum NHF (individual member) |
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Primary Care Cardiovascular Society (PCCS) |
| International |
| European Society of Hypertension (ESH) |
| American Society of Hypertension (ASH) |
| International Society & Federation of Cardiology (Section on Epidemiology & Prevention) |
| American Sleep Association (ASA) |
| European Society of Cardiology (ESC) (Working group on Epidemiology & Prevention) |
| Council on High Blood Pressure of the American Heart Association (AHA) |
| Council on Epidemiology & Prevention of the American Heart Association (AHA) |
| International Epidemiological Association (IEA) |
| International Society of Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB) (Scientific Planning Committees 1997; 2001; 2003) |
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International Society of Nephrology (ISN
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Useful Links
Publications (1998-2012)
Publications (1983-1997)
