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Biography
JOB TITLE: British Heart Foundation Chair of Cardiology and Consultant Cardiologist
TEAM MEMBERS:
Chris Tuck - Clinical Research Programme Manager
Atul Anand - Senior Lecturer in Health Data Research
Jean McPherson - Research Secretary and Trial Administrator
Mizu Mizerska - Data Manager
Amy V Ferry - Senior Research Nurse
Kelly Williams - Research Nurse
Takeshi Fujisawa - Facility Manager
Jennifer Blades - Research Technician
Andrew Sorbie - Research Technician
Dorien Kimenai - British Heart Foundation Intermediate Research Fellow
Dimitrios Doudesis - Senior Data Scientist
Ziwen Li - Post-doctoral Data Scientist
Andrew Chapman - Senior Lecturer in Cardiology
Ken Lee - Clinical Lecturer in Cardiology
Jasper Boeddinghaus - Interventional Fellow and Edinburgh Doctorial College Scholar
Stacey Schulberg - BHF Research Training Fellow
Ryan Wereski - MRC Clinical Research Fellow
Matthew Lowry - MRC Clinical Research Fellow
Caelan Taggart - BHF Clinical Research Fellow
Michael McDermott - BHF Clinical Research Fellow
Daniel Perez Vicencio - BHF PhD studentship
Yiqing Wang - Dunhill PhD studentship
BACKGROUND:
Professor Nicholas Mills was born in Glasgow and raised in Scotland and North America. He studied Medicine and Pharmacology at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 2000. He undertook his clinical training at the Western General Hospital and Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh before joining the Centre for Cardiovascular Science in 2003.
Professor Mills is the British Heart Foundation Chair of Cardiology at the University of Edinburgh and a Consultant Cardiologist at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
He is the Academic Lead and Senior Responsible Officer for the Data Driven Innovation in Health and Social Care programme with overall responsibility for the delivery of this programme on behalf of the Usher Institute and the University of Edinburgh.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
To use linked regional and national healthcare data in Scotland to develop new approaches for diagnosis and risk stratification in patients with heart disease and to evaluate their impact on outcomes in practice.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Professor Mills teaches on the MBChB course and is responsible for the supervision of clinical and basic science to PhD students.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Edinburgh
1 Oct 2003 → 31 Jul 2009
Award Date: 31 Jul 2009
Medicine, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Edinburgh
1 Oct 1994 → 31 Jul 2000
Award Date: 31 Jul 2000
Pharmacology, Bachelor of Science, University of Edinburgh
1 Oct 1997 → 31 Jul 1998
Award Date: 31 Jul 1998
External positions
Chair of Scottish Cardiac Audit Programme, Public Health and Intelligence, NHS National Services Scotland, Edinburgh, UK.
1 Feb 2021 → …
Associate Editor, Circulation (American Heart Association)
1 Jan 2019 → …
College Research Themes
- College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
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Machine learning for diagnosis of myocardial infarction using cardiac troponin concentrations
CoDE-ACS Investigators, Doudesis, D., Lee, K. K., Boeddinghaus, J., Bularga, A., Ferry, A., Tuck, C., Lowry, M., Lopez-Ayala, P., Nestelberger, T., Koechlin, L., Bernabeu, M. O., Neubeck, L., Anand, A., Schulz, K., Apple, F. S., Parsonage, W., Greenslade, J. H., Cullen, L., Pickering, J. W., & 4 others, 11 May 2023, In: Nature Medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Implementation of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin and risk of myocardial infarction or death at 5 years: stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised controlled trial
Lee, K. K., Doudesis, D., Ferry, A., Chapman, A. R., Kimenai, D., Fujisawa, T., Bulgara, A., Lowry, M., Taggart, C., Stewart, S., Wereski, R., Tuck, C., Strachan, F., Newby, D. E., Anand, A., Shah, A. S. V. & Mills, N. L., 27 Nov 2023, In: The BMJ.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Development and validation of a decision-support tool for the diagnosis of acute heart failure: a systematic review, meta-analysis and modelling study
CoDE-HF investigators, Lee, K. K., Doudesis, D., Anwar, M., Astengo, F., Chenevier-Gobeaux, C., Claessens, Y-E., Wussler, D., Kozhuharov, N., Strebel, I., Sabti, Z., deFilippi, C., Seliger, S., Moe, G., Fernando, C., Bayes-Genis, A., van Kimmenade, R. RJ., Pinto, Y. M., Gaggin, H. K., Wiemer, J. C., & 26 others, 13 Jun 2022, In: British Medical Journal (BMJ).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I at presentation in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome: a cohort study
High-STEACS investigators, Shah, A. S. V., Anand, A., Sandoval, Y., Lee, K. K., Smith, S. W., Adamson, P. D., Chapman, A. R., Langdon, T., Sandeman, D., Vaswani, A., Strachan, F. E., Ferry, A., Stirzaker, A. G., Reid, A., Gray, A. J., Collinson, P. O., McAllister, D. A., Apple, F. S., Newby, D. E., & 1 others, 19 Dec 2015, In: The Lancet. 386, 10012, p. 2481-2488 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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High-sensitivity troponin in the evaluation of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome: a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised controlled trial
Shah, A. S. V., Anand, A., Strachan, F. E., Ferry, A. V., Lee, K. K., Chapman, A. R., Sandeman, D., Stables, C. L., Adamson, P. D., Andrews, J. P. M., Anwar, M. S., Hung, J., Moss, A. J., O'Brien, R., Berry, C., Findlay, I., Walker, S., Cruickshank, A., Reid, A., Gray, A., & 37 others, 15 Sept 2018, In: The Lancet. 392, 10151, p. 919-928 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mechanisms of myocardial injury and ischemia in patients with rapid atrial fibrillation
Mills, N., Mills, N., Dweck, M., Tuck, C., Williams, S. & Williams, M.
1/08/24 → 30/04/27
Project: Research
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Deep phenotyping of cardiovascular disease with photon-counting computed tomography
Williams, M., Dhaun, N., Dweck, M., Mills, N., Newby, D., Semple, S., Williams, S. & van Beek, E.
1/06/24 → 17/03/25
Project: Research
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Utility of Cardiovascular Biomarkers to Predict Patient Outcomes in Kidney Transplantation
Dhaun, N., Gallacher, P., Miller-Hodges, E. & Mills, N.
1/03/24 → 28/02/27
Project: Research
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Validation of a Novel Sixth Generation Troponin T Assay (NEXT)
Roche Diagnostics International Ltd
1/08/23 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
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Data and Diagnostic Testing to Redesign Rapid Access Chest Pain Pathways
1/08/23 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
Press/Media
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women half as likely as men to receive treatment for heart attacks
15/10/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Cheap blood test could predict a heart attack ten years in advance
14/01/19 → 16/01/19
5 Media contributions
Press/Media: Research