![Professor Dana Dawson Professor Dana Dawson](/img/200x200/staffpages/uploads/mmd950/DD2013.jpg)
DM, FRCP, D.Phil, FESC
Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine
- About
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- Email Address
- dana.dawson@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Professor Dawson qualified in medicine at University of Medicine “Grigore T. Popa”, Iasi, Romania. After completing her MRCP with the Royal College of Physicians in London and read for a D. Phil in Cardiovascular Medicine at Merton College, University of Oxford, she trained in Cardiovascular Medicine in Edinburgh, Oxford and London in the UK and at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, in the USA. In 2010 she moved to the University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary where she currently is Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Consultant Cardiologist.
She made a significant contribution in advancing knowledge in acute stress induced (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy, having delivered several landmark mechanistic clinical trials. Takotsubo studies are ongoing in Aberdeen who lead the Scottish Takotsubo Registry which has been accruing all cases since 2010.
There is keen interest in other topics such as exercise based interventions and pharmacological therapies to improve cardio-metabolic health in patients with type 2 diabetes, mechanistic trials unmasking heart failure in patients with COPD, deep cardiac phenotyping and strategies for prevention of cardio-toxicity in cardio-oncology. A cardio-dentistry collaboration explores the causal role of pathobionts in acute myocardial infarction.
Together with cardiac MR physicists, the group have developed the world's first cardiac array coil for cardiac Field Cycling Magnetic Resonance to investigate the unique characteristics of the heart muscle visible at low field and field cycling domains.
Professor Dana Dawson leads the Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research Unit who have strong collaborative links with many other UK centres, participating in multi-centre clinical research studies.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Team members and close collaborators:
Dr. David Gamble - BHF Clinical Research Fellow, Clinical Lecturer
Dr. Hilal Khan - Clinical Research Fellow
Dr. Susanth Alapati - BHF Clinical (Dental) Research Fellow
Dr Sara Sharif - Elphinstone Clinical (Dental) Research Fellow
Ms Amelia Rudd, MSc - BHF AHP Clinical Research Fellow
Miss Lesley Cheyne - Cardiovascular Technician
Ms Janaki Srivanasan – Senior Research Sonographer
Dr. Lionel Broche – Lecturer in Fast Field Cycling MR Physics
Dr. Gareth Davies - Fast Field Cycling MR Physics Research Fellow
Dr. James Ross - Lecturer in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Physics
Dr. Caroline Scally – former BHF Clinical Research Fellow
Miss Nadine Godsman – former BHF non-clinical PhD student
Dr. Alice Mezincescu – Clinical Lecturer (former BHF Clinical Research Fellow)
Dr. Chaitanya Pradeep Joshi - former Clinical Research Fellow - Dental, Elphinstone Scholar
Dr. Hassan Abbas – BHF Clinical Research Fellow
Research Nurses:
RN Valerie Harries
RN Jocelyn Abernethy
RN Debbie Olaotan
RN Pauline Crozier
Research Radiographers:
Mr Mike Hendry (MRI)
Ms Nicola Crouch (MRI)
Ms Laura Reid (MRI)
Ms Michelle Mauchline (MRI)
Mrs Denise Forrest (CT)
Ms Louise Lamley (CT)
- External Memberships
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She is a member of the British Cardiovascular Society, American Heart Association, Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, Chair of the Myocardial Function Working Group of the European Society of Cardiology and head of the Taskforce on Takotsubo within the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology.
Prizes and Awards
Most recent mentored scientific investigations shortlisted for prize awards include:
1. Janaki Srivanasan – winner of the British Society of Echocardiography Young Investigator Research Prize, October 2016
2. Caroline Scally – finalist at the Early Career award, Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Washington, January 2017
3. Caroline Scally – finalist at the Samuel A Levine Young Investigator Award of the American Heart Association, Anaheim, CA, November 2017
4. Nadine Godsman – winner of the Young Investigator’s prize of the British Pharmacological Society – Pharmacology, December 2017 – London, England
5. Caroline Scally - finalist at the Melvin Judkins Young Investigator Award of the American Heart Association, Chicago, IL, November 2018
6. Alice Mezincescu – finalist at the Early Career Award-Translational Sciences of the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Seattle, February 2019
7. Chaitanya Joshi – Coronary Artery Disease Risk is Increased by Periodontitis Pathobionts, winner of the Sir Wilfred Fish Prize of The British Society of Periodontology and Implant Dentistry, London, November 2021
8. Alice Mezincescu – Insulin Resistance in Type 2 Diabetes is Moderated by Saturated Fatty Acids Abundance and Turnover, finalist at the Early career award on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Risk, American Heart Association scientific sessions, Chicago, November 2022
9. Amelia Rudd - Cardiovascular and Non-Cardiovascular Prescribing and Mortality after Takotsubo - winner of the Scottish Cardiac Society Award, October 2023
- Research
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Funding and Grants
RESEARCH GRANTS – current:
1. A Randomised Controlled Trial of Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibition for Reduction of Cardiovascular Events after Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (EVEREST), D Dawson (CI), DE Newby, G Hillis, M Petrie, G McCann, CP Gale, J Horowitz, G MacLennan, G Scotland, J Norrie – NIHR – Health Technology Assessment (NIHR157523), 01/01/25 to 31/12/31, £3,049,458.47
2. Myocardial Lipid Compartments in Type 2 Diabetes – Tenovus Scotland, AM Ciutac, J Ross, A Davidson and D Dawson, 1/08/2024-31/12/2025, £12,260
3. Sodium-glucose transporter type 2 inhibition in anthracycline-related cardiotoxicity, D Dawson (CI), D E Newby, BHF CRTF FS/CRTF/23/24508, 2025-2028, £363,697
4. Bioinformatics analysis of single cell SEQUENCing of Human PBMC in acutE cardiac disease- SEQUENCE study, H Khan, E Collie-Duguid, D Dawson, Tenovus Scotland, 03, 2023, £14,557
5. Replacement of (ultrasound) echocardiography equipment for clinical research, BHF Infrastructure Grant IG/F/21/50010 and IG/f/21/50010, D Dawson, 2022, £147,208
6. Epigenetic Phase Variation of Periodontal Bacteria – a Mechanistic Contributor to Coronary Artery Disease, BHFClinical Research Training Fellowship - FS/CRTF/22/24275 (for Dr Shirleen Hallang), K Hijazi (PI) and D Dawson, £217,509, 2022-2025, withdrawn due to unavailability of the fellow and re-awarded after peer review as a Project Grant, BHF PG/22/11117, £230,671
7. Epidemiology and predisposition of acute stress-induced (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy - BHF Research Training Fellowship (FS/RTF/20/30009, for Ms Amelia Rudd): D Dawson (CI), David Newby, 2021-2024, £215,051
8. The next leap in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: cycling the field: D Dawson (CI), D Lurie, L Broche, J Ross, H Abbas: BHF New Horizons Grant no. NH/19/1/34595, 2020-2024, £277,722
- Publications
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Mechanisms of myocardial reverse remodelling and its clinical significance: A scientific statement of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial Function
European Journal of Heart Failure, vol. 26, no. 7, pp. 1454-1479Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.3264
Sex differences in coronary atherosclerotic plaque activity using 18F-sodium fluoride positron emission tomography
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ImagingContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-024-06810-x
Large scale genome-wide association analyses identify novel genetic loci and mechanisms in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Nature GeneticsContributions to Journals: ArticlesCoronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Activity and Risk of Myocardial Infarction
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 83, no. 22, pp. 2135-2144Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPrevalence of asymptomatic valvular heart disease in the elderly population: a community-based echocardiographic study
European heart journal cardiovascular ImagingContributions to Journals: ArticlesComparison of intramyocellular lipid metabolism in patients with diabetes and male athletes
Nature Communications, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 3690Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24219934
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23599/1/Mezincescu_etal_Comparison_intramyocellular_lipid_VOR.pdf
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- [ONLINE] https://abdn.elsevierpure.com/en/publications/32def9dd-91e5-4a39-8c0d-7bbdc7cc4c91
Cardiovascular and Noncardiovascular Prescribing and Mortality After Takotsubo: Comparison with Myocardial Infarction and General Population
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 3, no. 2, 100797Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSex-specific Lifetime Risk of Cardiovascular Events.: The EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Population Cohort Study
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 230-241Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA 20-year population study of peripartum cardiomyopathy
European Heart Journal, vol. 44, no. 48, pp. 5128-5141Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAcute heart failure: mechanisms and pre-clinical models-a Scientific Statement of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial Function
Cardiovascular Research, vol. 119, no. 14, pp. 2390-2404Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvad088
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A geometry-based finite element tool for evaluating mitral valve biomechanics
Medical Engineering and Physics, vol. 121, 104067Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2023.104067
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- [ONLINE] AAM in UCL Repository
Impaired Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Energetics Following Anthracycline Therapy for Breast Cancer
Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging, vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 817-826Contributions to Journals: ArticlesImpact of diabetes on remodelling, microvascular function and exercise capacity in aortic stenosis
Open Heart, vol. 10, no. 2, e002441Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCoronary Atherosclerotic Plaque Activity and Future Coronary Events
JAMA cardiology, vol. 8, no. 8, pp. 755-764Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReply: Any Cardiac Influence of the Structural and Functional Brain Changes in Patients With Takotsubo Syndrome?
JACC. Heart failure, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 618Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2023.03.005
Structural and functional brain changes in acute Takotsubo Syndrome
JACC. Heart failure, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 307-317Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMyocardial Involvement After Hospitalization for COVID-19 Complicated by Troponin Elevation: A Prospective, Multicenter, Observational Study
Circulation, vol. 147, no. 5, pp. 364-374Contributions to Journals: ArticlesManganese-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Takotsubo Syndrome
Circulation, vol. 146, no. 24, pp. 1823-1835Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMyocardial infarction risk is increased by periodontal pathobionts: a cross-sectional study
Scientific Reports, vol. 12, 18608Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAnimal models and animal-free innovations for cardiovascular research: current status and routes to be explored. Consensus document of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial Function and the ESC Working Group on Cellular Biology of the Heart
Cardiovascular Research, vol. 118, no. 15, pp. 3016-3051Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvab370
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- [ONLINE] Link to AM at Imperial College London
Myocarditis Following SARS-CoV2 mRNA Vaccination Against COVID-19: Facts and Open Questions
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 80, no. 14, pp. 1363-1365Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPsilocybin-induced takotsubo cardiomyopathy
BMJ Case Reports, vol. 15, no. 5, e245863Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-245863
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Optimization of an RF Array for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance at 8.5 MHz
Joint Annual Meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB: ISMRT 31st Annual Meeting, pp. 1659Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsMetabolic alterations in a rat model of Takotsubo syndrome
Cardiovascular Research, vol. 118, no. 8, pp. 1932–1946Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUse of the oral beta blocker bisoprolol to reduce the rate of exacerbation in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a randomised controlled trial. (BICS)
Trials, vol. 23, no. 1, 307Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTakotsubo Syndrome: Pathophysiology, Emerging Concepts, and Clinical Implications
Circulation, vol. 145, no. 13, pp. 1002-1019Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.055854
Pathophysiology of Takotsubo syndrome - a joint scientific statement from the Heart Failure Association Takotsubo Syndrome Study Group and Myocardial Function Working Group of the European Society of Cardiology - Part 1: overview and the central role for catecholamines and sympathetic nervous system
European Journal of Heart Failure, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 257-273Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPathophysiology of Takotsubo syndrome – a joint scientific statement from the Heart Failure Association Takotsubo Syndrome Study Group and Myocardial Function Working Group of the European Society of Cardiology : Part 2: vascular pathophysiology, gender and sex hormones, genetics, chronic cardiovascular problems and clinical implications
European Journal of Heart Failure, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 274-286Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNovel case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy following COVID-19 vaccination
BMJ Case Reports, vol. 15, no. 1, e247291Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-247291
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Serum antibody response against periodontal bacteria and risk of coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal of Journal of Clinical Periodontology, vol. 48, no. 12, pp. 1570-1586Contributions to Journals: Review articlesThe unspoken benefit of participation in a clinical trial
Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. E645-E647Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmed.2021-0292
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Predictors of Major Atrial Fibrillation Endpoints in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute HCMR
JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, vol. 7, no. 11, pp. 1376-1386Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacep.2021.04.004
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- [ONLINE] Link to AM at King's College London
Reciprocal organ interactions during heart failure-a position paper from the ESC working group on myocardial function
Cardiovascular Research, vol. 117, no. 12, pp. 2416–2433Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA toolbox for generating scalable mitral valve morphometric models
Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 135, 104628Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.104628
Demographic, multi-morbidity and genetic impact on myocardial involvement and its recovery from COVID-19: protocol design of COVID-HEART-a UK, multicentre, observational study
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, vol. 23, no. 1, 77Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA systematic review of biomarkers in Takotsubo syndrome: A focus on better understanding the pathophysiology
IJC Heart & Vasculature, vol. 34, 100795Contributions to Journals: ArticlesQuality assurance of quantitative cardiac T1-mapping in multicenter clinical trials: A T1 phantom program from the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy registry (HCMR) study
International Journal of Cardiology, vol. 330, pp. 251-258Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe role of inflammation in stress cardiomyopathy
Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 225-230Contributions to Journals: Review articlesSex Differences in Ischemic Stroke Outcomes in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension
Journal of the American Heart Association, vol. 10, no. 6, e019341Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCommon genetic variants and modifiable risk factors underpin hypertrophic cardiomyopathy susceptibility and expressivity
Nature Genetics, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 135-142Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-020-00764-0
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- [ONLINE] Link to AM at Kings College London
The early dynamic of ECG in takotsubo syndrome presenting with ST-elevation: A comparison with age and gender-matched ST-elevation myocardial infarction
International Journal of Cardiology, vol. 323, pp. 125-125Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.09.023
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Towards standardization of echocardiography for the evaluation of left ventricular function in adult rodents: a position paper of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial Function
Cardiovascular Research, vol. 117, no. 1, pp. 43–59Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvaa110
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16365/1/cvaa110.pdf
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Detection of periodontal microorganisms in coronary atheromatous plaque specimens of myocardial infarction patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 69-82Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Early Dynamic of ECG in Takotsubo Syndrome presenting with ST-elevation: A comparison with age and gender-matched ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction
International Journal of Cardiology, vol. 320, pp. 7-11Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEffect of the 2017 European Guidelines on Reclassification of Severe Aortic Stenosis and Its Influence on Management Decisions for Initially Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis
Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging, vol. 13, no. 12, 011763Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.120.011763
Multimodality imaging in takotsubo syndrome: a joint consensus document of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) and the Japanese Society of Echocardiography (JSE)
European Journal of Echocardiography, vol. 18, pp. 199-224Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCardiac dysfunction in cancer patients: beyond direct cardiomyocyte damage of anticancer drugs. Novel cardio-oncology insights from the joint 2019 meeting of the ESC Working Groups of Myocardial Function and Cellular Biology of the Heart
Cardiovascular Research, vol. 116, no. 11, pp. 1820-1834Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRecurrent spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a middle-aged male athlete patient: A case report
European Heart Journal - Case Reports, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 1-5Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGeometric description for the anatomy of the mitral valve: A review
Journal of Anatomy, vol. 237, no. 2, pp. 209-224Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13196
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T1 mapping performance and measurement repeatability: results from the multi-national T1 mapping standardization phantom program (T1MES)
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, vol. 22, 31Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12968-020-00613-3
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