Andrew Fletcher

Andrew is a cardiac physiologist and Clinical Scientist who has worked in the NHS for several years, providing advanced cardiology diagnostic testing in a direct patient facing manner. He is an assessor for the National School of Healthcare Science, an associate editor for the journal 'Echo, Research & Practice', and a member of the British Society of Echocardiography research and audit committee.

By way of his aspirations as a clinical academic (who use their expert clinical skills to conduct high quality medical research with rapid translations to benefit patients & healthcare providers), Andrew is now undertaking his DPhil (PhD) within the Oxford Cardiovascular Clinical Research Facility under the primary supervision of Professor Paul Leeson.

Current research projects he is involved with aim to improve the utility of common cardiology tests, such as Echocardiography, by discovering novel imaging biomarkers and developing new analysis techniques. Applications of his research are to the assessment of heart failure, diastolic function and valvular heart disease. Data science is also a keen interest of his, and he was the first author on outputs stemming from the pilot project of the creation of the National Echocardiographic Database of the UK (NED-UK).

For publications, posters and conference abstracts, please refer to my ORCiD profile using the link on the left side of this webpage.