Magdi Yacoub

The Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation (MYF) – was founded by Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub in 2008. The Aswan Heart Centre (AHC) Research Program was launched in 2016 and it contributes to solving one of the biggest challenges in Egypt, MENA Region, and Africa: Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). The aim is to promote better understanding of disease mechanisms and enhance early prediction and diagnosis of CVD with the aim of developing innovative personalized therapeutic solutions and advanced healthcare management strategies. AHC research programme is fully integrated with the clinical activities and ranges from Population to Disease-Based Studies. The interdisciplinary approach at AHC, allows teams from different backgrounds and fields of expertise to work together in a seamless fashion. The Clinical Programme provides a rich wide and arguably unique resource, which is used heavily in almost every research project. Equally attractive are the Research Laboratories, which include Life Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Platforms, on site and are run by highly skilled scientists and PhDs. The integrated AHC Research Programme consists of a continuum of population science, translational, and basic science research targeting specific diseases with significant relevance to the population of Egypt, Africa and the world, particularly neglected diseases such as Rheumatic Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension. Establishing local state-of-the-art investigative platforms ranging from Next Generation Sequencing (In house), advanced microscopy, conventional molecular and cellular biology, biochemical techniques and importantly biomedical engineering and computing (including inhouse 3D modelling) has laid the foundation for strong translational research.