Professor Mallat is the British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Cambridge. Professor Mallat’s areas of research interest centre around atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases, and aortic aneurysm and dissection, in particular investigating the impact of innate and adaptive immune responses in disease initiation and progression, and the impact of autoimmune diseases on these conditions. Professor Mallat’s basic science research is complemented by proof-of-concept clinical trials in patients with coronary artery disease.