Pasquale Maffia PhD, FHEA, FRSB, FBPhS, FESC

Pasquale Maffia is currently a Professor of Cardiovascular Immunology at the University of Glasgow, at the Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation and at the BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre. He is an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, the British Pharmacological Society and the European Society of Cardiology.

Pasquale serves on the Executive Committee of the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR) Immunopharmacology Section, as Vice Chair of the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) Immunotherapy Committee, on the Engagement Committee of the British Pharmacological Society (BPS), on the Executive Committee of the British Atherosclerosis Society (BAS), on the Fellowship Committee of the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and as board member of the Heart Research UK (HRUK) Translational Research Medical Review Panel.

Pasquale is an Executive Deputy Editor of Cardiovascular Research, Associate Editor of Pharmacological Research, Editor in Chief (Human Health Section) of Frontiers for Young Minds, and Editorial Board Member of several journals including the British Journal of Pharmacology and Scientific Reports.

Pasquale has a major interest in the immune response in cardiovascular disease. Current research activities address the study, imaging, and targeting of cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, hypertension, and heart failure. He has authored over 100 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals including Nature Genetics, Nature Reviews Immunology, Immunity, European Heart Journal, Circulation, Circulation Research, Blood and PNAS.