Month: December 2025

Join us for the upcoming – DaRe2THINK Webinar

This talk is part of a series hosted by the DaRe2THINK trial to provide information to allied healthcare professionals and general practice staff across the UK.

Everyone knows that cholesterol is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. 30 years ago the west of Scotland Cory prevention Study showed for the first time that primary prevention of cardiovascular disease by lowering cholesterol levels reduced major adverse cardiovascular events. However, lowering LDL cholesterol by many other ways is now possible and future therapies are coming. This talk will review the state of the art of lipids with a glimpse into the future.

Speaker: Professor Derek Connolly
BSc[Hons] MB ChB[Edin] PhD[Cantab] DSc[Hon] FRCP FRCPE FESC
Consultant Cardiologist, The Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Birmingham

Professor Derek Connolly is a Consultant Cardiologist at the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, the Priory Hospital, and the Birmingham City and Sandwell Health Campuses in Birmingham, UK. He holds honorary academic positions at both Aston University and at the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK. He has been on the council of the UK Primary Care Cardiovascular Society, which has nearly 7000 members, since its rebirth in 2019.

He trained in Edinburgh, Cambridge, London and San Diego where he was a Carnegie Scholar. He has a first class degree in Pharmacology from the University of Edinburgh where he was the Brunton medallist and the Keasbey Bursary holder. His BHF funded PhD in molecular cardiology is from the University of Cambridge. He is the Chief or Primary Investigator of multiple large trials in Cardiovascular medicine. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Aston University for his contributions to medical science where in December 2024 was appointed as the Vice-Chancellor’s Professorial Fellow in Health Research

DaRe2THINK

This webinar is hosted by DaRe2THINK, a primary care clinical trial sponsored by the NIHR, University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

DaRe2THINK is a transformational project that will test a new way of running clinical trials at General Practices in the NHS. The trial will use health information already collected in the NHS to reduce the time taken for research, both for the patients and NHS staff. This will allow the NHS to reach new and larger groups of patients that could benefit from new treatments opening the possibility of research to populations that would not have previously taken part.

Webinar schedule:

13:00 – 13:15 – Presentation by Prof Derek Connolly

13:15 – 13:25 – Q&A and discussion

13:25 – 13:30 – The DaRe2THINK trial

Key benefits:

Continuing Professional Development
Learn from academic healthcare professionals (HCPs)
Be informed of relevant published findings
Engage in discussions with other HCPs
Exclusive insight into an ongoing national trial
Find out how to get involved yourself!