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Our group includes cardiologists (general and EP), stroke neurologists, geriatricians, general practitioners, epidemiologists and health economists, nurses, pharmacists physiotherapists and other allied health professionals, and patient advocates and health administrators.  Our members include many of the best known researchers in atrial fibrillation alongside a number of early career researchers working on studies related to AF screening, or with a strong interest in AF screening.  A full list is shown below.

Our members come from 40 countries including: Europe/UK Asia, North, South & Central America, Middle East, Africa, and Oceania. We are hope to increase the representation from Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East and are looking to find members from those countries with a strong interest in AF screening.

Members

Hugo Ramos, National University of Cordoba, Argentina

Craig Anderson, The George Institute, Australia

Jocasta Ball, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Australia

Clara Kayei Chow, University of Sydney, Australia

Peter Cistulli, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Australia

Stephen Davis, University of Melbourne, Australia

Ben Freedman, University of Sydney and Heart Research Institute, Australia

Kylie Gwynne, Poche Centre, University of Sydney, Australia

Graeme Hankey, University of Western Australia, Australia

Jeroen Hendriks, Flinders University, Australia

Grahame Hillis, Royal Perth Hospital UWA, Australia

Nicole Lowres, University of Sydney, Australia

Tom Marwick, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Menglu Ooyang, Australia

Jessica Orchard, University of Sydney, Australia

Elizabeth Paratz, Australia

Prash Sanders, The University of Adelaide, Australia

Alta Schutte, University of New South Wales, Australia

Simon Stewart, Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia

Andrew Teh, Box Hill Hospital, Australia

Tissa Wijeratne, University of Melbourne, Western Hospital, Australia

Bernard Yan, University of Melbourne, Australia

Axel Baur, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria

Georgios Kollios, Austria

Martin Martinek, Elisabethinen University Teaching Hospital, Austria

Helmut  Puererfellner, Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen, Austria

Hein Heidbuchel, Hasselt University and Heart Center, Belgium

Georges Mairesse, Cliniques du Sud Luxembourg, Belgium

Norberto Cabral, University of Joinville, Brazil

Caio de Assis Moura Taveres, Brazil

Antonio Luiz Pinho (Tom) Ribeiro, Faculdade de Medicina da UFMG, Brazil

Franck Nziza, Burundi

Jason Andrade, The University of British Columbia, Canada

David Conen, Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Canada

Stuart Connolly, Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Canada

David Gladstone, University of Toronto, Canada

Jeffrey Healey, Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Canada

William McIntyre, McMaster University, Canada

Adrian Noriega de la Colina, Canada

Roopinder Sandhu, University of Alberta, Canada

Luciano Sposato, Western University, Canada

Atul Verma, University of Toronto, Canada

Anping Cai, China

Xin Du, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, China

Yutao Guo, Chinese PLA General Hospital, China

Minfang Li, China

Shaowen Liu, Shanghai General Hospital, China

Changsheng Ma, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, China

Jiguang Wang, Shanghai Jiaotong, China

Axel Brandes, Odense University Hospital, Denmark

Søren Zöga Diederichsen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark

Ulrik Dixen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark

Maria Helena Dominguez Vall-Lamora, Frederiksberg Hospital, Denmark

Jesper Hastrup Svendsen, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Bassem Zarif, National Heart Institute, Egypt

Teemu Niiranen, Turku University Hospital, Finland

Jean-Claude Barthelemy, Université St-Etienne, France

Arnaud Bisson, Tours University Hospital, France

Noel Bory, Université St-Etienne, France

Laurent Fauchier, Université François Rabelais, Tours, France

Vincent Pichot, Université St-Etienne, France

Frederic Roche, Université St-Etienne, France

Johannes Brachmann, Klinikum Coburg, Germany

Guenter Breithardt, University of Munster, Germany

Wolfram Döhner, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

David Duncker, Hannover Heart Rhythm Center, Germany

Daniel Engler, University Heart Centre, Germany

Karl Georg Häusler, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Germany

Gerhard Hindricks, University of Leipzig, Germany

Stefan Kaab, University Hospital Munich, Ludwig Maximilians University, Germany

Carlos Martinez, Institute for Epidemiology Satistics and Informatics, Germany

Nikolaus Marx, University Hospital Aachen, Germany

Renate Schnabel, University Heart Centre Hamburg, Germany

Moritz Sinner, University Hospital, Germany

Rolf Wachter, University of Göttingen, Germany

Matthias Zink, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany

George Ntaios, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

George S. Stergiou, University of Athens, Greece

Ngai Yin Chan, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong

Vivian Lee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Chung-Wah (David) Siu, HKU, Hong Kong

Bryan Yan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Nitish Naik, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India

Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Centre for Chronic Disease Control, India

Priyansh Shah, India

Claire Buckley, University College, School of Public Health, Ireland

Gerard Bury, University College, Ireland

Ronan Collins, Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Joseph Harbison, Trinity College, Ireland

David Keane, University College, Ireland

Patrick Moran, Health Information and Quality Authority, Cork, Ireland

Breda Smyth, Merlin Park University Hospital, Ireland

Yitzchak Biton, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Israel

Gregory Golovchiner, Rabin Medical Center, Israel

Moti Haim, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Matteo Anselmino, University of Turin, Italy

Guiseppe Boriani, University of Bologna, Italy

Irene Marzona, IRCCS- Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Italy

Sakis Themistoclakis, Ospedale dell’Angelo Venice-Mestre, Italy

Shinya Goto, Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan

Kazuomi Kario, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Japan

Kazuo Matsumoto, Saitama Medical School, Japan

Keitaro Senoo, Kyoto Prefectural Universitiy of Medicine, Japan

Naohiko Takahashi, Oita University, Japan

Shinichiro Uchiyama, Sanno Hospital and Medical Centre, International University of Health and Welfare, Japan

Eue-Keun Choi, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea

Boyoung Joung, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea

Young Hoon Kim, Korea University Hospital, Korea

Diana Hui-Ping, Malaysia

Daniel Reidpath, Monash University Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia

Arturo Guerra, University of Baja California, Mexico

Albertino Damasceno, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique

Cornelis Allaart, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Netherlands

Harry Crijns, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Netherlands

Michiel Rienstra, University of Groningen, Netherlands

Robert Tieleman, Martini Hospital, Netherlands

Steven Uittenbogaart, Department of General Practice, Amsterdam Medical Center, Netherlands

Isabelle Van Gelder, UMCG, Netherlands

Nicole Verbeist van Gurp, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Netherlands

Rob Doughty, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Rod Jackson, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Katrina Poppe, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Natalie Walker, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Jameel Ismael Ahmad, Nigeria

Amam Mbakwem, University of Lagos, Nigeria

Trygve Berge, Baerum Hospital, Norway

Ingrid Christophersen, The Department of Medical Research, Bærum Hospital, Norway

Sigrun Halvorsen, Norway

Maja-Lisa Lochen, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

Ekaterina Sharashova, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway

Arnljot Tveit, The Department of Medical Research, Bærum Hospital, Norway

Filipa Alves da Costa, ISCSEM and CiiEM Centre for Interdisciplinary Research Egas Moniz  CiiEM, Portugal

Daniel Caldeira, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Dan Gaita, University of Medicine & Pharmacy “Victor Babes”, Romania

Marius Geanta, Centre for Innovation, Romania

Ahmed Al Awwad, Riyadh Military Hospital, Saudi Arabia

Tatjana Potpara, University of Belgrade, Serbia

Robert Hatala, National Cardiovascular Institute and Slovak Medical University, Slovakia

Alejandro Bustamante, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research, Spain

Josep Lluis Clua-Espuny, Institut Català de la Salut, Spain

Joan Montaner, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research, Spain

Faris, Al-Khalili, Sophia Hemmet Hospital, Sweden

Johan Engdahl, Karolinksa Institute Sweden

Gunnar Engström, Lund University, Sweden

Lars Åke Levin, University of Linköping, Sweden

Leif Friberg, Karolinska, Sweden

Viveka Frykman-Kull, Karolinska, Sweden

Linda Johnson, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmo-Lund University, Sweden

Mårten Rosenqvist, Karolinska, Sweden

Emma Svennberg, Karolinska, Sweden

Derk Krieger, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland

Tze-Fan Chao, Cardiovascular Research Centre, National Yang-Ming University, and Taiwan Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Shi-Ann Chen, Cardiovascular Research Centre, National Yang-Ming University, and Taiwan Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Tachapong Ngarmukos, Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University, Thailand

Nijasri Suwanwela, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Aimé Bonny, African Heart Rhythm Association, Uganda

Joselyn Rwebembera, Uganda Heart Institute, Uganda

Azmil Abdul-Rahim, University of Liverpool, UK

Sotiris Antoniou, Cardiovascular Medicine, Barts Health NHS Trust, UK

Amitava Banerjee, UK

Thomas E Beany, UK

Alan Cameron, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, UK

John Camm, St. Georges Hospital, UK

Barbara Casadei, University of Oxford, Radcliff Dept of Medicine, UK

Alexander T. Cohen, King’s College London, UK

Larissa Fabritz, University of Birmingham, UK

Matthew Fay, Westcliffe Medical Practice, UK

David Fitzmaurice, University of Birmingham, UK

Neil Grubb, University of Edinburgh, UK

Julian Halcox, University of Swansea, UK

Richard Hobbs, Oxford University, Primary Health Care, UK

Paulus Kirchhof, University of Birmingham, UK

Gregory Lip, University of Birmingham, UK

Peter Macfarlane, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Jonathan Mant, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK

Lis Neubeck, Edinburgh Napier University, UK

Pablo Perel, UK

Neil Poulter, Imperial College London, UK

Terry Quinn, University of Glasgow, UK

Anthony Rudd, King’s College London, UK

Irene Savalieva, St. Georges Hospital, UK

Richard Schilling, Barts and London AF Centre, UK

Jaspal S. Taggar, University of Nottingham and National Institute of Health Research Clinical Research Network, Nottingham, UK

Trudie Lobban, Arrhythmia Alliance & AF Association, UK, USA

Walter Reyes Caorsi, Centro Cardiovascular Casa de Galicia, Uruguay

Christine Albert, Brigham and Womens, USA

Emelia Benjamin, Framingham Heart Study, Boston University, USA

Hugh Calkins, The Johns Hopkins, USA

Lin Yee Chen, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA

Mitchell S.V. Elkind, Columbia University, USA

Michael Ezekowitz, Lankenau Medical Centre, USA

Marc Fisher, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, USA

James Floyd, University of Washington, USA

Bernard Gersh, Mayo Clinic, USA

Michael Gibson, Harvard Medical School, USA

Taya Glotzer, Hackensack UMC, USA

Alan Go, Kaiser Permanente, USA

M. Edip Gurol, Harvard Medical School, USA

Susan Heckbert, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

Mellanie True Hills, StopAfib.org, Sign Against Stroke in AF Task Force, USA

Hooman Kamel, Weil-Cornell Medical College, USA

William Keen, Kaiser Permanante, USA

Peter Kowey, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, USA

Renato Lopes, Duke University, Durham, USA

Steven Lubitz, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Gregory Marcus, University of California, USA

Pamela McCabe, Mayo Clinic, USA

David McManus, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA

Peter Noseworthy, Mayo Clinic, USA

Rod Passman, Northwestern University, USA

Frank Peacock, Ben Taub General Hospital, USA

Marco Perez, Stanford University, USA

Jonathan Piccini, Duke University, USA

James Reiffel, Columbia University and Presbyterian Hospital, USA

Daniel Singer, Dept of Medicine MGH and Epidemiology Harvard, Boston, USA

Konstantinos Siontis, Mayo Clinic, USA

Stavros Stavrakis, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA

Steven Steinhubl, Scripps Translational Science Institute, USA

Eric Topol, Scripps Translational Science Institute, USA

Mintu Turakhia, Stanford and VA Palo Alto, USA

Kathryn Wood, Emory University School of Nursing, Atlanta, USA