The award, accepted by Prof. Gavin Murphy, BHF Chair of Cardiac Surgery at the university, recognises the excellent progress being made in the NIHR-funded DECIDE-TAD national research partnership between the university and Aortic Dissection Awareness UK & Ireland. The programme is researching the potential of increased family screening in Thoracic Aortic Disease as a means of preventing future Aortic Dissections. Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK 2025, generously sponsored by Terumo Aortic, will take as its theme the national patient charity's THINK AORTA, THINK FAMILY campaign message and will focus on actively engaging delegates in the research being undertaken by the DECIDE-TAD programme.

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