Dr Ria Weston

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Biography

Academic qualifications

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP): MMU, 2018
  • PhD Cellular Physiology: University of Manchester, 2008
  • BSc(hons) Biomedical Sciences: University of Manchester, 2004

Community and charity links

  • Member of the judging panel for the ‘UK HeartSafe’ awards
  • Northwest STEM ambassador

Membership of professional associations

  • Member of the British Society for Cardiovascular Research (BSCR)
  • Member of Diabetes UK
  • Member of Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)

Projects

  • Vascular calcification in diabetes
  • Roles of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in diabetes
  • Diabetic wound healing and endothelial progenitor cells
  • DNA damage and repair

https://www.mmu.ac.uk/research/research-centres/bioscience/cardiovascular-science/vascular-calcification

Teaching

Academic Lead: STP Histopathology & MSc Cellular Pathology

Admissions Lead: Department of Life Sciences

Areas of Expertise:

  • Vascular Disease
  • Diabetes
  • Histology
  • Cell biology
  • Pathology

Research outputs