BIO
Ursula Ravens is Professor Emerita in the Carl Gustav Carus Faculty of Medicine at the Technical University of Dresden, and a Guest Scientist in the Institute of Experimental Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Freiburg. As well as her pioneering work in cardiac electrophysiology – key to the prevention of arrhythmias – she has researched into the use of stem cells to regenerate damaged cardiac muscle, and the pharmacological treatment of hyperactive bladder and lower urinary tract syndrome. Chair of the 2023 Gordon Research Conference on Cardiac Arrhythmia Mechanisms, she sits on the editorial boards of publications like the Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Cardiovascular Research, and is a member of the German Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the American Heart Association, Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, Honorary Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society and Honorary Fellow of the International Society for Heart Research, among other distinctions.
