Prior to joining St George’s in 2017, Dr Asimaki was a research associate at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre (BIDMC) and an instructor in cardiovascular pathology at Harvard Medical School (HMS) in Boston, USA. She went to the BIDMC in 2006 for a research elective while pursuing her PhD at University College London. After obtaining her PhD, she remained at the BIDMC where she completed two postdoctoral fellowships awarded by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) and the American Heart Association (AHA). She joined the faculty at HMS in 2011.Dr Asimaki has been recognised with several highly competitive young investigator awards including the Bevan price for outstanding academic achievement, the Dennis Escande award of excellence and the first price at the young investigator award competition at the 2007 HRS Scientific Sessions.She has been an author on >40 peer-reviewed research papers and >10 invited submissions (reviews, editorials and book chapters). She has published major first-author research papers in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and Science Translational Medicine (STM). She has been invited to give lectures in >40 venues including HRS, AHA and Cardiostim as well as several seminar talks both in the US and Europe.