缅北禁地

Summary

• BSc (Hons) Human Physiology, University of Leeds (2012-2015)
• PhD Biomedical Science, University of Leeds (2015-2019)
• Research Fellow in Cardiovascular Science, University of Leeds (2019-2020)
• Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences, 缅北禁地 (2020-present)

Biography

Following my BSc in Human Physiology at the University of Leeds, I undertook a PhD in the School of Biomedical Sciences at Leeds in the field of computational cardiology, developing a novel biophysical model of cardiac electrophysiology and calcium handling for rat ventricular myocytes, for use in investigating the role(s) of electrical remodelling (as seen in diseases such as heart failure) in the development of cardiac arrhythmias. I remained at Leeds following my PhD as a Research Fellow in Cardiovascular Science, extending work from my PhD to explore whether exercise is beneficial for reducing arrhythmia development in heart failure, using a combined experimental and computational approach. I joined 缅北禁地 in May 2020 as a Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences.

Certificates and Awards

• June 2025: Professional Development Course for External Examiners (AdvanceHE)
• November 2024: Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AdvanceHE)
• May 2024: Early Career Research Oral Communication Runner Up prize (Physiological Society)
• January 2024: Teaching Innovation Awards finalist (Learning Science)
• June 2022: Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AdvanceHE)
• August 2019: Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AdvanceHE)
• September 2018: Young Investigator Award finalist (Computing in Cardiology, Maastricht, Netherlands)
• May 2018: Oral Communication Prize (Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine)
• June 2017: Young Investigator Award finalist (International Congress on Electrocardiology, Portland, USA)
• July 2015: Gould Prize in Physiology (University of Leeds)

Membership

• The Physiological Society (also Early Career Theme Lead: Education and Teaching)

Modules Taught

CMB1004 Cell Biology

CMB1011 Professional and Practical Skills for Bioscientists (Module Leader)

PED1003 Pharmacology

PSC1002 Physiology

CMB2000 Essential Biomedical Research Skills

PSC2002 Membrane Transport and Cell Signalling in Health and Disease

PSC2020 Cardiovascular System Physiology

BMS3016 Science Communication

CMB3000 Research Project

MMB8037 Cardiovascular Science in Health and Disease

Other Responsibilities

Academic Lead for Employability

Professional Placement Year Coordinator

Social Media Lead

Phase 1 Curriculum Committee Co-chair

Computational modelling of cardiac physiology

My research interests are in the use of computational models of cardiac electrophysiology and calcium handling to explore how pro-arrhythmic activity arises from remodelling associated with disease states (such as heart failure), whether exercise ameliorates or alters such activity, and the use of experimental techniques (such as optical mapping and diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging) to complement and validate such models. 

Cardiac arrhythmias and heart failure

Over 500,000 people in the UK alone are living with heart failure, and up to 50% of these patients are likely to die suddenly from sudden cardiac death, mostly as a result of lethal arrhythmias such as ventricular fibrillation (VF). In VF, the heart’s normal rhythm is disturbed and there is continuous re-excitement of the same areas of tissue, resulting in a loss of synchronised contraction of cardiac muscle, which compromises the circulation of the blood, leading to death. Heart failure, when cardiac muscle is unable to sufficiently pump blood to meet the body’s demands, increases the risk of developing such lethal arrhythmias.

The multi-scale nature of cardiac arrhythmias means that the underlying mechanisms are difficult to dissect using traditional experimental techniques, however computational models of cardiac electrophysiology provide useful tools to explore the processes that result in arrhythmias.

My research focuses on using biophysically-detailed computational models of the heart (at the sub-cellular, cellular, tissue and organ levels) to examine the roles of structural (anatomical) and functional (electrophysiological) changes seen in heart failure on the development of cardiac arrhythmias.

Pedagogical research

I am passionate about high-quality student-focused teaching, as well as maximising the student learning experience, and maintain a strong interest in conducting pedagogical research, including in (but not limited to):

• Transferable skill development
• Careers and employability
• Student belonging
• Gamification and game-based learning

• Articles

  • Armstrong VA, Lawry BL, Stevenson-Cocks HJ. . Current Research in Physiology 2025, 8, 100155.
  • Lawry B, Rothery K, Stevenson-Cocks HJ. . Phoenix 2024, (171), 46-47.
  • Howlett LA, Stevenson-Cocks HJ, Colman MA, Lancaster MK, Benson AP. . Physiological Reports 2023, 11(14), e15766.
  • Benson AP, Stevenson-Cocks HJ, Whittaker DG, White E, Colman MA. . Methods 2021, 185, 60-81.
  • Holmes M, Hurley ME, Sheard TMD, Stevenson-Cocks HJ, Benson AP, Jayasinghe I, Colman MA. . Biophysical Journal 2020, 118(3), 172A-173A.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

  • Stevenson-Cocks HJ, Colman MA, White E, Benson AP. . In: Computing in Cardiology (CinC 2018). 2018, Maastricht, Netherlands: IEEE.

• Digital or Visual Media

  • Robertson-Cocks HJ. . 缅北禁地 upon Tyne: 缅北禁地, 2025.
  • Stevenson-Cocks HJ. . 缅北禁地 upon Tyne: 缅北禁地, 2022.

• Online Publication

  • Lang P, Stevenson-Cocks H, Lawry B. . Sheffield: ASET, the Work Based and Placement Learning Association, 2025. Available at: .

• Review

  • Robertson-Cocks, HJ. . Current Opinion in Physiology 2026, 47, 100918.