National Heart and Lung Institute Chair in Biomedical Engineering
Imperial College London
Professor Steven Niederer is Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London and Co-Director for Digital Twins at the Alan Turing Institute. His research focuses on creating and applying digital twins of the human heart to improve our understanding of cardiovascular disease and advance clinical care. He leads one of the world’s largest programmes developing and testing digital twin technologies in cardiology, integrating computational modelling, imaging, wearable data, and artificial intelligence.
Professor Niederer trained as an engineer and computer scientist, and has built an interdisciplinary career at the interface of engineering, computer science, and medicine. His group works closely with clinicians, regulators, and industry partners, including the FDA, GSK, and Ansys, to develop credible, validated digital twin models that can be used in research, drug discovery, and patient care. He has led national and international collaborations, including large-scale programmes on atrial fibrillation, pulmonary arterial hypertension, and the regulation of cardiovascular function in daily life.
A key focus of his work is translating new technologies from the lab to the clinic. He has pioneered methods for integrating patient-specific imaging and implantable sensor data with mechanistic models, enabling digital twins that can be tailored to individuals or scaled to entire populations. His team is also advancing methods for emulation, validation, and regulatory science to ensure that digital health technologies are safe, reliable, and impactful.
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