Karin Sipido

Karin Sipido is Professor of Medicine and Head of Experimental Cardiology at the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at KU Leuven. Her research field is rhythm disturbances and heart failure, identifying cellular and molecular mechanisms, in a translational perspective. She is a member of the Ethics Committee Research UZ/KU Leuven. She takes an active interest in research policy, serving in various positions at KU Leuven, at European and international level. She was member of board of the European Society of Cardiology, and led the Council for Basic Cardiovascular Sciences. She was a founding member and President of the BioMed Alliance in Europe. From 2015-2020 she chaired the European Commission’s Scientific Panel for Health (SPH), a science-led expert group based on the provisions of Horizon2020, tasked with helping to achieve better health and wellbeing for all, addressing barriers and hurdles in innovation and identifying long-term trends and strategic priorities. She is a member of Scientific Advisory Board of ORE, the European Commission’s Open Research Platform.