Professor Samani’s research interests are focused around elucidating the inherited basis of common cardiovascular diseases, especially coronary artery disease and high blood pressure, and in understanding the role of biological aging in age-associated diseases. He has authored over 600 papers and is one of the most-highly elucidating cited researchers in the world.
He has earned numerous national and international awards, including the NHS Platinum Clinical Excellence award, the Mackenzie Medal of the British Cardiovascular Society and the Okamoto award of the Japanese Circulation Foundation.
For his contribution to and standing in the community, Professor Samani was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire in 2010. He was knighted in the 2015 New Year Honours List for services to medicine and medical research.