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Joanna Ward

@jo-ward08.bsky.social
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PhD student working with University of Lincoln Cardiorenal Group 👩🏼‍🔬 interested in #cardiovasculardisease #inflammation #diabetes #CKD Views my own 💖 #cardiosky #nephrosky

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Prof Claire Hills @chillslincoln79.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Delighted to see our protocol paper published today in @DiabeticMed led by PhD student @jo_ward08 @dmi_lincoln🧪👩‍🔬 We will explore how icosapent ethyl modulates macrophage-driven inflammation in patients with ASCVD ± T2D 🧬🧪 Results coming soon! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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<em>Diabetic Medicine</em> | Diabetes UK Journal | Wiley Online Library
Aims Despite intensive lipid-lowering therapy, individuals with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) exhibit residual inflammatory risk, which drives recurrent cardiovascular events. This ...
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Thank you so much 🥰🤩🤩 for everything!! 😍
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Gorgeous piccies 😍 hope you both have the best time ❤️
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Prof Claire Hills @chillslincoln79.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
After the disappointment comes the reward 👩‍🔬👩‍🔬. What a month you've been November . Going out with a bang and celebrating these past 72hrs with two paper acceptances and one grant award 🥂🥳🎊 . #WomeninSTEM. #DiabetesResearch #CardioRenal #cardiovascular #inflammation #WomeninScience
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Prof Claire Hills @chillslincoln79.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
The final piece of good news for 2025 came through 🥳🥳 and it was the perfect excuse to open this beauty 🥂🍾🎄🌲. Toasting my wonderful dream team and colleagues 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🧪🥼 #type2diabetes #diabetes #cardiovascular #cardiovasculardisease #inflammation #papersuccess #grantsuccess
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Love it 😍😍😍
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Prof Claire Hills @chillslincoln79.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Fantastic end to a few days away at European Society of Cardiology , in sunny Madrid #ESCcongress with an amazing team & opportunity to hear about all the latest developments.👩‍🔬🥼🧪 #cardiovascular #cardiovasculardisease #WomenInSTEM #inflammation #cardioSky #NephroSky
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
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Prof Claire Hills @chillslincoln79.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
📣 Contributions of Noncardiac Organ–Heart Immune Crosstalk and Somatic Mosaicism to Heart Failure: Current Knowledge and Perspectives 👇👇👇👇 #cardiovascular #cardiosky #nephsky #WomenInSTEM #cardiorenal #inflammation #immune www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
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Contributions of Noncardiac Organ–Heart Immune Crosstalk and Somatic Mosaicism to Heart Failure: Current Knowledge and Perspectives | Circulation Research
Heart failure is the final outcome of most cardiovascular diseases and shares risk factors with other cardiovascular pathologies. Among these, inflammation plays a central role in disease progression ...
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Another fabulous output from team Cardiorenal 👏🏻👏🏻 that fizz is so well deserved @chillslincoln79.bsky.social 🥳🥳🥳🥰 #womeinstem #womeninscience #cardioresearch #diabetesresearch #SGLT2i
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Amazing 👏🏻👏🏻 you are incredible!! 😘😘
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Garden goals 🥰🤩
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Prof Claire Hills @chillslincoln79.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
📣Team output led by Dr Usman Shah from the University of Lincoln. 'Optimisation of care among patients with diabetes mellitus & acute coronary syndrome through a specialised cardiodiabetes service—A registry study'. 👇 👇 #Diabetes #Cardiovascular onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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<em>Diabetic Medicine</em> | Diabetes UK Journal | Wiley Online Library
Aims Diabetes mellitus remains a prevalent condition worldwide and a significant risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Recent evidence suggests the use of glucose-lowering therapie.....
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Prof Claire Hills @chillslincoln79.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Albuminuria in Cardiovascular, Kidney, and Metabolic Disorders: A State-of-the-Art Review 👩‍🔬🥼🧪👨‍🔬 #CardioSky #NephSky #cardiovascular #cardio-renal #metabolicdisorder #KidneyResearch #kidneydisease 👇👇👇 www.ahajournals.org/doi/epub/10....
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Wonderful to see the work of the brilliant @chillslincoln79.bsky.social highlighted for this #worldkidneyday 👩🏼‍🔬👏🏻 so so deserving of this recognition- you are incredible 👏🏻🥰 #womeninstem #womeninscience #nephsky #cardiosky #phdchat #phdlife
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Absolutely FABULOUS 👏🏻👏🏻 and so well deserved 🥳🥳🥳🥳
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Prof Paul E Squires @paulsquires.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Fantastic article to celebrate the contribution of our very own @chillslincoln79.bsky.social to some amazing work on #worldkidneyday, see: news.lincoln.ac.uk/2025/03/13/l...
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Browse through a range of inspiring news stories from the University of Lincoln, featuring leading research, campus events, and student and alumni success stories.
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
YOU 👏🏻 ARE 👏🏻 AMAZING 👏🏻💖
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ASN Publications @asnpublications.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Dapagliflozin improves estimated CVD and ESKD risk in T1D participants, emphasizing the need for cardiorenal outcome trials in people living with T1D. bit.ly/CJASN0641 #ASNCJASN
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS 🩷🩷
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
What a setup!! 😍😍 and a very well deserved Sunday night drinky 😍😍👏🏻👏🏻
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Beautiful sunsets and wine for a Saturday night 🥰🥰 #womeninstem #academicchatter #nephsky #cardiosky #cardioresearch #phdchat #phdlife #happysaturday
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 25/02/2025
Two years of empagliflozin slowed kidney disease progression and reduced cardiovascular risk. In the follow-up study to the EMPA-KIDNEY trial, empagliflozin had additional cardiorenal benefits after discontinuation. Full study results: nej.md/3NE3W7K #MedSky #Nephrology #CardioSky
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Long-Term Effects of Empagliflozin in CKD 
A Research Summary based on The EMPA-KIDNEY Collaborative Group | 10.1056/NEJMoa2409183 | Published on October 25, 2024 

Visual representations of the patients in the trial and the treatments they were assigned.      

Read the full Research Summary at NEJM.org.
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Thank you so so much!!! Couldn’t do it without you and your constant support- I am so grateful 🥰🥰
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Prof Claire Hills @chillslincoln79.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Congratulations to my PhD student Joanna Ward for winning 'Best presentation' at yesterdays PGR Showcase on her talk 'Investigating a role for #Vazkepa in mitigating chronic inflammation as observed in atherosclerosis' so proud of you 👏 🥳 #Diabetes #CardiovascularDisease #WomeninSTEM #cardiosky
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
The perfect weekend to recharge 🥰 #womeninstem #womeninscience #phdchat #phdlife #cotswolds #worklifebalance #cardiosky #nephsky #cardioresearch
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Prof Claire Hills @chillslincoln79.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Effect of #sotagliflozin on major adverse cardiovascular events: a prespecified secondary analysis of the SCORED randomised trial 👩‍🔬🥼🧪👨‍🔬 #cardiosky #SGLT2i #SGLT1/2 #cardiovascular #womeninstem #NephSky 👇👇👇 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Effect of sotagliflozin on major adverse cardiovascular events: a prespecified secondary analysis of the SCORED randomised trial
Sotagliflozin reduced MACE, with independent reductions in myocardial infarction and stroke, among patients with type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and additional cardiovascular risk. The ischae...
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
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Prof Claire Hills @chillslincoln79.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Today is #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience 👩‍🔬🥼🧪 & what better way to acknowledge this than to celebrate my fabulous female team at @unilincoln 🥳🥳 . Thank-you for everything you do in the name of research 👏👏👏 #Diabetes #nephsky #cardiosky #kidneydisease #cardiorenal #WomenInSTEM
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Celebrating #InternationalDayofWomenInScience with a shoutout to the FABULOUS @chillslincoln79.bsky.social 🥰 a constant source of positivity, kindness and wisdom 👩🏼‍🔬 you are a truly inspiring #womaninstem and team @UoLCardioRenal are incredibly lucky to have you 🥳❤️ 👏🏻#phdlife #nephsky #cardiosky
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Gorgeous set up Wonder Woman 👏🏻👏🏻😍😍
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Last PBMC isolation of the week!! Happy Friday 🥳🥳 #womeninstem #womeninscience #phdsky #nephsky #cardiosky #happyfriday #cardioresearch #phdchat #phdlife
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
LOVE THIS 🥰 hope you’re both having the best time!! 🥳🥳🥳
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Sunny Sundays are good for the soul 🥰 #womeninstem #womeninscience #cardiosky #nephsky #phdsky #phdchat #phdlife #happysunday
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Prof Claire Hills @chillslincoln79.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
📣 Semaglutide in patients with overweight or obesity and chronic kidney disease without diabetes: a randomized double-blind placebo-clinical trial @naturemedicine.bsky.social 👩‍🔬🥼🧪👨‍🔬 #Semaglutide #KidneyDisease #Obesity #kidney #NephroSky #CardioSky #NephSky 👇👇👇 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39455729/
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Semaglutide in patients with overweight or obesity and chronic kidney disease without diabetes: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial - PubMed
Semaglutide reduces albuminuria and the risk of kidney disease progression in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease (CKD). We conducted a randomized placebo-controlled double-blind ...
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Prof Claire Hills @chillslincoln79.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
📣 Novo Nordisk announces that the FDA has granted approval to its blockbuster drug Ozempic (semaglutide) to treat chronic kidney disease (CKD) in adults with type 2 diabetes. 👩‍🔬🥼🧪👨‍🔬 #Semaglutide #diabetes #type2diabetes #nephropathy #GLP-1 👇👇 docwirenews.com/post/fda-app...
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FDA Approves Ozempic for Kidney Disease | Docwire News
Based on FLOW trial results, the FDA has approved Ozempic (semaglutide) to treat chronic kidney disease (CKD) in adults with type 2 diabetes.
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Prof Claire Hills @chillslincoln79.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Comparative Effectiveness of Individual Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors 👩‍🔬🥼👨‍🔬🧪 #CardioSky #SGLT2i #cardiovascular #cardiorenal #womeninSTEM #NephSky 👇👇 buff.ly/4ax2xdZ
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Comparative Effectiveness of Individual Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors - PubMed
This study found that individual SGLT-2 inhibitors demonstrated comparable cardiovascular effectiveness at clinically effective doses, though low-dose dapagliflozin showed a reduced benefit for heart ...
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Fabulous to see this published!!! So so grateful for the opportunity and to be a part of such a wonderful team 🥳🥳🥳
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Prof Claire Hills @chillslincoln79.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Congratulations @cardiacshah.bsky.social & co-author @jo-ward08.bsky.social from team #CardioRenal on publication of this all important review - incorporating clinical guidelines with latest evidence & experience in the management of T2DM in patients with ASCVD 🥳🥳🥳🥳. #diabetes #CardioSky #NephSky
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Gorgeous winter walks to blow out the cobwebs 🥰🥰 #womeninstem #womeninscience #academicchatter #phdlife #phdchat #happysaturday #nephsky #cardiosky
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
LOVE THIS 😍 gorgeous piccies 😍😍
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Usman @cardiacshah.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
www.frontiersin.org/journals/end... Pleased to see this review article getting published where we incorporate clinical guidelines with latest evidence and experience in the management of T2DM in patients with ASCVD. Very grateful to all the coauthors for the help and input.
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Frontiers | Diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients with ischaemic heart disease and acute coronary syndromes - a review of evidence and recommendations
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Prof Claire Hills @chillslincoln79.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
📣 Congratulations to my PhD student @cardiacshah.bsky.social on his review 'Diagnosis & management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients with ischaemic heart disease & acute coronary syndromes - a review of evidence & recommendations' 👇👇 #CardioSky #diabetes www.frontiersin.org/journals/end...
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Frontiers | Diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients with ischaemic heart disease and acute coronary syndromes - a review of evidence and recommendations
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Gorgeous 😍😍😍 you both look SO happy 🥰 hope you’re having a wonderful time 🥳🥳
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
And the award for the best post of the day goes to 🤣🤣🤣 have a wonderful time and a VERY well deserved rest, have some boujee wine for me 🥳🥳🥳
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
This is high praise from the candle queen 😍😍😍😍😍
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Great to see this published 👏🏻👏🏻 congratulations to the BRILLIANT @chillslincoln79.bsky.social on commissioning the special issue- take a read below! 🤩 #cardiosky #nephsky #phdsly #womeninscience #womeninstem
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Prof Claire Hills @chillslincoln79.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Just out @natrevcardiol.bsky.social Endothelial IGFBP6 suppresses vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis 🔬👩‍🔬🥼🧪 #cardioSky #NephSky #cardiovascular #cardio-renal #ASCVD #womeninSTEM #atherosclerosis 👇👇 www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Endothelial IGFBP6 suppresses vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Su, Zhao, Jiang and colleagues identify IGFBP6 as an intrinsic downregulator of the inflammatory response lost in disturbed flow-induced atherosclerotic plaque development, suggesting that its restora...
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Joanna Ward @jo-ward08.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
And relax 🥰🥰 a busy but good week with the fabulous @UoLCardioRenal - happy weekend all 🥳🥳 #nephsky #cardiosky #phdsky #womeninstem #womeninscience #academicchatter #phdlife #phdchat #cardioresearch #happyfriday #WeekendVibes
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