Cardiovascular Summer School

Explore our Cardiovascular Summer School in Liverpool this June, offering hands-on vascular and cardiac ultrasound courses designed to build practical imaging skills for students, researchers and healthcare professionals.

Vascular ultrasound imaging course

  • Next event: 15 and 16 June 2026
  • Location: Tom Reilly Building, Byrom St, Liverpool, L3 3AF
  • Fee: £400

This summer school is aimed at students, researchers and academics wishing to develop ultrasound skills.

The knowledge and practical skills gained on this intensive course will initiate the use of ultrasound applications in Sport and Exercise Science research studies.  

Programme outline

  • B-mode and duplex settings
  • Obtaining conduit artery images
  • FMD and IMT interactive demo
  • FMD/IMT/blood flow
  • History of conduit artery imaging

If you require further information, please contact Dr Joe Maxwell.

Book your place on our Vascular ultrasound imaging course

Cardiac ultrasound imaging course

  • Next event: 18 and 19 June 2026
  • Location: Tom Reily Building, Byrom St, Liverpool, L3 3AF
  • Fee: £400

This summer school is aimed at students, researchers, academics, and healthcare professionals who wish to obtain introductory transthoracic echocardiography skills.

The knowledge and skills developed during this practical introductory course will provide the foundations for image acquisition and cardiac assessments using ultrasound. 

Programme outline

  • Basic principles of cardiac ultrasound
  • Image acquisition and optimisation (parasternal, apical and subcostal views)
  • 2D measurements and assessments
  • The role of Echocardiography in Cardiac Imaging

If you require further information, please contact Dr Joe Maxwell.

Book your place on our Cardiac ultrasound imaging course