Dr Olukayode Aremu

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Cape Town 

CHI research group: Cardiac Imaging and Inflammation

Olukayode Aremu is a physiologist by training who is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Cape Heart Institute at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. In his Doctorate program supervised by Prof. Ntobeko Ntusi, Olukayode characterised the phenotypes of myocardial inflammation, fibrosis and remodelling in rheumatic heart disease patients using multiparametric cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging and autophagy markers. Olukayode’s keen interest is to discontinue the debilitating effect of cardiovascular diseases. Olukayode is a member of the Society of Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (SCMR) and Physiological Society of Southern Africa. He also currently serves as an associate editor for Magnetochemistry (MDPI) journal. 

Research engagements:

  • Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaginge
  • Rheumatic heart disease
  • Post tuberculosis cardiopulmonary disease
  • Hypertension ExpLored in Postpartum Follow-Up in mid-life South Africa (HELPFUL-ZA)