Rosie Barrows

Postdoctoral researcher · Imperial College London

Rosie studied interdisciplinary Engineering Science at the University of Oxford before moving to London for her postgraduate studies. She completed her PhD at King’s College London and Imperial College London, where she wrote her thesis on the use of computational whole-heart models to investigate atrial fibrillation.

Rosie is now part of the Modelling-Informed Medicine Centre (MiMeC) at Imperial College London, collaborating with GSK to develop computational models of the kidney. These models could be used across early drug development: to identify nephrotoxic compounds at candidate selection, to translate in vitro data into predicted kidney effects during preclinical safety assessment, and to inform safe and therapeutic doses ahead of first-in-human studies.

Research themes

Atrial fibrillation and ablation

In the news

6 June 20263D-printed hearts at the Great Exhibition Road Festival
26 March 2025Rosie Barrows and Tiffany Baptiste reach the final of King's Three Minute Thesis
11 March 2025Rosie Barrows wins silver at STEM for Britain
15 June 2024Hearts, balloons and live art at the Great Exhibition Road Festival
2023Rosie Barrows wins a King's science communication prize

Papers

First author 2

Rosie K. Barrows, Christoph M. Augustin, Matthias A.F. Gsell, Caroline H. Roney, José A. Solís Lemus, Hao Xu, Alistair A. Young, …, Martin J. Bishop, …, Marina Strocchi, Steven A. Niederer
Rhythm control benefits left ventricular function compared with rate control in patients with atrial fibrillation: A computational study
Heart Rhythm O2, 2025
Rosie Kate Barrows, Marina Strocchi, Christoph M. Augustin, Matthias A. F. Gsell, Caroline H. Roney, Jose A. Solis-Lemus, Hao Xu, Karli K. Gillette, …, Martin J. Bishop, …, Steven A. Niederer
The Effect of Heart Rate and Atrial Contraction on Left Ventricular Function
Computing in cardiology, 2022

Middle author 14

Maximilian Balmus, Sheng‐Ya Wang, Edward W. G. Ashton, Rosie K. Barrows, Molly Monks, Yuzhang Ge, Arthur Lefebvre, Steven A. Niederer
In Silico Clinical Trials in Drug Development: Virtual Patients, Applications, and Regulatory Convergence
Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2026
Cristobal Rodero, Lara Curran, Christopher W. Lanyon, Paolo Inglese, Abdul Qayyum, Rosie K. Barrows, Jose A. Solis-Lemus, Shahrokh Rahmani, Marina Strocchi, Angela W.C. Lee, Tiffany M.G. Baptiste, Ludovica Cicci, Edward Burford, Elias Karabelas, …, Steven A. Niederer
Computational models show that functional remodeling, not anatomy, reshapes physiological determinants of cardiac performance in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, 2026
Aditi Kulkarni, Rosie K. Barrows, Angela W.C. Lee, Caroline H. Roney, Marina Strocchi, Edward J. Vigmond, Gernot Plank, Nicholas Panay, Steven A. Niederer
Multiscale modelling of hormonal effects on atrial fibrillation in female physiology
The Journal of Precision Medicine Health and Disease, 2026
José Alonso Solís-Lemus, Rosie K. Barrows, Cristobal Rodero, Marina Strocchi, Natalie Montarello, Nishant Lahoti, Cesare Corrado, Abdul Qayyum, Shahrokh Rahmani, Caroline Roney, Gernot Plank, Christoph Augustin, …, Steven A. Niederer
Assessing the importance of sex and disease-specific anatomy in electrophysiology and mechanical simulations with a newly developed public virtual cohort of four-chamber heart models
PLoS Computational Biology, 2026
Tiffany M. G. Baptiste, Rosie K. Barrows, Cristobal Rodero, Steven A. Niederer
Testing Treatments Virtually: How Digital Hearts can Save Lives
Frontiers for Young Minds, 2025
S Samaneh Lashkarinia, Angela W C Lee, Tiffany M G Baptiste, Rosie K Barrows, Charles P Sillett, Cristobal Rodero, Upasana Tayal, Antonio de Marvao, Nicholas Panay, Catherine Williamson, …, Marina Strocchi, Steven A Niederer
Representation of women in cardiovascular disease management: a systematic analysis of ESC guidelines
Open Heart, 2025
Alexandre Lewalle, Tiffany M. G. Baptiste, Rosie K. Barrows, Ludovica Cicci, Cesare Corrado, Angela W. C. Lee, Cristobal Rodero, José Alonso Solís-Lemus, Marina Strocchi, Steven A. Niederer
Developing cardiac biomechanical models beyond the clinic: modeling stressors of daily life
Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 2025
Aditi Kulkarni, Rosie K. Barrows, Marina Strocchi, Christoph M. Augustin, Matthias A. F. Gsell, Edward J. Vigmond, Gernot Plank, …, Steven A. Niederer
Influence of Oestrogen on Atrial Fibrillation Risk: An In-Silico Study
Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2025
Marina Strocchi, Rosie K. Barrows, Cristobal Rodero, José Alonso Solís-Lemus, Shuang Qian, Ludovica Cicci, Abdul Qayyum, Devran Ugurlu, Christoph M. Augustin, Matthias A. F. Gsell, Edward J. Vigmond, Gernot Plank, Steven A. Niederer
Multi-scale Whole-Heart Electromechanics Modeling to Link Cellular, Tissue and Systemic Properties to Cardiac Biomarkers in the Diabetic Male and Female Heart
Lecture notes in computer science, 2025
Shahrokh Rahmani, Jim Pouliopoulos, Angela Lee, Rosie Kate Barrows, Marina Strocchi, Cristobal Rodero, Abdul Qayyum, Caroline H. Roney, Christoph Augustin, Gernot Plank, Andrew Jabbour, …, Steven Niederer
Cardiac Sensitivities to Biomechanical Changes in a Chronic Alcoholic Heart: A Case Study Using 3-Dimensional Electro-Mechanical Heart Modelling
Computing in cardiology, 2024
Cristobal Rodero, Tiffany M. G. Baptiste, Rosie K. Barrows, Alexandre Lewalle, Steven A. Niederer, Marina Strocchi
Advancing clinical translation of cardiac biomechanics models: a comprehensive review, applications and future pathways
Frontiers in Physics, 2023
Cristobal Rodero, Tiffany M G Baptiste, Rosie K Barrows, Hamed Keramati, Charles P Sillett, Marina Strocchi, Pablo Lamata, Steven A Niederer
A systematic review of cardiac in-silico clinical trials
Progress in Biomedical Engineering, 2023

The 12 most recent of 14. All of them are under Every group paper.