Dr. Rhian Touyz

Dr. Touyz is the Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. She is the Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine, McGill and previous director of the Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK. She a clinician-scientist focusing on molecular mechanisms of hypertension. She is an elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, Royal Society of Edinburgh and Royal Society of Canada. She is the editor-in-chief of Hypertension. She has published 667 peer-reviewed papers [h-index:153].