Anna Dominiczak - Curriculum Vitae#
Current Post: Regius Chair of Medicine, University of Glasgow; Director of Laboratories and SRO, Rosalind Franklin Laboratory, NHS Test & Trace, Department of Health & Social Care, UK Government; Honorary Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist, Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board; and Health Innovation Champion for the Medical Research Council
Researcher ID: P-9390-2017 Orcid ID: 0000-0003-4913-3608
Degrees & Honours:
- 1978 MD Honours, Medical School, Gdansk, Poland
- 1986 MRCP (UK)
- 1989 MD University of Glasgow - Thesis: “Platelet cytosolic free calcium and echocardiographic ventricular mass in essential hypertension and left primary hyperparathyroidism”
- 1995 FRCP (Glasgow, London, Edinburgh)
- 2005 O.B.E. for services to medicine
- 2016 D.B.E. for services to cardiovascular and medical sciences
- 2016 Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science, Glasgow Caledonian University
- 2018 Honorary Degree, Doctor of Science, University of Aberdeen
Academic Distinctions and Awards:
- International Fellowship of the American Heart Association (F.A.H.A.) 1996
- FMedSci (Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences) 2001
- FRSE (Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh) 2003
- The Lecturer of the Year, Belgian Hypertension Society 2003
- Presidential Award and Lecture, Canadian Hypertension Society 2003
- Arthur Corcoran Award and Lecture, American Heart Association 2004
- RD Wright Award and Lecture, High Blood Pressure Research, Council of Australia 2005
- The Lord Provost’s Special Award for contribution and commitment to the Health of Glasgow 2007
- Scotswoman of the Year 2007
- Bjorn Folkow Award and Lecture, European Society of Hypertension 2008
- Fellowship of the European Society of Cardiology 2008
- The Graham Lecture and Medal, The Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow 2009
- Sackler Fellowship and Lecture, Tel Aviv 2010
- Fellowship of the Society of Biology 2010
- The William Harvey Outstanding Contribution to Science Award and Lecture, London 2013
- The Robert Tigerstedt Award and Lecture, Helsinki 2014
- Visiting Professorship, Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, China 2015
- Visiting Professorship, Chinese University of Hong Kong 2016
- The Pickering Lecture, British and Irish Hypertension Society 2017
- Sir Derrick Melville Dunlop Lecture, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh 2018
- Fitzgerald Peel Lecture, Scottish Society of Physicians 2019
- Advisory Professor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine 2019
- Distinguished Achievement Award at Hypertension 2020 Scientific Sessions 2020
- Fellowship of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain & Ireland 2021
Posts Held:
- Director of Laboratories, NHS Test & Trace, Department of Health & Social Care, UK Government 2020
- Health Innovation Champion, Medical Research Council 2019
- Vice Principal and Head of College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences 2010 - 2020
- Head of Division of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences 2008 - 2010
- Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Medicine 2003 - 2010
- Director, BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre 2001 - 2010
- BHF Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine 1998 - 2010
- 1997 Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Personal Chair, University of Glasgow
- Senior Lecturer and Reader in Medicine and Honorary Consultant 1993 - 1996
- Physician and Endocrinologist, University of Glasgow
- British Heart Foundation Senior Research Fellow 1993 - 1998
- Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Senior Registrar in Medicine and Endocrinology, 1992 - 1993
- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Glasgow
Membership of Professional Societies:
- British Medical Association 1983
- Scottish Society of Experimental Medicine 1988
- British Hypertension Society 1989 -
- International Society of Hypertension 1991
- European Society of Hypertension 1992
- Caledonian Society for Endocrinology 1992
- British Endocrine Society 1994
- Scottish Society of Physicians 1995
- Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland 1997
- American Physiological Society 1998
- British Atherosclerosis Society 2003
- Honorary Life Member, High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia 2005
- Honorary Life Member, Polish Hypertension Society 2005
- British Cardiovascular Society 2006
- European Atherosclerosis Society 2012
Executive Roles in Professional Societies:
- Scottish Society of Experimental Medicine - Council Member 1992 - 2001, Secretary 1998 - 2001
- International Society of Hypertension - Member of the Scientific Council 1998 - 2000, Member at Large of Scientific Council 2000 - 2002, Secretary of the Society 2002 - 2006
- British Hypertension Society - Member of the Executive Committee 1999 - 2002
- European Society of Hypertension - Member of the Scientific Council 2002 - 2009, Member at Large of Scientific Council 2009 - 2011, Vice President of Scientific Council 2011 - 2013, President of the ESH 2013 - 2015
- American Heart Association - Member, Publication Committee 2002 - 2007, Member, Membership Committee 2003 - 2008, Member, International Membership Task Force 2005 - 2007, Member, Awards Committee 2007 - 2010, Member, Leadership Committee 2010
- Association of Physicians of Great Britain - President Elect & President 2018 - 2021 and Ireland
- National/International Research Committees & Advisory Boards
- Member, Chief Scientist Office Advisory Group on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke 2002 - 2007
- Member, Royal Society of Edinburgh, International Committee 2004 - 2008
- Member, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Research Fellowship Committee 2005 - 2007
- Chair, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Sectional Committee 2007 - 2009
- Member, Council, Royal Society of Edinburgh 2009 - 2015
- Member, Research Assessment Exercise 2008, Cardiovascular Sub-panel 2005 - 2008
- Member, Wellcome Trust Physiological Sciences Funding Committee 2005 - 2008
- Member, Foundation Leducq, Scientific Advisory Committee (Vice President 2009-2011) 2006 - 2011
- Member, Max-Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Scientific Advisory Board 2007 - 2016
- Member, George Pompidou European Hospital (HEGP) Paris Scientific Advisory Board 2007
- Member, MRC Clinical Training & Career Development Panel 2010 - 2012
- Member, Medical Schools Council 2010 - 2020
- Member, Board for Academic Medicine (Scotland) 2010 - 2020
- Member, Health Committee, Universities Scotland 2011 - 2013
- Member, Health Science Scotland Oversight Board 2011 - 2018
- Member, Council of the Academy of Medical Sciences 2012 - 2014
- Vice President, Life Sciences, Royal Society of Edinburgh 2012 - 2015
- Member, Research Excellence Framework, Clinical Medicine Panel 2013 - 2014
- Member, MRC Stratified Medicine Panel 2013 - 2018
- Trustee, British Heart Foundation, Board of Trustees 2014 - 2020
- Chair, MRC Translational Research Group 2016
- Member, MRC Strategy Board 2016
- Member, Medical Schools Council Executive 2016 - 2020
- Chair, Equality & Diversity Working Group, Medical, Dental & Veterinary School Councils 2016 - 2018
- Member, Research Excellence Framework Main Panel A (interdisciplinary role) 2018 - 2021
- Member of the Council, Academy of Medical Sciences 2018
- Member of the Scottish Science Advisory Committee 2018
- Scientific Advisory Board, Monash University, Australia 2018
- Member, Health and Social Care Innovation Steering Group 2020 - 2023
- National Institute of Health Research / NHS England/Improvement – 2020
- Academic Health Science Centre Competition
- Chair, International Scientific Council at the Medical University of Gdansk 2020
- Chair, UKRI Living Laboratory Programme Scientific Steering Group 2020
- Member, UKRI Living Laboratory (SIPF) Governance Committee 2020
- Academy of Medical Sciences, Academy’s FORUM Advisory Group 2021
- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre International Selection Committee 2021 - 2022
- Chair, Pharmacogenomics Informed Medication Management Project Programme Board 2021
Editorial Work:
- Editor in Chief - Hypertension (Journal of the American Heart Association) 2012 - 2022
- Consulting Editor - Hypertension Research 2012
- Associate Editor - Journal of Hypertension 2009 - 2012
- Editor in Chief - Clinical Science 2004 - 2008
Editorial Board Member:
- Journal of Hypertension 1994
- Hypertension 1998
- Physiological Genomics 1999
- Blood Pressure 2001
- Cell Metabolism 2004
- Current Hypertension Reviews 2004
- American Journal of Hypertension 2006
- Internal and Emergency Medicine 2006
- Journal of the American Society of Hypertension 2006
- The Asia-Pacific Journal of General Practice 2009
- Global Heart 2011
- Arterial Hypertension 2015
Major Research Grants and Infrastructure Awards:
- British Heart Foundation Tenure Amount
- 4 x BHF Programme Grants 1999 - 2014 £4,098,853
- 3 x BHF Infrastructure Awards 2000-2009 £7,469,790
- BHF 4 Year PhD Programme 2009 - 2016 £1,971,768
- Medical Research Council
- The MRC British genetics of hypertension (BRIGHT) study: 2003 - 2008 £1,917,104, grant number G9521010 (with Profs Caulfield, Benjamin, Brown, Clayton, Connell, Dominiczak, Lathrop, and Samani and Drs Farrall, Munroe and Webster).
- United Kingdom collaborative study to identify major genes 1996 - 2003 £2,156,734 responsible for human essential hypertension. Programme Grant with representatives of 4 other major centres within the UK.
- United Kingdom collaborative study - establishment of a 1999 - 2003 £770,193 transmission disequilibrium testing resource for fine mapping within the MRC British Genetics of Hypertension (with Prof Mark Caulfield & representatives of 4 other major centres within the UK).
- University of Glasgow Confidence in Concept 2013 2014 - 2015 £500,000
- Imaging Centre of Excellence 2015 - 2017 £16,000,000
- Glasgow Molecular Pathology (GMP) Node 2015 - 2018 £3,429,806
- Priming Innovative Translational Research - The Glasgow 2016-2017 £500,000
- Chemical Biology Programme
- Accelerating Precision Diagnostics - Bridging the Gap 2017 - 2019 £280,000
- Capital Award - Contribution to Institute of Health & Wellbeing building 2017 - 2019 £7,500,000
- Glasgow Precision Diagnostics & Therapeutics - Confidence in Concept 2018 - 2020 £413,000
- University of Glasgow Confidence in Concept 2019 & 2020 2019 - 2022 £898,200
- UKRI Strength in Places Fund - The Living Laboratory 2020 - 2025 £91,000,000
- (£38m + matched funding from consortium partners of £53m)
- Wellcome Trust
- Cardiovascular Functional Genomics: translating experimental work to 2002 - 2009 £5,300,000 human disease (with Prof N Samani & representatives of 3 other centres).
- WTCCC3 core activities (with Prof Leena Peltonen, Dr Linda Morgan 2009 - 2011 £4,513,859 & other consortium members).
- Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF1, ISSF2, ISSF3) 2011 - 2019 £7,500,000
- Glasgow CRF: translating research into benefits for patients 2015 £750,000
- 2 x Institutional Translational Partnership Awards 2019 - 2022 £1,400,000
- Institutional Strategic Support Fund 2019 - 2021 £1,500,000
- The Wolfson Foundation
- Glasgow Clinical Research Facility 2012 - 2013 £850,000
- The Dr Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Foundation
- Glasgow Clinical Research Facility and Imaging Research Facility 2014 - 2016 £3,500,000
- Scottish Funding Council
- University of Glasgow component (joint with Dr D Blackbourn) of 2001 - 2003 £335,000
- £2.2M to establish Scottish Centre for Genomic Microarray Technology
- Genetic Health in the 21st Century Project. 2004 - 2007 £247,268
- Biomarkers for battling chronic diseases 2007 - 2012 £1,211,355 (with Profs W Kolch, D Porteous, A Morris and B. Smith).
- Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre. 2012 - 2017 £8,000,000
- Additional funding to support location of Stratified Medicine Scotland 2012 - 2013 £5,000,000
- Innovation Centre at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow.
- Leader Skills Development 2018 - 2019 £107,239
- SMS-IC Maintenance Contract 2019 - 2020 £413,772
- Scottish Executive Health Department
- Scottish Ecosystem for Precision Medicine 2016 - 2017 £4,000,000
- Scottish Enterprise
- Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (phase 2) 2019 - 2024 £2,000,000
- Chief Scientist Office
- Generation Scotland-Genetics and Healthcare Initiative 2005 - 2009 £4,300,000 Total (with Prof A Morris, Prof D Porteous and Dr B Smith) £1,355,306 Glasgow
- Generation Scotland - continuation of Genetics and 2008 - 2011 £3,870,000 Total
- Healthcare Initiative (same co-PIs as above). £1,049,157 Glasgow
- The Precision Medicine Ecosystem. 2016-2017 £3,480,000
- Hypertension, inhibitors of the renin angiotensin system and COVID-19 2020 £76,846
- Science Research Investment Fund 2 (SRIF2) Programme
- Funding for GCRC/GBRC Research Centres (with Profs Liew & Kolch) 2004 - 2006 £1,200,000
- UK Government Department of Health & Social Care
- The Lighthouse Laboratory 2020 £16,974,229
- Eluceda
- Validation-diagnostic COVID-19 test Eluceda 2020 £16,672
- European Community
- EURNETGEN - Shared costs project with representatives of 4 2000 - 2003 €1,300,000 Total other countries (coordinator). £239,743 Glasgow
- EURATools - European Rat Tools for Functional Genomics: 2006 - 2010 €3,900,000 Total multicentre award (coordinator Prof T Aitman). £377,334 Glasgow
- INGenious HyperCare - Integrating Genomics, Clinical Research & 2007 - 2011 €18,199,947 Total
- Care in Hypertension; multicentre award (coordinator Prof A Zanchetti) £896,785 Glasgow
- EURATrans - European large-scale functional genomics in the 2009 - 2014 €10,500,000 Total rate for translational research (coordinator Norbert Hübner). £303,499 Glasgow
- EU-MASCARA - MArkers for Subclinical CArdiovascular 2011 - 2015 €6,000,000 Total Risk Assessment (coordinator) £1,019,256 Glasgow
- EU-InterPregGen - Genetic studies of pre-eclampsia in Central 2011 - 2016 €5,000,000 Total
- Asian and European populations £178,984