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

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