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Committees

Executive Management Board

George S. Stergiou, MD, FRCP

Chair
Professor of Medicine & Hypertension, Hypertension Center STRIDE-7, School of Medicine, Third Department of Medicine, Sotiria Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,Athens Greece

Aletta E Schutte, PhD, FESC, FRSSAf, ISHF

Co-Chair
Professor and Principal Theme Lead: Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Professorial Fellow, Cardiovascular Program, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia

Eoin O’Brien, MD, DSc, FRCP

Honorary Chair
Adjunct Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, The Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Ireland

Martin Myers, MD, FRCPC

Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto, Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada

Paolo Palatini, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Padova, Italy, Present position: Senior Scholar of Studium Patavinum, University of Padova, Italy

Ji-Guang Wang, MD, PhD, FAHA, FESC

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Gianfranco Parati, MD, FESC

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, Scientific Director and Head of Department of Cardiovascular Neural and Metabolic Sciences, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Milan, Italy

Internal Validation Study Evaluation Team

Christina-Maria Papadopoulou, MBA

STRIDE BP Administrator,
Hypertension Center STRIDE-7

Ariadni-Maria Menti, MD, PhD Candidate

STRIDE BP Administrator
Resident in Medicine, Clinical Research Fellow, Hypertension Center STRIDE-7

Anastasios Kollias, MD, PhD

STRIDE BP Review Supervisor
Professor of Medicine, Hypertension Center STRIDE-7, Third University Department of Medicine, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece

Angeliki Ntineri, MD, PhD

STRIDE BP Internal Reviewer
Internist, Clinical Research Fellow, Validation Study Supervisor, Hypertension Center STRIDE-7

Ioanna Boutzona, MD, PhD Candidate

STRIDE BP Internal Reviewer
Resident in Medicine, Clinical Research Fellow, Hypertension Center STRIDE-7

Konstantinos Kyriakoulis, MD, PhD Candidate

STRIDE BP Internal Reviewer
Resident in Medicine, Clinical Research Fellow, Hypertension Center STRIDE-7

Melina Stambolliou, MD, PhD

STRIDE BP Internal Reviewer
Resident in Nephrology, Clinical Research Fellow, Hypertension Center STRIDE-7

Scientific Advisory Board

Eoin O’Brien, MD, DSc, FRCP

Adjunct Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, The Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Ireland

Kei Asayama MD, PhD

Professor, Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, and Visiting Professor, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Roland Asmar, MD

Chairman of the “Foundation-Medical Research Institutes” (F-MRI®) Geneva Switzerland. Head of the clinical Research Education at the Lebanese University

Alberto Avolio, BE, PhD, FIAMBE, FIEEE

Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney Australia

Grzegorz Bilo, MD, PhD

Associate Professor Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca and Cardiology Unit, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS

Alejandro de la Sierra, MD, PhD, FESC, FAHA

Professor of Medicine, Head, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Mutua Terrassa, University of Barcelona, Spain

Peter W de Leeuw, MD, PhD

Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Eamon Dolan, MD, MRCPI, PhD

Stroke and Hypertension Unit, Connolly Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Geoffrey A. Head, PhD, BSc

Head, Neuropharmacology Laboratory, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Adjunct Professor, Monash University, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute Melbourne, Australia

Yutaka Imai, MD, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University and Chairman of Trustees, Tohoku Institute for Management of Blood Pressure, Sendai, Japan

Nikos Karpettas, MD, PhD

Lecturer, Medical School, European University Cyprus, Cardiologist, American Medical Center, American Heart Institute, Cyprus

Kazuomi Kario, MD, PhD, FACP, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FJCC

Professor, Chairman, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine (JMU) JMU Center of Excellence, Cardiovascular Research and Development (JCARD)

Hypertension Cardiovascular Outcome Prevention and Evidence in Asia (HOPE Asia) Network, Japan

Anastasios Kollias, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Hypertension Center STRIDE-7, Third University Department of Medicine, Sotiria Hospital, Athens, Greece

Efstathios Manios, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece

Anastasia Susie Mihailidou

Senior Hospital Scientist, Cardiology Department, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District Honorary Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Macquarie University Sydney, Australia

Alan Murray, BSc, PhD, FIET, FIPEM, CSci, CEng

Professor of Cardiovascular Physics, Medical Faculty and Professor in School of Engineering, Newcastle University, UK

Martin Myers, MD, FRCPC

Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto, Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada

Takayoshi Ohkubo, MD, PhD

Professor and Chair, Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Japan

Paolo Palatini, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Padova, Italy, Present position: Senior Scholar of Studium Patavinum, University of Padova, Italy

Gianfranco Parati, MD, FESC

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy, Scientific Director and Head of Department of Cardiovascular Neural and Metabolic Sciences, San Luca Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Milan, Italy

Aletta E Schutte, PhD, FESC, FRSSAf, ISHF

Professor and Principal Theme Lead: Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Professorial Fellow, Cardiovascular Program, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia

James E. Sharman, PhD

Professor of Medical Research, Deputy Director, Head Blood Pressure Research Group, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, Hobart, Australia.

Andrew H Shennan

Professor of Obstetrics, Clinical Director South London CRN, Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course Sciences, FoLSM, Kings College London, UK

Jan A. Staessen, MD, PhD,

Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Head Studies Coordinating Centre, Research Unit Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology, KU Leuven Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

George S. Stergiou, MD, FRCP

Professor of Medicine & Hypertension, Hypertension Center STRIDE-7, School of Medicine, Third Department of Medicine, Sotiria Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens Greece

Ji-Guang Wang, MD, PhD, FAHA, FESC

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Michael A. Weber, MD, FACP, FACC, FAHA

Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, The Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Steering Committee

Apostolos Achimastos

Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

Iraklis Avramopoulos

Associate Physician, Hypertension Clinic, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece

Petros Kalogeropoulos

Director of Cardiology, General Oncology Hospital Agioi Anargiroi, Athens, Greece

Nikos Karatzas, MD, DPhil

Former Academic Staff Member of the Universities of Oxford, UC San Francisco and Athens. Cardiology Director Emeritus, Hygeia General Hospital, Athens, Greece

Theodoros Mountokalakis

Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece

George S. Stergiou

Ex-officio STRIDE BP Chairman
Professor of Medicine & Hypertension, Hypertension Center STRIDE-7, School of Medicine, Third Department of Medicine, Sotiria Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece