Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak
Chief Scientist (Health), Scottish Government and Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Glasgow
Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak
Chief Scientist (Health), Scottish Government and Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Glasgow
Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak DBE MD FRCP FAHA FMedSci FRSE is Chief Scientist (Health) for the Scottish Government and Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Glasgow. She is internationally recognised for her leadership in cardiovascular medicine, precision medicine, and health innovation.
Professor Dominiczak held the British Heart Foundation Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Glasgow from 1997 to 2010, and served as the Director of the BHF Cardiovascular Research Centre between 2000 and 2010. She led the development of Glasgow’s clinical academic campus at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, including the Imaging Centre of Excellence and Clinical Innovation Zone, where she led a triple helix partnership between academia, the NHS, and industry to accelerate innovation, and maximise patient benefits and economic growth.
Her research focuses on hypertension, cardiovascular genomics, and precision medicine. She has published over 550 peer-reviewed papers, holds an h-index of 124, and has secured over £100 million in research funding.
Professor Dominiczak has held leadership roles in major scientific societies, including President of the European Society of Hypertension and the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland.
She was awarded a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to cardiovascular and medical science.
From 2020 to 2022, she was Director of Laboratories at the UK Department of Health and Social Care, leading the Lighthouse Laboratory network.
In July 2022, Professor Dominiczak was appointed as the Chief Scientific Advisor (Health) for the Scottish Government, where she leads and coordinates health research and innovation, working in partnership with the NHS, academia and industry to develop rapid translation and adoption of transformative innovations for the Scottish NHS.