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An estimated 1.28 billion adults aged 30–79 years have hypertension. Hypertension is a leading risk factor for disease burden and death worldwide and a major risk factor for heart attack, heart failure, stroke, and kidney failure. In the US, hypertension affects approximately 45% of the adult population. Less than half of hypertensive patients have their blood pressure adequately controlled.
The Program for Hypertension Research is engaged in cutting-edge research, striving to better understand the genetic, epigenetic, metabolic, and physiological mechanisms underlying the development of hypertension and develop new treatments for hypertension.
E. Fiona Bailey, PhD
Professor, Physiology
Professor Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Speech/Language and Hearing
Associate Director, Postdoctoral Affairs
Mingyu Liang, MB, PhD
Cosden Professor & Chair, Physiology
Director, Molecular Systems Medicine Initiative (MSMI)
Professor, Genetics - GIDP
Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP
Professor, Statistics and Data Science - GIDP
Timothy W. Secomb, PhD
Professor, Physiology
Professor BIO5 Institute
Professor Mathematics
Professor Applied Mathematics - GIDP
Professor Physiological Sciences - GIDP
Professor Biomedical Engineering