Anna Dominiczak
Dame Anna Felicja Dominiczak DBE FRCP FRSE FAHA FMedSci (born 26 August 1954) is a Polish-born British medical researcher, Regius Professor of Medicine - the first woman to hold this position, and the Chief Scientist (Health) for the Scottish Government. From 2010 to 2020, Dominiczak was the Vice-Principal and Head of the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. She is an Honourary Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist for the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board, and Health Innovation Champion for the Medical Research Council. From 2013 to 2015, Dominiczak was president of the European Society of Hypertension. She is the current Editor-in-Chief of Precision Medicine, a new journal launched in July 2023. Her research interests include hypertension, cardiovascular genomics and precision medicine. She has led major research programmes, has over 400 publications in peer-reviewed journals, and is recognised as being among the world's foremost cardiovascular scientists and clinical academics. Early life and education Dominiczak was born in Gdańsk, Poland, and went on to study medicine at the Gdańsk Medical University, Poland, where she gained an MD Honours in 1978. Her parents, Joanna Muszkowska-Penson and Jakub Penson, both specialised in nephrology and internal medicine,