Rhian Touyz
Rhian M. Touyz, MBBCh, PhD, FRCP, FRSE, FCAHS, FMedSci, FRSC, is the Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (The Institute), where she also holds the Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine and the Dr. Phil Gold Chair in Medicine at McGill University. An internationally recognized clinician-scientist, she is renowned for her translational research on hypertension and vascular biology, with more than 677 peer-reviewed publications.
Dr. Touyz has held leadership roles in premier organizations worldwide, including President of the International Society of Hypertension, Chair of the Council on Hypertension (American Heart Association), President of the European Council Cardiovascular Research, and President of the Canadian Hypertension Society. She co-chaired the 2024 European Society of Cardiology hypertension guideline task force and is Editor-in-Chief of Hypertension. She is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Academy of Medical Sciences UK.
A committed advocate for equity in science, Dr. Touyz founded the “Women in Hypertension Research” program and has mentored over 105 graduate and postdoctoral trainees.