Principle Investigator
McGill University
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Stella S. Daskalopoulou, MD, MSc, DIC, PhD
Associate Professor in Medicine (tenured) - McGill University
Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec Chercheur-boursier clinicien – Senior
Dr. Daskalopoulou is an Internist with special interest in Vascular Medicine. She is a tenured Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine (Divisions of Internal Medicine and Experimental Medicine), Faculty of Medicine, McGill University. Her research program is thematically centered around the identification of early markers of vascular impairment and maintenance of vascular health, with a focus on cardiometabolic diseases, sex differences in cardiovascular disease and women's health across the lifespan, as well as vascular disease prevention. She performs research in the area of hypertension and arterial stiffness in subjects with different cardiovascular risk factors, including preeclampsia, hypertension, diabetes, and smoking, as well as in atherosclerotic disease towards the identification of novel pathways of atherosclerotic plaque instability.
Dr. Daskalopoulou has established and directs the Vascular Health Unit at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), which includes a clinical and a wet lab, and where she is conducting her vascular research projects. She has been co-Leader of the Cardiovascular Health Across the Lifespan (CHAL) Program of the Research Institute of the MUHC from 2015 to 2018.
She has over 200 high-quality peer-reviewed publications, and over 7300 citations of her work, with an h-index of 48. She has received research funding from several agencies, including Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, and Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (> $8 million as a Principal/co-Principal Investigator), and she holds several prestigious personal awards.
She is the co-Chair of the Hypertension Canada Guidelines Committee, and the Chair of the Central Review Committee of the Hypertension Canada Guidelines. She is also the secretary of the North American Artery Society.
Friday, October 28, 2022
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM EDT