"Professorial Campaign"

Queen Mary University of London’s Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry is launching the MacGregor Centre for Global Blood Pressure Control. This pioneering, multi-million-pound initiative unites world-leading expertise in hypertension research, cardiovascular prevention, and clinical care. Named after the late Professor Graham MacGregor CBE FMedSci, a global authority on salt reduction and nutrition policy, the Centre will tackle the world’s leading cause of preventable death: high blood pressure.

With £10 million in funding from Queen Mary University of London and the Blood Pressure Research Trust, this Centre will unite existing excellence in Blood Pressure research, education and clinical care in the William Harvey Research Institute, the Wolfson Institute of Population Health Sciences and the Barts Heart Centre. Its foundation will drive translational research, policy change, and innovation for better global health, starting with the 2.5 million people living in our diverse East London community.

QMUL: Research Excellence and Social Impact

Queen Mary is ranked 24th in the world and 6th in the UK for the quality of our research (THE World University Rankings 2025) and joint 7th in the UK according to the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021).

Our Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry has a 900-year legacy of delivering care and innovation through strong NHS partnerships and is first in England for social mobility. With our major Barts Life Sciences development in Whitechapel, we are creating one of the UK’s most advanced life sciences campuses.

We Are Now Recruiting Professors to Lead Groundbreaking Work

We are seeking world-leading researchers to play a central role in shaping the MacGregor Centre and driving forward its ambition to transform outcomes in blood pressure and cardiovascular health. Building on our recognition as a European Hypertension Centre of Excellence, the Centre unites internationally renowned expertise in renal medicine, clinical pharmacology, epidemiology, endocrinology, primary care, public health, and clinical trials, driving innovation, training the next generation of leaders, and improving patient care.

We are particularly interested in those working within the Centre’s five thematic areas:

• Lifestyle Risk Reduction – global leadership in salt, sugar, and nutrition
• Genomics of Blood Pressure – functional genomics and multi-omics
• Adrenal Hypertension and Therapy – imaging, clinical trials, targeted treatment
• Devices and Autonomic Function – device-based innovation and autonomic control
• Therapeutic Innovation and Clinical Trials – experimental medicine and outcomes research

Why Join Us?

The MacGregor Centre represents a unique opportunity to lead research that saves lives and reshapes global health policy. You will join a community of world-class academics at the forefront of discovery, embedded within a university known for its excellence, inclusivity, and ambition. With major investment, state-of-the-art infrastructure, and unparalleled access to diverse patient populations and data, the Centre offers the ideal environment for ambitious academic leaders to make a profound impact, locally, nationally and worldwide.

If you are driven by the opportunity to tackle the world’s leading cause of preventable mortality and to lead innovative, world-changing research, we invite you to join us on this mission.

For more information about Queen Mary University of London, please visit: www.qmul.ac.uk

For more information about The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry please visit: www.qmul.ac.uk/fmd