Tomasz Jan Guzik MD, MSc.,Ph.D., FRCPS (Glasg), FACP, FRSE - Curriculum Vitae#

Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK
Professor of Medicine, Jagiellonian University, Poland
Editor-in-Chief, Cardiovascular Research

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY & SCIENTIFIC IMPACT:

Professor Guzik is a clinician-scientist & academic leader with over two decades of impact in cardiovascular medicine and discovery science. He is internationally recognised for seminal work linking immune mechanisms and oxidative stress to vascular dysfunction and hypertension, including foundational insights into oxidative stress in human vessels and immune-driven hypertension.

CITATION IMPACT: 27,947 Total Citations; H-Index: 78 (ISI WoS); 97 (GoogleScholar); 61 Papers Cited >100 Times
Highly Cited Researcher (2021-2024)

RESEARCH FOCUS & KEY DISCOVERIES:

Professor Guzik integrates molecular biology, vascular physiology, and clinical investigation to reframe hypertension as an immune-mediated vascular disorder.

He provided early human evidence (Oxford) that NADPH oxidase ROS cause endothelial dysfunction in diabetes and hypertension (Circulation 2000; Circ Res 2000; Circulation 2022).

He demonstrated a causal role for lymphocytes (T cells) in experimental and human hypertension, establishing cardiovascular immunology as a mechanistic framework for blood pressure elevation and vascular dysfunction (J Exp Med 2007; Nat Rev Cardiol 2024).

Now: interrogates neuro-immune pathways linking hypertension, atherosclerosis and cognitive impairment, using integrated translational pipelines from cellular mechanisms to human phenotyping and population-scale analyses (Circulation, 2020; Nature 2022; Immunity 2025; Eur Heart J 2024).

ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP & SERVICE

Senior leadership roles shaping global cardiovascular research priorities and policy:

• Editor-in-Chief: Cardiovascular Research (2018–Present; substantial growth in quality and impact)
  
• European Society of Cardiology (ESC): ESC Board; Chairman of the ESC Congress Chair (2024–Present; World largest CV Congress 33000 participants)

EDUCATION:

MD PhD, Jagiellonian University (1998); M.Sc. Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford (2000); Ph.D. Immunology, Jagiellonian University (2001). Professorship awarded by the President of Poland (2009).

CAREER HISTORY

• 2013 - 2022 Regius Chair of Physiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Glasgow, UK
  
• 2005 - 2011 Visiting Assistant Professor/Professor, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA
  
• 1999 - 2005 Research Fellow/Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford

FUNDING & MENTORSHIP: Portfolio totaling approximately Eur18 million over the last 5 years including ERC Consolidator Award (£1.8m), BHF Centre of Research Excellence funding (£6m), and grants from the European Commission and British Heart Foundation.

SUPERVISION: A dedicated mentor, he has supervised 24 PhD students with a 100% on-time completion rate, fostering the next generation of cardiovascular scientists. Undergraduate: Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Science.