Chris Gale - Abstract Heart Podcast Ep.6 - Antihypertensive treatment and risk of cancer: an individual participant data meta-analysis with Emma Copeland

Chris is Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Consultant Cardiologist at Leeds General... Chris is Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Consultant Cardiologist at Leeds General Infirmary, UK. Qualifying in medicine at the London Hospital Medical College and obtaining a BSc in Psychology, he worked as a Junior Doctor at the Royal London Hospital. After obtaining MRCP, he completed a MRC funded Ph.D in molecular biology. Speciality training was undertaken principally at the Leeds General Infirmary, where he was a Walport and later a NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer, then achieving a NIHR Clinician Scientist Award and NIHR Clinical Trials Fellowship. As Consultant Cardiologist at Leeds General Infirmary, he practices clinical cardiology with interests in general cardiology and heart failure. He also practices at The Duchy BMI, Harrogate, UK https://www.bmihealthcare.co.uk/consultants/chris-gale#gdpr-out Chris' research incorporates the efficient use of observational and randomised data to deliver population-based studies of cardiovascular care and outcomes. He holds research awards from the NIHR, BHF and Horizon 2020, and has published >220 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is a FRCP, FESC and member of the British Cardiovascular Society. He has been a member of the Myocardial Ischaemic National Audit Project Steering Group for over a decade. Chris holds a number of leadership positions including Chair of Data Science Group of the EuroHeart project https://www.escardio.org/Research/euroheart, Chair of the European Society of Cardiology Quality Indicator Committee and member of the NICE Indicator Advisory Committee https://www.nice.org.uk/get-involved/meetings-in-public/indicator-advisory-committee-iac/iac-members. He is Deputy Editor of EHJ Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes https://academic.oup.com/ehjqcco and Chairs several Data Monitoring Committee for randomised clinical trials. Chris can be followed on Twitter where he regularly tweets about cardiology, his research and life in general! @cpgale3 https://twitter.com/cpgale3 Read more Show less