Murray Esler

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Professor Murray David Esler (born in 1944 in Geelong, Australia) is a clinical cardiologist and medical scientist, based at the Baker Heart Research Institute and the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, where he is the Associate Director of the Heart Centre. He is a Professor of Medicine at Melbourne's Monash University. As Associate Director of the Baker, Professor Esler leads the institute’s research into the relationship between the brain and heart health. He studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and recieved a PhD from the Australian National University (Department of Clinical Science).His chief research interests are the causes and treatment of high blood pressure and heart failure, the effects of stress on the cardiovascular system, and monoamine transmitters of the human brain.

[edit] Awards

Professor Esler has recieved the following awards for his research:

  • Susman Prize, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (1983), awarded annually for "the best original contribution to internal medicine by a Fellow or Member of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians".
  • Wellcome (Australia) Medal (1989), awarded annually for "the most outstanding biomedical research in Australia".
  • RT Hall Prize (1996), for research in cardiology, awarded annually by the Cardiac Society of Australasia.
  • Ramaciotti Medal (1997), for excellence in biomedical research.
  • Merck Sharpe & Dohme Award of the International Society of Hypertension (2000).
  • Elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2002).
  • Hartnett Medal of the Royal Society of the Arts (2002).
  • Centenary Medal (2003) of the Government of Australia.

[edit] References

Professor Esler's profile at the Baker Mmedical Research Institute website: [1]

[edit] External links

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