Research interests: Dr Touyz is a clinician-scientist. She has dedicated her scientific career to unraveling the mechanisms of hypertension and target organ damage. Her research focuses on molecular and vascular mechanisms of hypertension and small vessel disease with a particular interest in i) vascular signaling and redox biology; ii) vascular biology of cations and TRPM channels; iii) cardiovascular oncology, and iv) cardiometabolic disease, obesity and adipose biology. Her research spans molecular biology to clinical studies and she uses a combination of proteomics, cellular and molecular biology, transgenic models, molecular imaging technologies and human physiological assessment. She is committed to translational research where discovery science translates to clinically impactful outcomes promoting healthy lives and best clinical care for all. She has published over 575 peer-reviewed papers and her research has been funded by the CIHR, HSFC, JDRF, BHF, ERC, MRC, Wellcome Trust and Leducq Foundation.