Chief, Vascular Biology and Hypertension Branch, NHLBI

Zorina Galis, Ph.D. is the Chief of Vascular Biology and Hypertension at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) /National Institutes of Health (NIH), overseeing a large and diverse extramural portfolio of basic, translational, and clinical research. Previously, she rose through the academic ranks at Harvard Medical School, Emory School of Medicine, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Indiana University, and was also the Chief Scientific Officer, Cardiovascular R&D at Eli Lilly and Co. Zorina is recognized for significant scientific contributions to the area of vascular remodeling and for establishing and leading successful interdisciplinary collaborations within and between academia, industry, and the government. She was trained in physics, biophysics, cell biology, pathology, and vascular medicine at the University of Bucharest, Romania, the McGill School of Medicine, Montreal, Canada, and the Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, MA.