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Robert Gros
Scientist
Robarts Research Institute
Canada
Biography
Dr. Robert Gros is currently a scientist at the Robarts Research Institute and an associate professor in the Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology and of Medicine at Western University, London, Ontario. The focus of his research programme is to investigate the cellular/ molecular mechanisms involved in the regulation of vascular and cardiac function. With a particular interest in the role and regulation of G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathways as well as the role of both the neuronal and non-neuronal cholinergic system and their contribution under physiological and pathological conditions such as hypertension and heart failure. The Gros laboratory utilized a range of biochemical, cellular and molecular techniques as well as integrative approaches in genetically-modified mice and human subjects to gain a better understanding of development and progression of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Dr. Gros is the director of the Canada Foundation for Innovation-funded Laboratory for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Phenotyping. Dr. Gros continues to serve as a committee member on national granting agency review panels such as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. He also has leadership roles on the Scientific Program Committees for both the Ontario Hypertension Society and Hypertension Canada. Dr. Gros has been the recipient of the Evelyn McGloin Fellowship Award and the Dr. Maureen Andrew New Investigator Award from Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. He was awarded the Young Investigator Award from the Canadian Hypertension Society in 2008 and was the recipient of a New Investigator Salary Award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
Research Interest
Hypertension, Heat Failure, G-protein coupled receptors, Cholinergic System, Steroid hormones
