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Dr. Norm Campbell

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Dr. Norman R.C. Campbell is a Professor of Medicine, Community Health Sciences and Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Calgary and is a member of the O'Brien Institute of Public Health and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta. Dr Campbell holds the HSFC CIHR Chair in Hypertension Prevention and Control (2011–2016) and is on the executive of the World Hypertension League as Past President. He seeks success in improving hypertension control, unhealthy diets and physical inactivity on a national and global scale. Dr. Campbell is well known for his work with sodium reduction around the world. Dr. Campbell has over 380 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has received several recognitions for his efforts. He obtained degrees in Medicine and Internal Medicine from Memorial University in Newfoundland where he also completed his Internal Medicine residency. He has spoken at more than 200 conferences worldwide.

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Career Timeline

  • Chief- General Medicine at the University of Calgary and the Calgary Health Region (1994–1999)
  • Head- General Medicine at the University of Calgary and the Calgary Health Region (1994–2000)
  • President- Blood Pressure Canada, (1996–1999 and 2006–2010)
  • Member- Canadian hypertension strategic planning committee (1999)
  • President- Canadian Hypertension Society (1999–2000)
  • President- Canadian Society for Clinical Pharmacology (2002–2004)
  • Founder and Chair for 7 year - Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) (2000–2010)
  • Chair- Alberta, Minister's Expert Committee on Drugs and Therapeutics (2002–2004)
  • Chair- CIHR Canada Hypertension Prevention and Control (2006–2011)
  • Member- Steering committee and co-chaired the Risk Factor committee for the Canadian Heart Health Strategy (2007–2009)
  • Executive- Health Canada Intersectoral Sodium Reduction Committee and a member of its four subcommittees (2007–2010)
  • Chair- PAHO/WHO Regional Expert Group on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention through Dietary Salt Reduction (2009–2011)
  • Chaired and co-chaired the committee to integrate the Canadian Hypertension Society, Blood Pressure Canada and the Canadian Hypertension Education Program into Hypertension Canada (2009–2010)
  • Chair- Development of Pan Canadian Framework for hypertension prevention and control (2010–2011)
  • Board and operations committee- Hypertension Canada (2010–2011)
  • Co-Chair-PAHO/WHO Regional Technical Advisory Group on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention through Dietary Salt Reduction (2011–2015)
  • Chair- The Canadian Hypertension Advisory Committee of national health and scientific organizations (2012–2014)
  • President- World Hypertension League (2013–2015)
  • Chair- Update of the Pan Canadian Framework for hypertension prevention and control (2015–2016)
  • Member, PAHO/WHO Regional Technical Advisory Group on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention through Dietary Salt Reduction (2016-)

    • Recognitions and Awards

  • The Canadian Society for Clinical Pharmacology awarded him the Piafsky Young Investigator Award in 1995 and the Distinguished Service Award in 2005.
  • The Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary provided him with the Distinguished Achievement Award for Education and Research in 1996 and the Guenter Award for International Health in 2013
  • The Canadian Society of Internal Medicine awarded him with the Olser Award in 2001 and the Senior Investigator Award in 2005.
  • The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Lecturer from Canadian Society of Internal Medicine in 2003.
  • In 2007 Dr. Campbell was awarded with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Leadership Award in Heart Healthy Policy.
  • In 2009 Dr. Campbell received the Canadian Hypertension Society Distinguished Service Award.
  • In 2013 Hypertension Canada presented Dr Campbell JG Fodor award for prevention and control of hypertension
  • In 2014 Dr. Campbell was appointed to The Order of Canada for his contributions as a researcher and public health advocate and for his commitment to improving the well-being of Canadians.
  • In 2014, Dr Campbell was awarded the Dr. Howard N. Segall Award of Merit, Canadian Cardiovascular Society
  • In 2014 Dr Campbell was appointed to the Fellowship in the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
  • In 2015 Dr. Campbell was the 49th recipient of the Frederic Newton Gisborne Starr Award, the Canadian Medical Association’s highest honour for physicians.
  • In 2015 Dr. Campbell was awarded the Medal for Distinguished Service, Alberta Medical Association
  • In 2015 Dr Campbell received the HRF Metal of Honour
  • In 2015 the University named Dr Campbell a Peaks Scholar

    • Expertise Abroad

  • Dr. Campbell is a known member of the Hong Kong International Advisory Panel on reduction of salt and sugar in food. (2014–2018)
  • He was an International Advisory Board member of the Iran salt reduction program, WHO Iranian office and Ministry of Health of Iran. (2014) He was also a member of the Ministry of Health of Iran International advisory member on hypertension control in 2013-2014.

    • He was an External consultant to the Blood Pressure Programme for Public Health England in 2014. His expertise has also taken him to India and Russia to discuss treatment and prevention of hypertension.

    References

    Dr. Norm Campbell Wikipedia
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