Bryan Williams

Bryan Williams is Chair of Medicine at University College London and Director of the University College London Hospitals National Institutes for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre. He is also the Director of Research for UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He is a Consultant Physician at UCL Hospitals and an NIHR Senior Investigator. He was previously a Professor of Medicine (1996-2012) and Chairman of the Division of Medicine at the University of Leicester School of Medicine, UK. He graduated from the University of London in 1983 and completed his clinical and research training in London, Leicester, and at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, Colorado, USA.

Professor William's research and clinical practice are in the field of hypertension in which he is recognized as one of the world's leading authorities. His research in the sphere of human experimental medicine focuses on developing clinically applicable models for the human non-invasive assessment of aortic pressure and hemodynamics., in which he published the most cited and influential paper in the field - credited with driving an exponential rise in clinical device and technology development. He has received numerous national and international awards and was the recipient of the Times Higher Education University award, for “Outstanding Innovation and Technology” in 2011, for his work on methods for the non-invasive measurement of aortic pressure and the Sleight Award (2014) by the European Society of Hypertension for his "outstanding contribution to research, education and clinical practice in the field of hypertension".

Professor Williams is Chairman of the European Council on Hypertension of the ESC Past President of the British Hypertension Society (2001–2003) and Chairman of the most recent NICE Hypertension Guidelines Development Group. He was previously Chairman of the Clinician Scientist Research Grant Awards panels for the Medical Research Council and the Department of Health and a member of the NIHR EME board. He is a member of national and international hypertension societies and a Fellow of the American Heart Association, the European Society of Cardiology, and the Royal College of Physicians, London.