Patricia Munroe BSc, MSc PhD, FBS

Patricia graduated with a B.Sc. in Biochemistry, and M.Sc. in Biotechnology from the National University Ireland, Galway. She then worked as a research technician at the Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories for six months before commencing a PhD in cardiovascular genetics at St Bartholomew’s Hospital. Patricia was awarded a PhD in Medicine in 1995, and following a post-doctoral fellowship at University College London (NIH funded), she joined the William Harvey Research Institute as a Lecturer in 1998. In 2007 she was appointed Professor of Molecular Medicine.

Prof Munroe’s research is focused on elucidating the genetic and molecular basis of hypertension and cardiac arrhythmias. She co-leads several international complex genetic disease consortia. Using meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and large-scale candidate gene studies she has discovered over 30 genetic loci associated with hypertension during the past 3 years.

She has also contributed data to several gene discoveries for cardiac arrhythmias (QRS, QT and RR) and other complex genetic traits. Her work is funded by the British Heart Foundation, Medical Research Council, NIHR, The Wellcome Trust and Wellbeing of Women.