Renata Cífkova MD, PhD, CSc

Renata Cifkova completed her medical education at Charles University in Prague and in 1986 earned a PhD in internal medicine with special emphasis on cardiology. In 1992, Dr. Cifkova was appointed Head, Department of Preventive Cardiology, Institute Clinical Experimental Medicine, Prague, in the Czech Republic. She also has a part-time appointment with the Charles University Medical School in Prague (Professor of Medicine).
Previously she has held positions as Assistant Professor in the Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education, Dept of Cardiology, Prague, Czech Republic and has also been a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. Her main research interests are epidemiology of cardiovascular risk factors, primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, and clinical trials in this field.
In 1999, she was Honorary Visiting Professor, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. She received the Prusík Prize of the Czech Society of Angiology three times (in 2001, 2005, and 2010). For her outstanding contribution to research, education, and leadership in the fields of hypertension and cardiovascular protection, Prof. Cifkova was conferred the Peter Sleight Award by the European Society of Hypertension in 2009. More recently, her research was acknowledged by the Czech Ministry of Health, she is also the recipient of the Public Award for Medical Research. She is currently on the editorial boards of Journal of Human Hypertension, Kidney and Blood Pressure Research, Blood Pressure, and European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation.