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Monash University
An internationally renowned Monash researcher, whose work could change the way high blood pressure is treated, has been awarded the 2021 Gottschalk Medal by the Australian Academy of Science.
Associate Professor Francine Marques was awarded the Gottschalk Medal for her work on high blood pressure. The Gottschalk Medal honours the contributions to the medical sciences by the late Dr A. Gottschalk FAA.
About a third of Australians older than 18 have high blood pressure, with the incidence increasing with age. The blood pressure of most of these patients remains uncontrolled due to lack of treatment or poor response to currently available therapies. This is because often they don’t know they have the condition, which is also known a ‘a silent killer’ because of the lack of symptoms.