Professor Grant Drummond is a pharmacologist and vascular biologist with over 30 years of experience in research and tertiary education. He holds senior leadership positions at La Trobe University including Co-Director of the Centre for Cardiovascular Biology and Disease Research and Associate Dean (Research Partnerships) for the School of Agriculture Biomedicine and Environment. Grant Drummond’s research is focussed on understanding the roles of oxidative stress and the immune system in hypertension and its downstream complications including kidney disease, heart failure and atherosclerosis. His work has shown that hypertension is associated with activation of T cells, B cells and macrophages. These immune cells then accumulate in key blood pressure-regulating organs such as the blood vessels, kidneys, heart and brain, where they promote inflammation and tissue damage via the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines (e.g. interleukin 18, interferon-g) and autoantibodies. The long term goals of Grant Drummond’s research are to develop novel therapies that alleviate hypertension and end organ damage by dampening inflammation. Grant Drummond has over 180 publications and his work has received more than 17,500 citations. His work has been continuously supported by the NHMRC and Heart Foundation of Australia for >20 years. He is a Fellow of the American Heart Association, and Associate Editor for the British Journal of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research and Pharmacology and Therapeutics.