Professor Martin Schultz is the Deputy Head, Department of Rural Health at the University of Melbourne, and Adjunct Professor at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania. He is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist (AEP) and undertakes research in the area of clinical cardiovascular physiology with a focus on exercise and its role in the identification of cardiovascular risk. Prof Schultz's research program has been focused on building key evidence and data that supports the role of exercise in the prevention, detection and management of high BP, with particular emphasis on measuring BP during clinical exercise testing. He has recently led a large national collaboration (the EXERcise stress Test collaboratION, the 'EXERTION' study) linking exercise BP to CVD outcomes, highlighting the important role of considering cardiorespiratory fitness for clinical interpretation of exercise BP, along with publication of key clinical considerations for the measurement of exercise BP, and care pathways for the exercise professions to take an active role in the identification and management of high BP. Prof Schultz has published >100 scientific papers, has been awarded >$3 million in competitive research grants and fellowships, and has supervised >10 HDR students through to completion. Prof Schultz has also been highly active in supporting the initiatives of Hypertension Australia, with various roles on the executive committee as well as the National Hypertension Taskforce.