Leoné Malan
North-West University, South Africa
Biography
Leoné Malan aims to underpin a novel pathway pertaining brain-heart health. Considering this focus she designed the first well-controlled psychophysiological prospective cohort study in Sub Saharan Africa (SABPA), and as PI received an international award for design excellence (France, 2008). She conceptualized a Hypertension Research clinic on-campus and induced cardiovascular monitoring programs. Apart from being a council member of the European Society Cardiology on Hypertension, she holds various professional memberships. International peer-reviewed publications totals >135 publications and several grants support her research. She and her international expert and pharmaceutical stake holders’ network aims to develop a diagnostic tool to phenotype stress and related cardiomyopathy.