Paul Armstrong is Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at the University of Alberta, Director of the Canadian VIGOUR Centre (Virtual Coordinating Centre for Global Collaborative Cardiovascular Research) and Director of TORCH (Tomorrow’s Research Cardiovascular Health Professionals), a Strategic Training Program Initiative. He is the current President of the Canadian Institute of Academic Medicine, founding President of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and a Board member of the Canadian Academies of Science. Formerly Chair of the Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, he has published extensively and served on many editorial boards. He currently is a member of the ClHR Circulatory and Respiratory Institute Advisory Board and formerly a member of FDA Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee and the ACC/AHA STEMI guidelines writing committee. During his career, he has received numerous awards including the Award of Merit from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the Robert Beamish Leadership Award and the Prix Galien Canada Research Award.
