Alta Schutte

FESC PhD

Biography

Prof Alta Schutte is a Professor and Principal Theme Lead of Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at UNSW Sydney, Australia; with a joint appointment as Professorial Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health. 

Prof Schutte has extensive experience in working in clinical and population-based studies with a focus on raised blood pressure, hypertension and cardiovascular disease and is involved in numerous international consortia, such as the Global Burden of Disease study, the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration and the May Measurement Month initiative of the International Society of Hypertension. Her expertise includes the management of hypertension and monitoring of raised blood pressure. Actions and interventions to improve blood pressure control and the detection, treatment and control of hypertension.