Gavin Robert Norton
School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA
Biography
Gavin Robert Norton (MD, PhD) is an ad Hominem Full Professor in School of Physiology and the Founder and Co-Director of the Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS). Professor Norton has over 150 original publications, predominantly in leading international cardiovascular journals, which have emanated in at least 11 editorial commentaries and a total of 3586 citations to-date. Hence he has an h index of 35. Professor Norton completed his MD in 1987 and PhD in 1993 at WITS, a fellowship at University of Masachusetts in 1997, and was recipient of the prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Research Award at WITS in 1998.