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Norman R. C. Campbell | |
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Citizenship | Canadian |
Occupation | Professor Emeritus |
Awards | Order of Canada (2014) |
Academic background | |
Education | MD (1980), Memorial University of Newfoundland |
Norman R. C. Campbell is a Canadian professor emeritus at the University of Calgary. During his career, he has held professorships in medicine, community health sciences, physiology, and pharmacology. [1] In 2014, he was appointed to the Order of Canada for his research and public health advocacy aimed at improving Canadians. [2] He is also known for his work in reducing dietary.
Campbell earned his medical degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1978, where he also completed his residency in internal medicine. He is an emeritus professor of medicine and holds a research chair at the University of Calgary, focusing on hypertension prevention and control. [3] [4] His research has contributed to public health policy efforts to reduce dietary sodium intake in Canada. [3] Campbell has served as a consultant to the World Health Organization on nutrition and micronutrient issues, advising the World Bank and the Pan American Health Organization Hearts in the Americas Initiative on hypertension control, particularly in Cambodia, Mongolia, and Samoa. [5] His past affiliations include membership in the O'Brien Institute for Public Health and the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta. [6] He was also listed as a consultant for Resolve to Save Lives. [7]
During the 2000s, Campbell was president of Blood Pressure Canada and the Canadian Hypertension Society. In these roles, he contributed to the development of the Canadian Hypertension Recommendations – Control program [8] which produces annually updated, evidence-based recommendations and implementation strategies alongside a monitoring and evaluation process. [9] [10] The program has been credited with increasing hypertension control in Canada from 13% between 1985 and 1992 to 68% between 2012 and 2013.[ citation needed ]
Campbell has also participated in national health education and advocacy programs. In 2006, he was involved in initiatives promoting sodium reduction and public awareness of hypertension through Blood Pressure Canada. As president of the Canadian Society for Clinical Pharmacology, he co-organized an international meeting of pharmacology organizations, which later developed into the Canadian Therapeutic Congress. He chaired the creation of a Pan-Canadian Framework for Hypertension Prevention and Control and supported the formation of Hypertension Canada through the unification of several national hypertension-focused organizations. Additionally, he has contributed to global position statements and advocacy campaigns related to dietary salt reduction and hypertension control.[ citation needed ]