Profile
Title
Prof
Name and surname
Wayne Smith
Job title
Associate Professor, Scientific Committee Chair
Telephone
+27 18 299 2053
E-mail
wayne.smith@nwu.ac.za
Physical address
F12-203,Potchefstroom campus
Campus
Potchefstroom
Qualifications

PhD

Expertise
Retinal microcirculation and cardiometabolic aspects related to endothelial function
Background

Prof Wayne Smith is an associate professor within the Hypertension in Africa Research Team at the North-West University and the Sub-theme Leader: Discovery science. He holds a Y-2 rating from the National Research Foundation and is the principal investigator of the EndoAfrica-NWU study. He is a member and past council member of the Physiological Society of Southern Africa and the South African Society for Cardiovascular Research as well as a member of the European Society for Microcirculation.  He has a background in experimental cardiovascular physiology. His broad research interest is in the field of vascular health with a specific interest in retinal microvasculature as a means of investigating subclinical microvascular compromise (cause and consequence). He also has an interest in metabolic contributions to vascular health.