Drug Adherence and Therapeutic Inertia in Chronic Diseases DE

Michel Burnier is Emeritus Professor of Medicine and former Head of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland. He is Invited Professor at the Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland, and trained in internal medicine and nephrology in Lausanne and at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. He is a member of the Scientific Council of the European Society of Hypertension and has served as President of both the Swiss Society of Nephrology and the Swiss Society of Hypertension. Professor Burnier is Editor‑in‑Chief of Blood Pressure . His research focuses on renal mechanisms of hypertension and the progression of chronic kidney disease, with particular emphasis on sodium. He has also contributed extensively to antihypertensive pharmacology—especially therapies targeting the renin–angiotensin system—and to medication adherence research. His work has been recognised with the JM Métry Compliance Award (ESPACOMP) and the Peter van Zwieten and Paul Milliez awards and Björn Folkow Award of the European Society of Hypertension.