Richard McManus

Richard McManus qualified from St Mary’s Hospital Medical School and undertook training in both Medicine (St Mary’s) and General Practice (Gloucestershire) before moving to Birmingham to pursue an academic career. In Birmingham he undertook the first UK trial of self-monitoring of blood pressure which formed the basis of his PhD. Following NIHR funded post doctoral training, in 2009 he was appointed to a Chair in Primary Care Research in Birmingham before moving to a statutory Professorship in Oxford in 2011. In Oxford he gained an NIHR Professorship and subsequently an NIHR Senior Investigator Award. 

His main research interests are in the prevention of cardiovascular disease including following hypertensive pregnancy, in the context of multiple long-term conditions and when deprescribing may be appropriate. He is Chief Investigator on an NIHR Programme Grant around Postnatal Self-Management of Blood Pressure following Pregnancy Hypertension and leads the self-management theme of the Oxford Thames Valley ARC. He is Chief investigator of the OSCAR study assessing the impact of structured medication reviews in the NHS. He is joint Chief Investigator of the OPTIMISE2 trial assessing deprescribing antihypertensives in the over 75s. He is recognised internationally for his work on self-monitoring and self-management of hypertension and was the 2023 RD Wright Lecturer (Hypertension Australia). He is a Governing Body Fellow at Green Templeton College having previously been the Dean and Welfare Dean.

Richard enjoys teaching medical students along with supervising doctoral candidates and is passionate about mentoring colleagues at all stages of their career. 

He chairs the Blood Pressure Monitoring Working Party of the British Hypertension Society and has provided expert advice to NICE (2011 & 2019 Hypertension Guideline) and the European Society of Cardiology/European Society of Hypertension (2018 & 2024 European Hypertension Guidelines). He leads Oxford’s input into the School for Primary Care Research and chairs the NIHR Research Professors Selection Panel. He is chair of the PROMPPT programme steering committee and a member of several TSC/DMCs. 

Richard has recently been appointed to be the third Dean of Brighton and Sussex Medical School which he will take up from September 2024 https://www.bsms.ac.uk/about/news/2024/06-20-professor-richard-mcmanus-appointed-as-new-dean-of-brighton-and-sussex-medical-school.aspx.