
Professor Philip Barter
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None declared.Past president, International Atherosclerosis Society
Philip Barter graduated in medicine from the University of Adelaide, Australia and gained his PhD from the Australian National University.
He has held positions in research institutes and universities in Australia and the US. He is a past president of the International Atherosclerosis Society. His basic research interests are plasma lipids and lipoproteins, specifically high density lipoproteins. His clinical research involves participation as a member or as chairman of the steering committees of large-scale, cardiovascular clinical outcome trials of plasma lipid modifying agents.
He has published more than 350 peer-reviewed research papers on plasma lipids and lipoproteins, their metabolism, regulation, function and their relationship to atherosclerosis.