My research interests lie mainly in the prevention of cardiovascular disease with particular emphasis on blood pressure measurement and the management of hypertension in primary care.I am an NIHR Senior Investigator and lead programmes of research around self-monitoring of blood pressure in hypertension and pregnancy, deprescribing and multimorbidity.I chair the NIHR Professors Selection Committee and provide expert advice to NICE (member of recent Hypertension Guideline Development Group), Department of Health and the European Society of Cardiology.I am a General Practitioner in Central Oxford.From September 2024 I am looking forward to joining BSMS as Dean of the Medical School https://www.bsms.ac.uk/about/news/2024/06-20-professor-richard-mcmanus-appointed-as-new-dean-of-brighton-and-sussex-medical-school.aspx