Robert Cox, PhD, is Professor and Director of Scientific Administration for the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR), an independent, hospital-based biomedical research facility located just outside of Philadelphia, in Wynnewood, Pa. LIMR is a division of Main Line Health. He is also an Emeritus Professor of Physiology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Cox has authored and coauthored more than 130 publications, including 22 book chapters on topics related to cardiovascular function in health and disease. His research is focused on how ion channels regulate blood pressure and the electrical signals that drive heartbeat, specifically a type of calcium channel that is present only in arteries. He is a past recipient of the Senior Investigator Achievement Awar