Dr. Ivor Benjamin is Director Emeritus of the Cardiovascular Research Center and Professor of Medicine, Physiology, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Cell Biology, and Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin. A board-certified cardiologist and internationally recognized physician-scientist, Dr. Benjamin has over 30 years of experience advancing cardiovascular research and clinical care. His pioneering studies on proteostasis networks, redox biology, and cardiac stress responses have transformed understanding of heart disease and protein misfolding disorders. Dr. Benjamin’s laboratory first generated Hsf1 knockout mice, a breakthrough that illuminated mechanisms of thermotolerance, circadian rhythm, and tumorigenesis, and discovered “reductive stress” as a novel cause of cardiomyopathy. Previously on faculty at Duke University, UT Southwestern, and the University of Utah, Dr. Benjamin is a past President of the American Heart Association and an elected member of ASCI and AAP. A passionate mentor and advocate for diversity in medicine, he leads NIH- and AHA-supported programs dedicated to training the next generation of translational cardiovascular scientists.