Ismail Laher graduated from the University of London (UK) and continued his studies in pharmacology at the University of British Columbia (Canada), Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada), and the University of Vermont (USA). His research interests are in determinants of vascular function in health and disease. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed research articles and is also the editor of a 5-volume reference collection Systems Biology of Free Radicals and Antioxidants and the co-editor of Nutritional Antioxidant Therapies: Treatments and Perspectives, both published by Springer Verlag.