Patrick Rossignol, MD, PhD, is professor of Therapeutics, Nephrologist and Vascular medicine specialist, Deputy Director of Nancy Plurithematic Clinical Investigation center (CIC)-Inserm. He has participated/is participating in several EU FP6-7 programs (Ingenious Hypercare: Coord A; Zanchetti; MEDIA: Coord: W. Paulus ; HOMAGE & FIBROTARGETS : Coord F. Zannad , Nancy CIC). He is coordinating a French network of excellence endorsed by F-CRIN (French Clinical research Infrastructure Network, the French affiliate of ECRIN/ERIC: Cardiovascular and Renal Clinical Trialists (INI-CRCT www.inicrct.org) since 2014. He is coordinating the University Hospital “French Government Investment for the Future” Fighting Heart Failure program (2016-2020). He is the PI of the ongoing largest double blind (spironolactone vs. placebo) academic cardiovascular outcome randomized controlled trial in hemodialysis (ALCHEMIST: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01848639) and steering committee member of several international randomized clinical trials. He is a EURECA-m (cardiorenal working group of ERA-EDTA: The European Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation Association) member since its creation in 2009 and got elected as board member (2013-2016) and he is now serving as scientific advisor. Since 2016 is a Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology “Translational” and “Cardiorenal” board member. He is CardioRenal cofounder.