 From 2013 to 2015, Dominiczak was President of the European Society of Hypertension.Her research interests include hypertension, cardiovascular genomics and precision medicine.She has led major research programmes, has over 400 publications in peer-reviewed journals, and is recognised as being among the world's foremost cardiovascular scientists and clinical academics

Professor Dominiczak was born in Gdańsk, Poland, and went on to study medicine at the Gdańsk Medical University, Poland, where she gained an MD Honours in 1978.