AstraZeneca Award

Purpose

The award was endowed by Astra Pharmaceuticals AB in 1979. It shall be presented biennially on the recommendation of the Awards Committee of the ISH to a distinguished investigator responsible for outstanding work related to clinical pharmacology and therapy of arterial hypertension.

Criteria

Distinguished investigator responsible for outstanding work related to clinical pharmacology and therapy of arterial hypertension.

Eligibility

Must be a member of the ISH. Nominations for previous winners of any other senior award are not normally received, but might be considered if there is an outstanding independent case for this award. Officers of the Scientific Council of the ISH and members of the ISH Awards Committee are not eligible to be nominated. Exceptionally, other members of the ISH Council maybe eligible.

Past Winners

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  2010 P Sever

  U.K

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  2008 F Turnbull

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  2006 S MacMahon

• 2004 J Staessen

• 2002 V Dzau (Renamed from Astra Award)

• 2000 E Frohlich

• 1998 PA van Zwieten

• 1996 CE Morgensen

• 1994 A Amery

• 1992 H Brunner

• 1990 L Hansson

• 1988 F Buhler

• 1986 CT Dollery

• 1984 S Julius

• 1981 R Tarazi

• 1979 BNC Pritchard

Austin Doyle Award

Purpose

This award was established to recognise the contribution of Austin Doyle, Past President of the ISH and Founding Chairman of the High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia.

Criteria

It will be awarded to a graduate, who is within 5 years of post graduate qualification. The recipient will be judged to have submitted the best original presentation relevant to clinical medicine, at the ISH Biennial Scientific Meeting.

Eligibility

Must be willing to join the ISH as a member following receipt of award. Previous winners of this award are not eligible for nomination a second time.

Past Winners

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  2012 E Azizan

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  2010 W Bosu

  Ghana

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  2008 A Grzesiak

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  2006 A Schulz

• 2004 S Padmanabhan / M Furuhashi

• 2002 M Hausberg

• 2000 K Narkiewicz

• 1998 W Haynes

• 1996 C Whorwood

• 1994 K Kitamura

Boehringer Ingelheim Developing World Award

Purpose

This award is for a researcher in the developing world* who has done outstanding work in the region.

(*BASED ON THE RESOURCE POOR COUNTRIES, ZONES AND TERRITORIES DEFINED BY HINARI)

Criteria

The nomination should include full curriculum vitae, a short resume of his/her research, no more than 5 publications, which the applicant considers as important publications and a letter of support from the applicant's mentor. The awardee will be expected to submit an abstract of his/her research for the ISH Scientific meeting.

Eligibility

Must be a member of the ISH. Nominations for previous winners of any other senior award are not normally received, but might be considered if there is an outstanding independent case for this award. Officers of the Scientific Council of the ISH and members of the ISH Awards Committee are not eligible to be nominated. Exceptionally, other members of the ISH Council may be eligible.

Past Winners

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  2012 T Jafar

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  2010 K Sliwa

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  2008 A Damasceno

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  2006 T Forrester

• 2004 O Akinkugbe

• 2002 L Liu

Distinguished Membership Award

Members who have given outstanding service to the Society and have made unusually distinguished contributions to experimental and clinical research in hypertension may be nominated to be distinguished Members of the Society.

Past Winners

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  2012 P Korner

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  2012 T Ogihara

• 2012 Allyn L. Mark

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  2010 E O'Brien & J Whitworth

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  2008 L Landsberg

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  2006 JIS Robertson

• 2004 K-H Rahn

• 2002 J Chalmers

Honorary Membership Award

Individuals who have not been Regular Members of the Society but have made extraordinary contributions to the Society, in providing long and continuous support of research or of the other activities of the Society, may be nominated to be Honorary Members.

Past Winners

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  2012 S Yusuf

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  2008 R Horton

  The Lancet

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  2008 S Mendis

  World Health Organization

ISH International Forum Poster Prizes 2010

ISH International Forum Poster Prizes will be awarded at the ISH Biennial Scientific Meetings of the Society in:

• Basic Science
• Clinical Science prizes in this category were supported by Daiichi-Sankyo for 2012
• Population Science

Prizes in all three categories will be awarded to each of the Regions that comprise the ISH International Forum. These regions are:

• Africa
• Asia & Australasia
• Eastern Europe & Middle East
• Central and South America
• Western Europe & North America

These prestigious awards will be selected by an independent judging panel. The quality of the submitted abstract and especially the quality of the poster presentation will be the basis for the awards.

These prizes represent a strong and ongoing commitment by the ISH through the International Forum to recognise and reward the best research from all across the globe.

Winners for 2010 are as follows…

Africa

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  Basic Science M J Nel

  South Africa

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  Clinical Science A Akintunde

  Nigeria

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  Population Science J-R Buyamba-Kabangu

  D.R Congo

Asia & Australasia

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  Basic Science S Khong

  Australia

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  Clinical Science Q Ruan

  China

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  Population Science H Onishi

  Japan

Eastern Europe & Middle East

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  Basic Science M Pintérová

  Czech Republic

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  Clinical Science R Dechend

  Germany

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  Population Science I Tzoulaki

  U.K.

Central & South America

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  Basic Science L Ferder

  Puerto Rico

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  Clinical Science D Arita

  Brazil

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  Population Science E Silva

  Venezuela

Western Europe & North America

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  Basic Science D Burger

  Canada

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  Clinical Science R Yuen

  Canada

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  Population Science C Robitaille

  Canada

ISH International Forum Poster Prizes 2012

ISH International Forum Poster Prizes will be awarded at the ISH Biennial Scientific Meetings of the Society in:

• Basic Science
• Clinical Science prizes in this category were supported by Daiichi-Sankyo for 2012
• Population science

Prizes in all three categories will be awarded to each of the Regions that comprise the ISH International Forum. These regions are:

• Africa
• Asia & Australasia
• Eastern Europe & Middle East
• Central and South America
• Western Europe & North America

These prestigious awards will be selected by an independent judging panel. The quality of the submitted abstract and especially the quality of the poster presentation will be the basis for the awards.

These prizes represent a strong and ongoing commitment by the ISH through the International Forum to recognise and reward the best research from all across the globe.

Winners for 2012 are as follows…

Africa

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  Basic Science L Olatunji

  Nigeria

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  Clinical Science R Kruger

  Zambia

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  Population Science A Akintunde

  Nigeria

Asia & Australasia

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  Basic Science M Pinkham

  New Zealand

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  Clinical Science M Liu

  China

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  Population Science C Grimes

  Australia

Eastern Europe & Middle East

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  Clinical Science U Czubek

  Poland

Central & South America

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  Basic Science T Fernandes

  Brazil

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  Clinical Science C.A Romero

  Argentina

Western Europe & North America

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  Basic Science S Muehlstedt

  Germany

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  Clinical Science M Tomaszewski

  U.K.

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  Population Science Y Chen

  Sweden

ISH Franz Volhard Award and Lectureship for Outstanding Research

Purpose

This award and lectureship was endowed by Farbwerke Hoechst in 1972 to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Franz Volhard.

Criteria

The award shall be made biennially to a person or persons who, in the opinion of the Awards Committee of the ISH, shall have initiated in the field of hypertension or in a related discipline, a concept which remains of current interest. The recipient shall be invited to deliver to the ISH a lecture on the topic for which the award is bestowed. Award nominators must clearly state the concept that the nominee has initiated which remains of current interest, and provide supporting evidence.

Eligibility

Must be a member of the ISH. Nominations for previous winners of any other senior award are not normally received, but might be considered if there is an outstanding independent case for this award.

Officers of the Scientific Council of the ISH and members of the ISH Awards Committee are not eligible to be nominated. Exceptionally, other members of the ISH Council may be eligible.

Past Winners

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  2012 J Hall

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  2010 G MacGregor

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  2008 T Pickering

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  2006 G Mancia

• 2004 H Gavras

• 2002 H Brunner

• 2000 L Landsberg

• 1998 JP Chalmers

• 1996 H de Wardener

• 1994 E Muirhead

• 1992 C Johnston

• 1990 J Shepherd

• 1988 L Tobian

• 1986 A Zanchetti

• 1984 F Gross

• 1982 P Korner

• 1980 E Haber

• 1978 B Folkow

• 1976 F Byrom

• 1974 G Pickering

ISH New Investigator Oral and Poster Presentation Awards, supported by Daiichi-Sankyo

Purpose

These awards will be offered from 2012 to encourage New Investigators and recognise excellence in scientific contribution at the ISH Biennial Scientific Meetings.

Criteria

They will be awarded at the ISH Biennial Scientific Meetings to New Investigators judged from a group of finalists to have given the best oral and poster presentations. Finalists will be selected from among eligible presenters on the basis of the scores of their abstracts allocated to oral and poster presentations.

Eligibility

The presenting and responsible author must be a New Investigator who is undertaking a research higher degree or is within 10 years of graduation with a doctoral or equivalent qualification. Evidence of research higher degree student status or the date of graduation must be provided at the time of submission.

For further information please contact the ISH Secretariat.

Past Winners

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  2012 A.R. Chade

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  2012 I Salaman

ISH Robert Tigerstedt Lifetime Achievement Award

Purpose

This award was endowed by Merck Sharp & Dohme International in 1974. The award shall be presented biennially, on the recommendation of the ISH Awards Committee to a person, persons or institution responsible for distinguished work relating to the aetiology, epidemiology, pathology or treatment of high blood pressure.

Criteria

The achievements of the recipient should reflect distinguished contributions in research, teaching or clinical activities relating to the aetiology, epidemiology, pathology or treatment of high blood pressure and successful mentorship of younger colleagues.

Eligibility

Must be a member of the ISH. Nominations for previous winners of any other senior award are not normally received, but might be considered if there is an outstanding independent case for this award.

Officers of the Scientific Council of the ISH and members of the ISH Awards Committee are not eligible to be nominated. Exceptionally, other members of the ISH Council may be eligible.

Past Winners

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  2012 L LIU

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  2010 J Danser

  Netherlands

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  2008 F Luft

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  2006 RP Lifton

• 2004 P Corvol

• 2002 M Safar

• 2000 M Esler

• 1998 JE Hall

• 1996 G Mancia

• 1994 Cardiovascular Research Center, Iowa USA F Abboud / G de Bona / D Heistad / A Mark

• 1992 J de Champlain

• 1990 P Sleight

• 1988 A Doyle

• 1986 YV Postnov / H Losse

• 1984 AC Guyton

• 1982 E Murihead

• 1980 JJ Brown / AF Lever / JIS Robertson

• 1978 J Bing

• 1976 Florey Institute

Jiří Widimský Snr. Award, funded by Prague Organizing Committee

To be presented to three distinguished, young investigators (not older than 35 years) who have performed promising research in the field of clinical or experimental hypertension and presented on this subject at the respective ISH and/or ESH meeting(s). The Awards presented at ISH meetings are designed for investigators working in countries suffering from economic hardship. The Awards presented at the ESH meetings are for investigators working in European countries which were not EU members before 2003.

Awards will be presented for ten years up to 2014. The Awards are supported by the Czech Foundation for Hypertension Research and funded from the surplus from the Prague ISH/ESH Meeting 2002.

Each year, the selection of respective applicants will be carried out by the Widimsky Award Committee (Prague) based on the abstracts accepted for presentation for the ISH/ESH Meetings. The Award Selection Committee will also comprise representatives of ISH and ESH.

The past winners are as follows…

2012

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  Michal Behuliak Czech Republic

  Cesar Andres Romero Argentina

  Amin Shah Nepal

2010 - ISH Meeting in Vancouver

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  L Jorge Brazil

  H Majane South Africa

  P Wohlfart Slovakia and T Zampieri Brazil

2008 - Joint ISH/ESH Meeting in Berlin

• P. Sarafidis Greece

  P. Jankowski Poland

  Katia Bürgi Brazil

  M.A. Lopez Verrilli Argentina

2006 - ISH Meeting in Fukuoka

• C. Forjaz & C. Cardoso Jr Brazil

  D. Pall Hungary

  A.P. Kengne Cameroon

2004 - ISH Meeting in Sao Paolo

• A.P. Dantas Brazil

  M. Franco Brazil

  A.F. Vidonho Brazil

2002 - Joint ISH/ESH Meeting in Prague

• J. Loukotová Czech Republic

  Z. Lakó-Futö Hungary

  M. Winnicki Poland

Pfizer Awards

Criteria:

To be given to each of two investigators presenting a superior research project.

Eligibility:

Must be willing to join the ISH as a member following nomination/receipt of award. Previous winners of this award are not eligible for nomination a second time.

This award will regrettably not be offered for 2012.

Past Winners

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  2010 S Withers

  U.K.

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  2008 M Iwai

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  2008 J Kostis

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  2008 M van der Giet

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  2006 O Yasuda

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  2006 J Zhang

• 2004 J R Romero

• 2002 A Mihailidou / M Isshiki

• 2000 M Mardini / L Ludwig

• 1998 AD Hughes / RH Rao

• 1996 RD Bukoski / R Carmona

• 1994 J Floras

• 1992 SN Orlov

• 1990 H Nielsen

The Stevo Julius Award, supported by Novartis

Criteria:

This award will be given to a person or persons demonstrating exceptional and continuous commitment to the dissemination of information, knowledge and skills in the field of hypertension to: (a) general public; (b) medical community; (c) specialists in the hypertension field, and; (d) to investigators involved in hypertension research.

Eligibility:

Must be a member of the ISH or be willing to join the Society following award. Nominations for previous winners of any other senior award are not normally received, but might be considered if there is an outstanding independent case for this award. Officers of the Scientific Council of the ISH and members of the ISH Awards Committee are not eligible to be nominated. Exceptionally, other members of the ISH Council may be eligible.

Past Winners

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  2012 R Fagard

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  2010 L Beilin

  Australia

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  2008 K Kawecka-Jaszcz

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  2008 T Rosenthal

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  2006 R Jackson

• 2004 N Kaplan / M Moser

• 2002 J Stamler / J Laragh

• 2000 E Freis

ISH Research Scholar Fellowship Award

The ISH Research Scholar Fellowship Awards support the training of postdoctoral scientists in the formative stages of their careers to conduct clinical, epidemiology/population science, or outcomes research. They provide the successful candidate with a period of mentored research as part of a collaboration between the Scholar and a Sponsor at an established research institution. It is expected that this experience will prepare the Scholar to pursue a productive research career involving on-going collaboration with scientists from established institutions.

Eligibility for the Awards:

• Scholar applicants must be from low income countries (please click here for a list of eligible countries)
• Scholar applicants must have received a doctoral degree within the past 10 years
• The proposed Sponsor must be a Member of the ISH and have demonstrated expertise and a high level of productivity in clinical research, epidemiology/population science research, or outcomes research and appropriate resources to fulfil the objectives of the training programme.
• The Sponsor’s institution should have a well-established record of research that is appropriate for the part of the world from which the prospective Scholar hails and, preferably, conducted in that part of the world.

Financial Support:

The ISH will provide up to US $30,000 for one year of support of the Scholar’s salary and expenses under supervision by the Sponsor at the Sponsor’s institution. Applications that propose sharing the Scholar’s salary and expenses between the Sponsor’s institution and ISH Research Foundation are strongly encouraged.

The award may be renewed for one additional year for a maximum of 2 years support, contingent upon a satisfactory progress report for the first year and a suitable plan for the second year of training. The second year of training may be conducted either at the Sponsor’s institution or at the Scholar’s home institution if justified by the training plan and if collaboration between the Scholar and Sponsor continues. Successful applicants will not be permitted to reapply for the Research Scholar Fellowship after their two-year award.

Past Winners

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  2009 Dr. Andre Pascal Kenge

• The recipient of the first ISH Research Scholar Fellowship Award in 2009 was Dr. Andre Pascal Kenge. Dr. Kengne submitted his application on behalf of the Health of Population in Transition (HoPiT) research group (Cameroon), and the Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care (Netherlands). Via Dr. Kengne’s research, these two Institutions partnered in a mutual effort to promote cardiovascular research and prevention in Cameroon and Sub-Saharan Africa where a growing burden of chronic and cardiovascular diseases has been observed, and where the resources and skills required to contain the burden are very limited.