ISH 2022 Award Winners

We are delighted to announce the winners of the ISH 2022 awards who were presented during the ISH Awards and Lectures Session on 15th October in Kyoto, Japan.

ISH Franz Volhard Award and Lectureship for Outstanding Research

This Award and Lectureship was endowed by Farbwerke Hoechst in 1972 to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Franz Volhard. The award is made biennially to a person or persons who has 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.

Recipient:

Suzanne Oparil, USA

The Awards Committee recognised Dr Oparil’s outstanding contributions to basic clinical and population cardiovascular research that shaped medical practice in hypertension. Dr Oparil has made significant contributions to AHA, ASH, and American Federation for Clinical Research and indeed ISH in leading positions. She has held important advisory positions with the National Institutes of Health and led Task Forces, expert panels, peer-review and guidelines committees, served as Co-chair of the Joint National Committee charged with developing the JNC 8 U.S. guidelines for the prevention, detection, evaluation and treatment of high blood pressure. She has received numerous honorary memberships, lectureships and distinguished awards for her contributions to academic medicine. The Society is grateful for the immense impact of Dr Oparil’s contribution to research and education on management of hypertension around the globe.

Dr. Oparil gave a lecture at the ISH Kyoto meeting entitled: “My Road in Academic Cardiology”

ISH Robert Tigerstedt Lifetime Achievement Award

This award was originally endowed by Merck Sharp & Dohme International in 1974. The award is 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. 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.

Recipients:

A number of extremely high calibre nominations were received for this award this year. The Awards Committee decided to recognise two world-leading scientists for the immense impact of their research in hypertension

Anna Dominiczak, UK

The Awards Committee has appreciated Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak’s lifetime contributions to hypertension research and clinical practice. Since obtaining her first medical degree in 1978, she has made substantial and novel contributions to advance research in hypertension, cardiovascular genomics and precision medicine where she led major research programmes. Apart from contributions to research, she has made a major impact on clinical practice and education as President of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland (2018-2021), President of European Society of Hypertension and Secretary of ISH and Editor-in-Chief of Hypertension. She has supervised and mentored numerous researchers in the field of hypertension many of whom are in top leadership positions in academia. The Society is grateful to Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak for accepting the ISH Robert Tigerstedt Award.

Eoin O’Brien, Ireland

The Awards Committee was impressed by Professor O’Brien’s outstanding lifetime contributions to hypertension research and clinical practice. He is widely acknowledged by his international colleagues to have made an extraordinary contribution to the blood pressure (BP) measurement field with enormous influence globally. Professor O’Brien has published over 800 scientific papers on BP measurement methodology and technology that have shaped clinical practice and influenced international guidelines. Professor O’Brien led the development of the BHS and ESH-IP protocols for the validation of BP monitors and founded the first international initiative to evaluate the accuracy of BP monitors to provide guidance to healthcare professionals and patients. The Society is grateful to Professor O’Brien for accepting the ISH Robert Tigerstedt Award.

ISH Developing World Award

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

Recipient:

Andre-Pascal Kengne, South Africa

The Awards Committee recognized Profesor Kengne’s excellent contributions to hypertension research and clinical practice and outstanding work in the developing world with a focus on Africa. The Society is grateful to Professor Kengne for accepting the ISH Developing World Award.

ISH Paul Korner Award

Supported by the High Blood Pressure Research Foundation

This award was endowed by the High Blood Pressure Research Foundation in 2013 to honour the late Paul Kroner, an internationally renowned expert in the field of hypertension with a special interest in the neuroscience of blood pressure. The award is presented to a person who has demonstrated outstanding contributions to research on hypertension in the broad field of neuroscience.

Recipient:

Daniela Carnevale, Italy

ISH Distinguished Fellow Award

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

Recipient:

Sverre Kjeldsen, Norway

ISH Award of Excellence for Research in Cardiovascular Health and Disease in Women

The ISH Women in Hypertension Research Committee established this award in 2018 to recognise and encourage research in cardiovascular health and disease in women.

Recipient:

Heddwen Brooks, USA

ISH Honour for Senior Women Researchers

ISH women members who have given outstanding service to the ISH and / or made exceptionally distinguished contributions to experimental and clinical research in hypertension may be nominated to receive an ISH Honour for Senior Women Researchers. This award was introduced in 2016 by the ISH Women in Hypertension Research Committee.

Recipients:

Award winners this year come from all corners of the globe.

Ibtisam Ahmed Ali Babiker, Sudan

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Yook-Chin Chia, Malaysia

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Stephanie Watts, USA

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ISH Mid-Career Award for Women Researchers

The ISH Women in Hypertension Research Committee established this award in 2018 to recognise, encourage and inspire women in science and medicine in the field of hypertension and related cardiovascular diseases.

Recipient:

Meena Madhur, USA

ISH Austin Doyle Award

This award marks the contribution of Austin Doyle, PastPresident of the ISH and Founding Chairman of the High Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia. It is awarded to a graduate, who is within 5 years of post-graduate qualification.

Recipient:

Dean Picone, Australia

Abstract presented:
Prevalence of validated blood pressure measuring devices being sold by Amazon: 12-month prospective analysis across 10 countries

ISH New Investigator Oral Presentation Awards

This award was established in 2012 to encourage New Investigators and recognise excellence in scientific contribution at the ISH Biennial Scientific Meetings and will be awarded to New Investigators judged from a group of finalists to have given the best oral presentations.

Winner:

Chia-Te Liao, Taiwan / Belgium

Abstract presented:
Cost-effectiveness of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control among hypertensive patients in Taiwan: A simulation modelling study