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ISH Previous Awards & Prizes

AstraZeneca Award

The award was endowed by Astra Pharmaceuticals AB in 1979 and presented to a distinguished investigator responsible for outstanding work related to clinical pharmacology and therapy of arterial hypertension. Discontinued in 2016.

Past Winners
2016 Franz Messerli (Switzerland)
2014 George Bakris (USA)
2012 Clinton Webb (USA)
2010 Peter Sever (UK)
2008 Fiona Turnbull (Australia)
2006 Stephen MacMahon (Australia)
2004 Jan Staessen (Belgium)
2002 Victor Dzau (USA)
2000 Edward Frohlich (USA)
1998 Peter A van Zwieten (Netherlands)
1996 Carl Erik Mogensen (Denmark)
1994 A Amery
1992 Hans Brunner (Switzerland)
1990 Lennart Hansson (Sweden)
1988 F Buhler
1986 CT Dollery
1984 Stevo Julius (USA)
1981 R Tarazi
1979 BNC Pritchard

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.

This award shall be made to a person who, in the opinion of the ISH Awards Committee, has demonstrated a track record of excellent research in the field of cardiovascular health and disease in women and contributed significantly to advancing knowledge in this area.

Past Winners
2022 Heddwen Brooks (USA)
2021 Louise Pilote, Montreal (Canada)
2018 Kate Denton, Melbourne (Australia)

ISH Austin Doyle Award

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

It will be awarded to a graduate, who is within five years of post-graduate qualification.

The finalists will be selected from among eligible presenters on the basis of the abstract scores allocated for oral presentations

The winner will be selected from shortlisted presentations relevant to clinical medicine by a judging panel consisting of representatives of the Awards Committee, or their representative(s), in an open competition during the Biennial Scientific Meeting

The winner must be willing to join the ISH as a member (if not already a member) following receipt of the award. Previous winners of this award are not eligible for nomination a second time.

Past Winners
2022 Dean Picone (Australia)
2021 Ashleigh Craig (South Africa)
2018 Mattias (Sweden)
2018 Lyudmila Korostovtseva (Russia)
2016 Yusuke Kobayashi (Japan)
2014 Vikas Kapil (UK)
2012 E Azizan
2010 W Bosu
2008 A Grzesiak
2006 A Schulz
2004 S Padmanabhan / M Furuhashi
2002 M Hausberg
2000 K Narkiewicz
1998 W Haynes
1996 C Whorwood
1994 K Kitamura

ISH Distinguished Mentor Award

This Award (new from 2018) will honour a member of the ISH who has made outstanding contributions to the mentoring of students/trainees and/or junior faculty in the field of hypertension and cardiovascular disease.

Letters of nomination should be submitted to the Mentorship and Training Committee detailing the accomplishments of the Mentor. This can include any of this non-exhaustive list:

  1. Intellectual leadership; supporting excellence in research,

  2. Presentation and publication; creating a supportive environment for research

  3. Scholarship; providing the resources necessary to take full advantage of institutional

  4. Academic and professional opportunities (publications, conferences, networking, etc.)

  5. Helping mentees overcome problems, discord, or barriers

The nomination letter should be accompanied by a copy of the mentors CV.

    • The Award must be collected in person at the ISH Biennial Scientific Meeting.
    • The Award recipient will be honoured with a lecture on their “Philosophy of Successful Mentoring” to be given to trainees at the New Investigator Committee Session to be held at the ISH Biennial Scientific Meeting.
    • Self-nomination will NOT be accepted.
    • Nominations for previous winners of any other ISH 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
    2018 Jan Danser (Netherlands), 2018James Sharman (Australia)

    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.

    Past Winners
    2022 Ibtisam Ahmed Ali Babiker (Sudan)
    2022 Yook-Chin Chia (Malaysia)
    2022 Stephanie Watts (USA)
    2021 Catherine LLorens-Cortes (France)
    2021 Empar Lurbe (Spain)
    2018 Anna Dominiczak (UK)
    2016 Bonita Falkner (USA)
    2016 Lisheng Liu (China)
    2016 Suzanne Oparil (USA)
    2016 Talma Rosenthal (Israel)
    2016 Ann Soenarta (Indonesia)

    ISH International Forum Poster Prizes

    Discontinued in 2014

    Past Winners
    2014

    Africa

    • Basic: Ruan Kruger (South Africa)

    Asia & Australasia

    • Population: Hiroyuki Takase (Japan)
    • Clinical: Jin-Ok Jeong (South Korea)
    • Basic: Jagrita Bhatia (India)

    Eastern Europe & Middle East

    • Population: Valéria Regecová (Slovakia)
    • Clinical: Elena Ardeleanu (Romania)
    • Basic: Andrii Sydorchuk (Ukraine)

    Central and South America

    • Population: José Boggia (Uruguay)
    • Clinical: Brunella Mendonça Chinem and colleagues: Ana Luiza Lima Sousa, P.B. Jardim, A. Arantes, R.R. Bernades, A. Souza, M. A. Barbosa, L.F. Portilho. T. S. Jardim, G.C. Guimarães- Filho (Brazil)
    • Basic: Carolina Caniffi (Argentina)

    Western Europe and North America

    • Population: Stamatis Efstathiou and colleagues: Irini Skeva, E. Zorbala, E. Georgiou, T. Mountokalakis I. Skeva (Greece)
    • Clinical: C. Chatzikyrkou (Germany)
    • Basic: Mohammad Newaz (USA)

    2012

    Africa

    • Population: Adeseye Akintunde (Nigeria)
    • Clinical: Ruan Kruger (South Africa)
    • Basic: Lawrence Olatunji (Nigeria)

    Asia & Australasia

    • Population: Carley Grimes (Australia)
    • Clinical: Ming Liu (China)
    • Basic: Max Pinkham (New Zealand)

    Europe & Middle East

    • Clinical: Ursula Czubek (Poland)

    Latin America

    • Clinical: Cesar Romero (Argentina)
    • Basic: Tiago Fernandes (Brazil)

    North America

    • Population: Yun Chen (Sweden)
    • Clinical: Maciej Tomaszewski (UK)
    • Basic: Silke Muehlstedt (Germany)

    2010

    Africa

    • Population: Jean-Rene M’Buyamba-Kabangu (D.R. Congo)
    • Clinical: Adeseye Akintunde (Nigeria)
    • Basic: Margaretha Johanna Nel (South Africa)

    Asia & Australasia

    • Population: Hirofumi Onishi (Japan)
    • Clinical: Quinyun Ruan (China)
    • Basic: Sacha Khong (Australia)

    Europe & Middle East

    • Population: Ioanna Tzoulaki (UK)
    • Clinical: Ralf Dechend (Germany)
    • Basic: Mária Pintérová (Czech Republic)

    Latin America

    • Population: Egle Silva (Venezuela)
    • Clinical: Danielle Arita (Brazil)
    • Basic: Leon Ferder (Puerto Rico)

    North America

    • Population: Cynthia Robitaille (Canada)
    • Clinical: Ryan Yuen (Canada)
    • Basic: Dylan Burger (Canada)

    ISH Mentorship Scholar Award

    There is a critical need to establish and support high quality training programs within low/middle income countries that can enhance the early careers of researchers in the basic science, clinical and public health areas of hypertension. To help meet this need the Society is offering awards to mentors in these countries who have the expertise and resources to offer fellowship training in hypertension disciplines to young investigators

    Past Winners

    2018 Project: Association between selected molecular biomarkers and ambulatory blood pressure pattern in African Chronic Kidney disease and hypertensive patients compared with normotensive controls

    • Mentor: Dr. Abiodun Moshood Adeoye
    • Host organisation: University of Ibadan / University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
    • Scholar: Dr. Isaac Busayo Abiola

    2017 Project: Genetic risk factors of hypertension in Mongolia

    • Mentor: Professor Tsolmon Unurjargal
    • Host organisation: Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences, Ulaanbaatar, Tuv, Mongolia
    • Scholar: Dr. Bolortuul Byambatsogt

    2017 Project: Role of mineralocorticoid receptor in experimental pre-eclampsia model

    • Mentor: Professor Lawrence Olatunji
    • Host organisation: University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
    • Scholar: Dr. Taofeek O. Usman

    2017 Project: Identification of hypertension-susceptibility genes and pathways by a systematic multiple candidate gene approach: Sudan whole exome sequencing project for hypertension

    • Mentor: Professor Dina A. H. Ibrahim
    • Host organisation: Central Laboratory, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Khartoum, Sudan
    • Scholar: Dr. Wissal Ahmed Elhanbali

    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.

    This award will be given to recognise a woman researcher who is in a mid-career position, 35-45 years of age or 10 full years after postgraduate qualifications

    Past Winners
    2022 Meena Madhur (USA)
    2021 Francine Marques (Australia)
    2018 Audrey Adji (Australia)

    ISH Research Scholar Fellowship Award

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    ISH The Stevo Julius Award

    This award was 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) the general public; (b) the medical community; (c) specialists in the hypertension field; and (d) investigators involved in hypertension research.

    Discontinued in 2012

    Past Winners
    2012 Robert Fagard (Belgium)
    2010 Lawrie Beilin (Australia)
    2008 Talma Rosenthal (Israel)
    2008 & K Kawecka-Jaszcz (Poland)
    2006 Rod Jackson (New Zealand)
    2004 N Kaplan & M Moser
    2002 J Stamler & John Laragh
    2000 E Freis

    Jiří Widimský Snr. Award

    Discontinued in 2012

    Past Winners
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    Pfizer Award

    Discontinued in 2012

    Past Winners
    2010 Sarah Withers (UK)
    2008 John Kostis & M Iwai (USA)
    2008 and Markus van der Giet (Germany)
    2006 O Yasuda and J Zhang
    2004 J R Romero
    2002 and M Isshiki
    2002 Anastasia Mihailidou (Australia)
    2000 M Mardini and L Ludwig
    1998 AD Hughes
    1998 RH Rao
    1996 RD Bukoski/r Carmona
    1994 John Floras (Canada)
    1992 SN Orlov
    1990 H Nielsen