Mentorship and Training Seminars
First ISH Mentoring Programme Seminar
30th November 2021
Hosted by Dr Lebo Gafane-Matemane (South Africa) and Dr Cam McCarthy (USA) from the ISH Mentorship and Training Committee, the first ISH Mentoring Programme Seminar discusses the role of mentors in career development.
Speakers:
– What are mentors and how you can find one, with A/Prof Francine Marques (Australia)
– Building successful relationships with mentors, with Prof Alta Schutte and A/Prof Dylan Burger (Canada)
– Developing mentoring goals – a workshop with Dr Augusto Montezano (UK)
First ISH Training Seminar “Sex Differences in Hypertension
3rd September 2021
Programme Manager and event host: Dr Rodrigo O. Marañón (Argentina) from the ISH Mentorship and Training Committee. Event organised in conjunction with the ISH Women in Hypertension Research Committee – lead by Prof. Ulrike (Muscha) Steckelings (Denmark/ Germany).
Hypertension is the leading risk factor contributing to death and disability in men and women in the developed and developing world. Despite significant amount of research and evidence, blood pressure is still poorly controlled.
As a global research community, the ISH membership is diverse in the topics we study and where we live. However, this is also reflected, for example, in who we are, including in our culture, age, and gender. An important topic within this context is sex differences in hypertension. A growing body of evidence supports that there are profound differences in blood pressure levels, control and awareness between men and women. In the last decade, researchers have discovered several sex-specific mechanisms that underlie these differences. However, there is still a misconception that blood pressure is regulated in women similarly as it is to men, with many trials still focusing on men, and most experimental studies being performed using male animals only.
Through the organisation of this event, the aim was to address a critical aspect in the study of hypertension: to improve the recognition within our research community of the need to study sex as a vital variable and contributing factor related to blood pressure regulation and treatment. Watch the event recording to learn from some of our world-experts in this topic, and celebrate research that is diverse and inclusive.
Thanks to our excellent speakers!
- Prof. Jane Reckelhoff: Learn how to improve the design of studies involving experimental models of hypertension
- A/Prof. Sanne Peters, (Australia): Learn how to improve the design of clinical studies in hypertension
- Prof. Kate Denton (Australia): The role of the kidneys in sex differences in hypertension.
- Prof. Lucy Chapell (UK): Hypertensive-disorders during pregnancy
- Prof. Anne-Monique Nuyt (Canada): Cardiovascular risk factors in preterm born individuals
- Prof, Judith Zilberman (Argentina): Management of hypertension in women
- Dr Pensee Wu(UK): COVID19 and cardiovascular women’s health
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