The AHA/ASA Joint Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2017 took place in San Francisco, USA in September. New this year was the successful addition of two clinically-oriented tracks to accommodate the interests of primary care physicians and clinician scientists brought in by the merger with the American Society of Hypertension. Consequently, the number of attendees was nearly double and abstract submission was up 30% this year, making for an intriguing blend of basic and clinical science in hypertension.

The ISH held a very successful New Investigator Symposium and a mentorship social event in Singapore on 6th October as part of the Asia Pacific Society of Hypertension (APSH) meeting. Attended by over 70 people from nearly 20 countries, a keynote lecture was given by Professor Mark Caulfield from Queen Mary University, London, UK.

The International Society of Hypertension (ISH) New Investigator Committee (NIC) and Mentorship and Training Committee (MTC) are working closely with the organisers of the forthcoming APCH 2017, October, Singapore Meeting (13th Asian Pacific Congress of Hypertension) – www.apch2017.org).

To recognise and bring together hypertension future leaders, we will be hosting a New Investigator Symposium on the morning of 6 October (from 09:00-13:00 hrs), followed by a Networking and Mentorship event on the evening of 6 October.

Attendance is welcomed from all investigators (young / new and more senior investigators).

PHFI awarded the prestigious QCI-DL Shah Platinum Award for skill building of primary care physicians in chronic conditions in India.

Join us in congratulating our September 2017 ISH New Investigator of the month, Kento Kitada, Ph.D., from the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Japan.

Announcement and Call for Abstracts. 24th-26th November 2017, Friendship Hall, Khartoum

Ist Announcement and Call for Abstracts. 19th-21st January 2018, Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.

Join us in congratulating our August 2017 ISH New Investigator of the month, Dr. Bhavana Sosale from the Diacon Hospital Center for Diabetes Care and Research in Bangalore, India.

An ISH Mentorship and Networking event was held on 17 June in Milan, Italy at the time of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) Annual Meeting. The event was truly international with over 80 participants - distinguished guests, ISH council members, senior faculty and junior investigators - from 28 countries.

Join us in congratulating our July 2017 ISH New Investigator of the month, Nitin Kumar, PhD., Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hypertension and Vascular Research Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.