"Hypertension in Iraq: Challenges and Goals" the first National Scientific Conference of the Iraqi Hypertension Society was held on 28th-29th September 2016 in Baghdad.

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to support this exciting project - May Measurement Month. The post holder will undertake the day to day management and implementation of the MMM campaign. The role is based in Greater London, UK.

Join us in congratulating Juan Medina Briceno, ISH New Investigator of the month, who has a BSc. Honours degree with a focus in Bio-Medical Sciences from the University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.

This year's Networking and Mentorship event was held in the LU restaurant at the Coex convention centre, Seoul, Korea as part of the ISH 2016 Biennial Scientific Meeting. The event was very well attended (over 150 participants) by distinguished guests, ISH council members, senior faculty and junior investigators. Participants originated from 34 countries.

Join us in congratulating Georgios Papadakis, ISH New Investigator of the month, from Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, and the National Institute of Dental Health and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.

His research interests include pre-clinical imaging using micro-PET/CT and micro-PET/MRI in small animal models, multi-modality image analysis of PET/CT & PET/MRI scans, informatics and computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) in nuclear medicine applications, 
machine learning for medical imaging, and computer vision for clinical image processing.

We invite you to view a video chronicling the ISH history over the last 50 years (1966-2016). This was launched during the ISH 2016 Biennial Meeting in Seoul, Korea.

Report on ISH official satellite symposium RAAS 2016, Tokyo, September 23-24.

Ernesto Schiffrin (Hypertension Canada President and ISH Past President) to receive the Margolese National Heart Disorders Prize.

The destination for the ISH 2022 Scientific Meeting was announced during the recent ISH meeting in Seoul. Join us in congratulating the Japanese Society of Hypertension who will be the local organisers of this event and please start planning now to attend!

The Society was delighted to announce the winners of the ISH 2016 biennial awards during a ceremony in Seoul on 28th September. Winners were presented as follows.