ISH STRUCTURE


Our Officers & Committees

2024-2026 Presidency


ISH Council

The Council is responsible for furthering the aspirations and activities of the ISH, ensuring its efficient running and controlling its property and funds. ISH Council members are also Trustees of the Charity.

The Executive of the Council (Executive Committee) takes a critical role in helping the Council set policies and goals for the Society, and is delegated to act for the Council in the day-to-day activities of the Society, such as providing direction to the ISH Secretariat, of making the necessary arrangements for the next ISH Biennial Scientific and General Meetings and other scientific activities, of overseeing the work of all committees and working parties, and for giving final consideration for all nominations for membership.

Executive Committee and Council Members

George Stergiou

ISH President / Greece


Hiroshi Itoh

Vice President / Japan


Kazuomi Kario

Secretary / Japan


Cesar Romero

Treasurer / USA


Erika Jones

Officer-at-Large / South Africa


Bryan Williams

Immediate Past President / UK


Other Council Members

Dagnovar Aristizabal

Colombia


Hind Beheiry

Sudan


Myeong-Chan Cho

South Korea


Débora Colombari

Brazil


Tazeen Jafar

Singapore


Yan Li

China


Ulrike (Muscha) Steckelings

Denmark / Germany



Committees

Working groups and Taskforces


Research and Education Committee

Tazeen Jafar

Chair / Singapore


Jafar Alsaid

Deputy Chair / USA - Iraq


Augustine Odili

Deputy Chair / Nigeria


Hiroshi Itoh

ISH Vice President / Japan


Erika Jones

ISH Officer at Large / South Africa


Nadia Khan

Canada


George Stergiou

ISH President / Greece



Membership Committee

Débora Colombari

Chair / Brazil


Priscilla Prestes

Deputy Chair / Australia


Maha Eissa

Sudan


Rana El-Bikai

Lebanon


Abhinav Gupta

India


Ruan Kruger

South Africa


Beth Muxfeldt

Brazil


Keneilwe Nkgola Mmopi

Botswana


Keisuke Shinohara

Japan


Praveen Veerabhadrappa

USA



Mentorship and Training Committee

Lebo Gafane-Matemane

Chair, South Africa


Francine Marques

Past Chair / Australia


Rahul Chanchlani

Canada


Hooi Chin Beh

Malaysia


Evany Dinakis

Australia


Henry Iheonye

Nigeria


Rodrigo Maranon

Argentina


Pablo Nakagawa

USA


Samuel Olaniyi

Nigeria


Kaylee Slater

Australia



New Investigator Committee

Dean Picone

Chair / Australia


Chloé Landry

Deputy Chair / Canada


Arinola Akinnibosun

Australia


YiBang Cheng

China


Waleed Mohammed Alhaj Jebreel

Sudan


Neusa Jessen

Mozambique


Rija Khalid

Pakistán


Konstantinos Kyriakoulis

Greece


Jesus Melgarejo

USA


Oziegbe Oghide

Nigeria



Women in Hypertension Research Committee

Yan Li

Chair / China


Niamh Chapman

Immediate Past Chair / Australia


Buna Bhandari

USA / Nepal


Lizzy Brewster

The Netherlands


Jennifer Cluett

USA


Carolina De Ciuceis

Italy


Mega Febrianora

Indonesia


Zitandile Hlombekazi Mfono

South Africa


Mabel Margoth Reyes Pulido

Colombia


Ariadni Menti

Greece


Joanne O’Donnell

Australia


Christian Razo

USA


Ching Siew Mooi

Malaysia


Naoko Tomitani

Japan


Pensée Wu

UK


Luna Xu

Australia


Jing Yu

China



ISH Capacity Building Network

Dean Picone

Chair ISH New Investigator Committee / Australia


Yan Li

Chair ISH Women in Hypertension Research Committee / China


Lebo Gafane-Matemane

Chair ISH Mentorship and Training Committee / South Africa


Niamh Chapman

Immediate Past Chair ISH Women in Hypertension Research Committee / Australia



ISH Regional Advisory Groups

RAG Coordination

Ulrike (Muscha) Steckelings

RAGs Coordinator / Denmark - Germany


Hind Beheiry

ISH Council Member / Sudan


Cesar Romero

ISH Treasurer / USA


George Stergiou

ISH President / Greece



Africa

Regional Advisory Group (RAG)

Alfred Dokku

Chair / Ghana


Hind Beheiry

ISH Council Representative / Sudan


Abiodun Adeseye Akintunde

Nigeria


Tangeni Auala

Namibia


Anastase Dzudie

Cameroon