Our Officers & Committees
2024-2026 Presidency
ISH STRUCTURE
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
Council Members
George Stergiou
Research work focused on blood pressure measurement methodology and technology; Diagnostic methods and protocols for hypertension evaluation; Development and evaluation of novel medical technology for blood pressure measurement; Development of validations standards for blood pressure measuring devices; Hypertension diagnosis in children and adolescents.
Hiroshi Itoh
Kazuomi Kario
My research interests focus primarily on genetics and genomics of cardiovascular disorders with a particular emphasis on essential hypertension and its complications.
I am also interested in genetic and environmental background of sexual dimorphism in cardiovascular risk (why men develop and die of cardiovascular disorders more frequently than age-matched women).
Cesar Romero
My research interests focus on genomics of cardiovascular disease in humans and animal models. I have a special interest in the contribution of the Y chromosome and microRNA to hypertension.
Erika Jones
I am a clinician scientist in epidemiology and health services research. My research area is focused on ethnic and sex differences in hypertension and cardiovascular disease chronic disease management.
Bryan Williams
My research currently focuses on clinical studies and physiological aspects of resistant and complex hypertension. I have also had comprehensive experience in leading the development of hypertension guidelines.
Council Members
Dagnovar Aristizabal
As a clinician scientist, I have conducted many translational research projects and my research interest is molecular and genetic mechanisms of hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy and failure. I have conducted the GWAS project to evaluate the genetic influence on blood pressure in Asian people. Several novel gene loci were revealed. Recent research directions include cohort studies and precision medicine for the treatment and prevention of hypertension.
I am currently working as a principal investigator of a Korean government-sponsored cohort study of elderly hypertensive patients, which will provide important insights into the clinical characteristics, prognosis and blood pressure targets in the elderly hypertensive population of Korea. In collaboration with colleagues in other Asian countries, I would like to conduct basic science and translational clinical research in order to identify novel treatment targets and generate Asian Hypertension Guidelines.
Hind Beheiry
As a clinician scientist, I have conducted many translational research projects and my research interest is molecular and genetic mechanisms of hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy and failure. I have conducted the GWAS project to evaluate the genetic influence on blood pressure in Asian people. Several novel gene loci were revealed. Recent research directions include cohort studies and precision medicine for the treatment and prevention of hypertension.
I am currently working as a principal investigator of a Korean government-sponsored cohort study of elderly hypertensive patients, which will provide important insights into the clinical characteristics, prognosis and blood pressure targets in the elderly hypertensive population of Korea. In collaboration with colleagues in other Asian countries, I would like to conduct basic science and translational clinical research in order to identify novel treatment targets and generate Asian Hypertension Guidelines.
Myeong-Chan Cho
As a clinician scientist, I have conducted many translational research projects and my research interest is molecular and genetic mechanisms of hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy and failure. I have conducted the GWAS project to evaluate the genetic influence on blood pressure in Asian people. Several novel gene loci were revealed. Recent research directions include cohort studies and precision medicine for the treatment and prevention of hypertension.
I am currently working as a principal investigator of a Korean government-sponsored cohort study of elderly hypertensive patients, which will provide important insights into the clinical characteristics, prognosis and blood pressure targets in the elderly hypertensive population of Korea. In collaboration with colleagues in other Asian countries, I would like to conduct basic science and translational clinical research in order to identify novel treatment targets and generate Asian Hypertension Guidelines.
Débora Colombari
My research interests lie in the protective arm of the renin angiotensin system, in particular the angiotensin AT2-receptor and the receptor MAS, spanning from the basic biology of these receptors over pre-clinical studies to test their therapeutic efficacy in cardiovascular (e.g. heart failure, hypertensive and diabetic end organ damage, stroke) and other diseases to the involvement in the development of AT2-recepor agonists for future clinical use.
Tazeen Jafar
My research interests lie in the protective arm of the renin angiotensin system, in particular the angiotensin AT2-receptor and the receptor MAS, spanning from the basic biology of these receptors over pre-clinical studies to test their therapeutic efficacy in cardiovascular (e.g. heart failure, hypertensive and diabetic end organ damage, stroke) and other diseases to the involvement in the development of AT2-recepor agonists for future clinical use.
Yan Li
My research interests lie in the protective arm of the renin angiotensin system, in particular the angiotensin AT2-receptor and the receptor MAS, spanning from the basic biology of these receptors over pre-clinical studies to test their therapeutic efficacy in cardiovascular (e.g. heart failure, hypertensive and diabetic end organ damage, stroke) and other diseases to the involvement in the development of AT2-recepor agonists for future clinical use.
Ulrike (Muscha) Steckelings
My research interests lie in the protective arm of the renin angiotensin system, in particular the angiotensin AT2-receptor and the receptor MAS, spanning from the basic biology of these receptors over pre-clinical studies to test their therapeutic efficacy in cardiovascular (e.g. heart failure, hypertensive and diabetic end organ damage, stroke) and other diseases to the involvement in the development of AT2-recepor agonists for future clinical use.
COMMITTEES
Working groups and Taskforces
Research and Education
Committee
Tazeen Jafar
Jafar Alsaid
Augustine Odili
Hiroshi Itoh
Erika Jones
Nadia Khan
George Stergiou
Bryan Williams
Membership
Committee
Debora Colombari
Priscilla Prestes
Maha Eissa
Rana El-Bikai
Abhinav Gupta
Ruan Kruger
Beth Muxfeldt
Keneilwe Nkgola Mmopi
Keisuke Shinohara
Praveen Veerabhadrappa
Mentorship and Training
Committee
Lebo Gafane-Matemane
Francine Marques
Hooi Chin Beh
Evany Dinakis
Henry Iheonye
Rodrigo Maranon
Pablo Nakagawa
New Investigator
Committee
Dean Picone
Chloé Landry
Arinola Akinnibosun
YiBang Cheng
Waleed Mohammed Alhaj Jebreel
Neusa Jessen
Konstantinos Kyriakoulis
Jesus Melgarejo
Oziegbe Oghide
Women in Hypertension Research
Committee
Yan Li
Niamh Chapman
Buna Bhandari
Lizzy Brewster
Jennifer Cluett
Carolina De Ciuceis
Mega Febrianora
Zitandile Hlombekazi Mfono
Mabel Margoth Reyes Pulido
Ariadni Menti
Joanne O’Donnell
Christian Razo
Ching Siew Mooi
Naoko Tomitani
Pensée Wu
Luna Xu
Jing Yu
ISH Capacity Building Network
Dean Picone
Yan Li
Lebo Gafane-Matemane
Niamh Chapman
ISH REGIONAL ADVISORY GROUPS
RAGs
RAG Coordination
Muscha Steckelings
George Stergiou
Hind Beheiry
Cesar Romero
Africa
Regional Advisory Group (RAG)
Alfred Doku
Augustine Odili
Hind Beheiry
Abiodun Adeseye Akintunde
Tangeni Auala
Anastase Dzudie
Ruan Kruger
Reuben Mutagaywa
Elvine Pami Nguelefack-Mbuyo
James Russell
Countries included: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Americas
Regional Advisory Group (RAG)
Dagnovar Aristizabal
Eduardo Colombari
Mayra Ayala
Jean Pierre Carrion
Silvia Palomo
Javier Moreno
Nicolás Renna
Countries included: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominical Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Uruguay, Venezuela
Asia Pacific (APAC)
Regional Advisory Group (RAG)
Yook-Chin Chia
Hao-Min Cheng
Shariful Islam
Hiroshi Itoh
Praew Kotruchin
Hae-Young Lee
Akira Nishiyama
Debbie Ona
Ekamol Tantisattamo
Jimmy Teo
Yuda Turana
Huynh Van Minh
Yuqing Zhang
Countries included: Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), East Timor, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nauru, Niue, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Samoa, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam
Europe
Regional Advisory Group (RAG)
Maria Dorobantu
Ana Jelaković
Anastasios Kollias
Tatiana Kuznetsova
Teemu Niiranen
Arman Postadzhiyan
Sébastien Rubin
Ulrike (Muscha) Steckelings
Tomasz Zdrojenski
Countries included: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, San Merino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, UK
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Regional Advisory Group (RAG)
Abdulla Shehab
Cesar Romero
Countries included: Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
South and Central Asia (SACA)
Regional Advisory Group (RAG)
Azra Mahmud
Varun Kumar Bandi
Tazeen Jafar
Shubharthi Kar
Mansi Patil
Saulat Siddique
Thushara Matthias
Sangay Wangchuk
Countries included: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Taskforces and Working Groups
Focus Group
Blood Pressure Measurement
Kazuomi Kario
George Stergiou
ISH Academy
Erika Jones
Francine Marques
George Stergiou
Bryan Williams
Jafar Alsaid
Yook-Chin Chia
Vikas Kapil
Nadia Khan
Tiny Masupe
Daniel Piskorz
Nicolás Renna
Patient Guidelines
Bryan Williams
Niamh Chapman
ESH-ISH Journal of Hypertension
Committee
Maciej Tomaszewski
George Stergiou
Bryan Williams
Erika Jones
Kazuomi Kario
Reinhold Kreutz
Thomas Weber
Christian Delles
Alexandre Persu
Giuseppe Mancia
Awards
Committee
Kazuomi Kario
Dagnovar Aristizabal
Hind Beheiry
Myeong-Chan Cho
Débora Colombari
Hiroshi Itoh
Tazeen Jafar
Erika Jones
Yan Li
Cesar Romero
Ulrike (Muscha) Steckelings
George Stergiou
Bryan Williams
Corporate Liaison
Committee
George Stergiou
Dagnovar Aristizabal
Hind Beheiry
Myeong-Chan Cho
Debora Colombari
Yan Li
Hiroshi Itoh
Tazeen Jafar
Erika Jones
Kazuomi Kario
Cesar Romero
Ulrike (Muscha) Steckelings
Bryan Williams
Finance
Committee
George Stergiou
Cesar Romero
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