The Stevo Julius Award, supported by Novartis

Criteria: This award will be given to a person or persons demonstrating exceptional and continuous commitment to the dissemination of information, knowledge and skills in the field of hypertension to: (a) general public; (b) medical community; (c) specialists in the hypertension field, and; (d) to investigators involved in hypertension research.

Eligibility: Must be a member of the ISH or be willing to join the Society following award. Previous winners of any senior award are not eligible for nomination a second time.

Officers of the Scientific Council of the ISH and members of the ISH Awards Committee are not eligible to be nominated. Exceptionally, other members of the ISH Council may be eligible.

The ISH 2010 Stevo Julius Award will be presented at an Awards Ceremony and Presidential Lecture during its 23rd Biennial scientific meeting in Vancouver.

Date: Wednesday 29th September 2010
Time: 16:00-17:30 hrs
Venue: Vancouver Convention Centre

New for 2010, the ISH Presidential Lecture will be given, not by the ISH President, but by Dr. Gary Owens, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville. USA and is entitled Epigenetic Control of Smooth Muscle Cell Differentiation and Phenotypic Plasticity in Cardiovascular Disease.

We hope to see you there!

The ISH would like to thank corporate sponsors for their generous support.