Abstracts & Awards - Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2020

Abstract Guidelines

IMPORTANT

The Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2020 Abstract Submission deadline has been extended to June 15, 2020. This year only, there will be no late-breaking submission period. Please be sure to submit your abstract in any category by June 15, 2020. See below for submission categories and guidelines.

Early Career, Mid-Career, and Lifetime Achievement Awards and Lectures

Awards sponsored by the Council on Hypertension:

• Excellence Award for Hypertension Research
  This award honors excellence in research and discoveries in the field of hypertension as well as a researcher's contributions. The selection committee assesses the candidates' impact on their fields throughout their productive careers as well as any single discovery.


• Arthur C. Corcoran Memorial Lecture
  The Corcoran Lecture is presented annually at the AHA Hypertension Scientific Sessions by a distinguished honoree from the field of hypertension.


• Lewis K. Dahl Memorial Lecture
  The Lewis K. Dahl Memorial Lecture was established in 1988 by the Council for High Blood Pressure Research (now known as the Council on Hypertension) in honor of Dr. Dahl’s pioneering work on the relations between salt, the kidney and hypertension, and for establishing a major genetically based experimental model of hypertension.


• Irvine Page & Alva Bradley Lifetime Achievement Award
  The Page-Bradley Lifetime Achievement Award is presented each year to an individual who has had a lifetime of outstanding achievements in the field of hypertension and has served as a role model through service, research and teaching. In general, the recipient of this award must have had a career spanning at least 25 years.


• Harriet Dustan Award
  The Harriet Dustan Award recognizes female investigators who have made outstanding contributions in the field of hypertension.


• Mid-Career Award for Research Excellence
  This program recognizes a mid-career investigator active in hypertension or cardiovascular research. Candidates include PhDs and/or MDs who are still within 10 years after their first faculty appointment, as of the award application date.


• Harry Goldblatt Award for Early Career Investigators Sponsored by the Council on Hypertension
  This program recognizes a new independent investigator working in hypertension or cardiovascular research who has significantly contributed to our understanding of the causes of hypertension and related cardiovascular disease.


• The Marvin Moser Clinical Hypertension Award
  This award recognizes a qualified Hypertension Clinician for their dedication to the treatment and care of hypertensive patients. It was established to honor the memory of Dr. Marvin Moser, one of the leading figures in the field of hypertension, and the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Clinical Hypertension.

Awards Sponsored by the Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease:

• Donald Seldin Lecture
  This lecture was established in 2006 to enhance the awareness of AHA conference attendees concerning the rising epidemic of cardiovascular disease and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease. The lecture allows experts in the field to bring the latest basic, translational or clinical information to the AHA meeting.

Awards that require abstract submission:

• Hypertension New Investigator Travel Awards Sponsored by the Council on Hypertension
  This award encourages new investigators to undertake or continue hypertension research and to participate in AHA's annual Scientific Sessions conference in November. The award will be presented to up to 10 qualified new investigators selected to present abstracts at AHA's Hypertension Scientific Sessions.


• Trainee Advocacy Committee New Investigator Travel Award Sponsored by the Council on Hypertension Trainee Advocacy Committee
  This travel grant will help defray travel costs for four deserving trainees (pre-doctoral and post-doctoral) who have been selected to present abstracts at AHA's Hypertension Scientific Sessions.


• Kidney Council New Investigator Travel Award Sponsored by the Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease
  The KCVD New Investigator Travel Award will be presented to up to 10 outstanding new investigators who have abstracts selected for presentation at AHA's Hypertension Scientific Sessions.


• AFHRE Travel Award for Patient-Oriented or Clinical Research in Hypertension Supported by the American Foundation for Hypertension Research and Education
  This award encourages physician scientists and other investigators (PharmD, PhD, DO, etc) to undertake or continue mechanistic patient-oriented or clinical hypertension research and to participate in the conference.


• AFHRE Travel Grants for Support of Underrepresented Minorities Supported by the American Foundation for Hypertension Research and Education, Council on Hypertension and Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease
  The American Foundation of Hypertension Research and Education (AFHRE) is sponsoring travel grants to the American Heart Association's Hypertension Scientific Sessions sponsored by the Council on Hypertension and Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease to support minority early career investigators and students to attend these scientific sessions.


• Stephanie Watts Career Development Award Sponsored by the Council on Hypertension’s Trainee Advocacy Committee and Data Sciences International (DSI)
  This award offers support to transitioning and late-stage postdoctoral fellows or junior faculty. It is named for Dr. Stephanie Watts, a long-timer member of the Council on Hypertension, whose work led to the creation of the Council on Hypertension Trainee Advocacy Committee.


• New Investigator Awards for Japanese Fellows
  This award will be presented to up to three qualified new investigators from Japan who will present abstracts at the AHA Hypertension Scientific Sessions.