Council on Hypertension Distinguished Achievement Award
Applications will open on March 12, 2025
To qualify for this award, you must meet the following deadlines:
- May 29, 2025 – Deadline to have an active AHA membership with the Council on Hypertension.
- May 30, 2025, 6 p.m. (CT) – Deadline to apply for this award in the Council Awards System.
The HTN Distinguished Achievement Award is presented every three years during the HTN Council Award Banquet at the American Heart Association's Hypertension Scientific Sessions. The award recognizes Council on Hypertension members who have made major contributions to the affairs of the HTN Council over a continuing period, and who have made substantial professional contributions to the field represented by the council.
- Contributions to new knowledge in the field
- Contributions to teaching or clinical care in the field
- Professional leadership in national or international organizations
Suggested nominees for the Distinguished Achievement Award may be submitted to the HTN Leadership Committee by email. Current members of the HTN Leadership Committee and the HTN Nominating Committee are not eligible to be nominated for the award.
Award Recipients
- 2023 Christopher Wilcox, MD, PhD, FAHA
- 2020 Professor Dame Anna F. Dominiczak, DBE, MD, FAHA
- 2017 Gregory Fink, PhD
- 2014 Jane F. Reckelhoff, PhD, FAHA
- 2011 Joey Granger, PhD, FAHA
- 2008 Robert Carey, MD, FAHA
- 2005 John Hall, PhD, FAHA
- 2002 Edward D. Frohlich, MD, FAHA
- 1999 John H. Laragh, MD
- 1996 Allen W. Cowley, Jr.
- 1993 Arthur Guyton, MD
- 1990 Merlin Bumpus, PhD
- 1988 E. Eric Muirhead, MD
- 1985 Jacques Genest, MD
- 1981 Irvine H. Page, MD
- 1980 Harriet P. Dustan, MD
Prize
The honoree will receive:
- Complimentary registration to Hypertension Scientific Sessions
- Two (2) tickets to the Hypertension Scientific Sessions Awards Banquet
- An engraved plaque
- $1,000 honorarium
- Reimbursement for eligible travel expenses up to $1,000
- Join or renew as an AHA Professional Member
- Submit your application in the Council Awards Application System
- Instructions for ProposalCentral, Council Awards platform
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