The mission of the American Heart Association's Council on Hypertension is to help achieve the association's objectives of "building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke” by promoting the discovery, translation and dissemination of basic, clinical and population-based research and supporting cutting-edge clinical practice and education on the causes, consequences and treatment of hypertension. Read Dr. Granger's full message
Joey Granger, Ph.D, FAHA
Chair, Council on Hypertension
Test your clinical assessment and critical thinking skills as you evaluate and manage patients with hypertension (HTN) based on newly released 2017 guidelines. In this set of 2 simulations, you will be immersed in a screen-based virtual environment where you will interact with a life-like virtual patient, complete with dynamic monitoring, dialoguing, diagnostic testing, drugs, intervention options and performance debriefing.
Register for Hypertension Simulation Now
Sept. 5-8, 2019
New Orleans, Louisiana
The method for applying for funding is Web-based, using our electronic system, Grants@Heart.
Hypertension is one of 12 AHA journals. It represents the Councils on HBPR and KCVD, in cooperation with the Inter-American Society of Hypertension.
The Council on Hypertension fosters the development of early career professionals, including research scientists and clinicians.
Council on Hypertension Advisory and Mentoring Program (CHAMP)
Nursing Symposium: Feb. 5, 2019
Pre-Con Symposia: Feb. 5, 2019
Sessions: Feb. 6–8, 2019
Honolulu, Hawaii
Scientific Sessions: Nov. 10-12
Exhibits: Nov. 10-12
Cardiovascular Nursing Clinical Symposium: Nov. 10-11
Chicago, Illinois
I have had the great opportunity to share my research work with a lot of Colleagues coming from all the world.
AHA provides tools and resources to help me educate my patients and families.
As a graduate student who initially came from an unrelated field, my AHA membership has helped connect me to my peers and colleagues at different levels of their career.
AHA membership has helped my career in a thousand ways.
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