Today’s podcast features three women from the ISH Mentorship and Training Committee. They are: Lebo Gafane-Matemane, Associate Professor of Physiology from North West University in South Africa; Karla Neves, Lecturer at Strathclyde University in the UK; and Hamdi Jama - Research Fellow at Monash University in Australia. Lebo, Karla and Hamdi spoke about their career paths, their experience of mentorship, and more. Music: 87290164 | Podcast © Bruno Freitas | Dreamstime.com

In the latest episode, we had the privilege to interview Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak, a Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Glasgow; Honorary Consultant Physician and Non-Executive Member of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board; Health Innovation Champion for the Medical Research Council; and Chief Scientist (Health); Scotland. She has made important contributions to field in several leadership positions, including as the President of the Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland (2018-2021), President of European Society of Hypertension and Secretary of ISH and Editor-in-Chief of Hypertension. Amongst several awards, Professor Dominiczak is the recipient of the 2022 ISH Robert Tigerstedt Award. Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

In the latest episode, we had the privilege to interview Dr Ed Sturrock, Professor in the Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences (where he was the Head of the Department during 2015-2020) and a founding member of the Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is a Fellow and past council member of the Royal Society of South Africa, a Fellow of the University of Cape Town, a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa, a visiting professor at the University of Bath, and has a National Research Foundation B1 rating. Together with colleagues from the UK and USA, he founded AngioDesign (UK) Ltd, a spinout company that focuses on the rational design of enhanced next-generation drugs for proven disease targets. Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Hospital Scientist at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney Australia. Dr Mihailidou engages in both biomedical and clinical research as Head of the Cardiovascular & Hormonal Research Laboratory at the Kolling Institute, and is an Honorary Associate Professor at Macquarie University. Dr Mihailidou has an extensive contribution to service. She is the Vice-Chair of the ISH Communications Committee. Due to her expertise running the Diagnostic Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Clinical Service, she is a member of the Advisory Board of the STRIDE_BP to standardize blood pressure measurement. Amongst many other service roles, Dr Mihailidou is also a member of the Lancet Commission on Cardiovascular Disease in Women. Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

In the latest episode, we had the pleasure to interview our co-host Dr Augusto Montezano, a research fellow at McGill University, Canada. Before that, Dr Montezano was a Walton Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He is an active member of the hypertension scientific community advocating for Early Career Researchers at the European Council on Cardiovascular Research, the American Heart Association Council on Hypertension and the International Society of Hypertension, where he has contributed to the New Investigator Committee, Mentoring and Training Committee, and the Women in Hypertension Research Committee for nearly a decade. Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

In the latest episode, we had the privilege to interview Dr Camilla Wenceslau, A/Prof in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, USA. Dr Wenceslau was named the 2022 American Heart Association Hypertension Council Goldblatt Awardee. Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

In the latest episode, we had the honour to interview Dr Dulce Casarini, a Professor of Medicine at Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil. Dr. Casarini was treasurer of the Brazilian Society of Hypertension during 2017-2019, is a member of the scientific council until 2022, and is an elected-member of the scientific committee of the Gordon Angiotensin Conference from 2018-2022. She has trained and mentored more than 100 students and post-doctoral fellows. Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

In the latest podcast, we had the pleasure to interview Dr Anna Shalimova, a clinician scientist, Professor of Medicine at the Kharkiv National Medical University, Ukraine and the Medical University of Gdansk, Poland.  Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

In the latest podcast, we had the pleasure to interview Dr Erika Jones, an Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town and director of the Hypertension Service at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. Dr Jones is a member of the executive committee of the Southern African Hypertension Society and at ISH she is a member of the Communications Committee and the lead for the ISH monthly bulletin. Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

In the latest podcast, we had the pleasure to interview Dr Akira Nishiyama, a clinician scientist, Professor & Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology, Kagawa University Medical School in Japan.  Professor Nishiyama has served on several committees including the Japanese Society of Hypertension, the Japanese Society of Nephrology, the International Society of Nephrology, and the Gordon Research Conference (Angiotensin). In the ISH Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Group and is the Chair of the public relations committee of the ISH 2022 conference. Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

In the latest podcast, we had the pleasure to interview Dr Ernesto Schiffrin, a Physician-in-Chief, Jewish General Hospital, Director of the Hypertension and Vascular Research Unit, Lady Davis Institute, Distinguished James McGill Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, at McGill University, Canada.  Dr Schiffrin is a past President of the Canadian Hypertension Society and Hypertension Canada, past chair of the American Heart Association Hypertension Council, and a past president of the International Society of Hypertension (ISH). Dr Schiffrin received the 2021 ISH Franz Volhard Award and the 2021 Distinguished Scientist of the American Heart Association. Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

In the latest podcast, Dr Augusto Montezano and Dr Karla Neves interview Dr Catherine Llorens-Cortes, a Research Director Emeritus at the INSERM Institute, France.  Dr Llorens-Cortes was the winner of the 2021 ISH Honour for Senior Women Researchers for her recognition of the translational work from the lab to the clinic she has led. In 2021, she also received the prestigious Emilia Valori Prize from the French Academy of Sciences.   Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com  

In the latest podcast, we had the pleasure to interview Dr Tony Heagerty, a clinician scientist, Professor of Medicine and the Head of the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Manchester, the United Kingdom.  Professor Heagerty is a former president of the International Society of Hypertension, the British Hypertension Society and the European Society of Hypertension. He was Co-Chair of the Review Committee for the 2018 ESH/ESC Hypertension Guidelines.  Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

In the latest ISH podcast, we had the pleasure of interviewing Professor Yook-Chin Chia, a clinician and the Head of the Department of Medical Sciences, Sunway University, Malaysia. She is the immediate past President of the Malaysian Society of Hypertension. At the ISH, she is a member of the Asia Pacific Regional Advisory Group. Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

In the latest podcast, we had the pleasure to interview Dr Rana El-Bikai is a medical director at RxTalentHub. She was, at the time of this interview, an Assistant Professor at the department of Public Health, University of Balamand, Lebanon. At the ISH Dr. El-Bikai is a member of the Middle East and North African (M.E.N.A.) Regional Advisory Group (R.A.G). Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

In the latest podcast, we had the pleasure to interview Professor Fadi Charchar, the Director of the Health Innovation and Transformation Center at Federation University Australia. He is a professorial research fellow at the University of Melbourne and visiting Chair at the University of Leicester. He was also the Dean of the Graduate Research School and Interim Deputy Vice-Chancellor of research. He is President of the International Society of Heart Research – Australasia section, and the Treasurer of the ISH. Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

In the latest podcast from the International Society of Hypertension (ISH), we interview Dr Ching Siew Mooi, a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and a Consultant Clinical Specialist at the Universiti Putra Malaysia. At the International Society of Hypertension, she is a member of the Women in Hypertension Committee. She is also a member of the Hypertension core group of The Indian Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, and served in the Council for the Malaysian Society of Hypertension.  Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

In the latest podcast, we had the pleasure to interview Dr Ruan Kruger, Professor of Physiology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the North-West University, South Africa.  Amongst several leadership roles, Professor Kruger is the former chair of the ISH New Investigator Committee (NIC) and a current member of the ISH Women in Hypertension Research Committee. Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com  

In the latest podcast, we had the pleasure to interview Dr Nadia Khan, Professor and Head of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of British Columbia.  Professor Khan is the immediate past President of Hypertension Canada and Officer and the Lead for Research and Education at the International Society of Hypertension. Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

In celebration of the Women in Hypertension Research Awards, in this podcast Dr Augusto Montezano and Dr Karla Neves interview Prof Empar Lurbe, the recipient of the 2021 ISH Honour for Senior Women Researchers. Prof Lurbe is a specialist in Pediatrics and Nephrology, the Head of the Department of Pediatrics, University General Hospital Valencia, Spain, and Professor of Pediatrics.   Music: What A Wonderful Day by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com