Deadline quickly approaching! Submit your abstract by May 23 for HBPR 2012 Scientific Sessions in Washington, DC!

Workshop Topics Announced for HBPR 2012!
Workshops will start at noon on Wednesday, September 19. Workshop registrants will be able to attend a single workshop or portions of both workshops depending on their interests. 

For full workshop details and agenda, go to the conference programming page.

Workshop Topics include:

• Workshop I - Epigenetics and Hypertension: Beyond The Genome
  Co-chairs: David G. Harrison, M.D., Betty and Jack Bailey Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology, Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Director of the Center for Vascular Biology, Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN
  Zorina S. Galis, Ph.D., Chief, Vascular Biology and Hypertension branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
   
• Workshop II - Unifying Theories of Hypertension: Past, Present and Emerging
• Co-chairs: John W. Osborn, Ph.D. Marvin and Hadassah Bacaner Chair of Cardiovascular Physiology. Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota Medical School.
  Theodore W. Kurtz, M.D., Professor and Vice Chair of Laboratory Medicine, Chief of Clinical Chemistry, University of California-San Francisco.
  
   

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Conference Summary
The American Heart Association’s High Blood Pressure Research Scientific Sessions this year is a three day scientific program with more than 500 presentations focusing on recent advances in hypertension research. 

Target Audience
The conference is designed to benefit research scientists and other healthcare professionals in the fields of hypertension research, cardiology, nephrology, endocrinology and related disciplines.

CME/CE Credit Information
Continuing Medical Education Accreditation - Physicians
The American Heart Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 

Questions?
Telephone: (888) 242-2453 or (214) 570-5935
E-mail: scientificconferences@heart.org

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Exhibit Information and Application
Julie Davis | 214-706-1943 | julie.davis@heart.org


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