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HYPERTENSION: FROM GENE TO COMMUNITY
An NHLBI-Initiated Satellite Symposium of the
International Society of Hypertension 18th Scientific Meeting (ISH 2000)
August 25, 2000
DoubleTree Hotel Rockville
Rockville, Maryland
NHLBI will host a one-day conference on August 25, 2000, as a satellite symposium to the International Society of Hypertension 18th Scientific Meeting. The conference is entitled, "Hypertension: From Gene to Community." The co-chairmen are Dr. Lenfant and Dr. Cutler. In addition to a keynote talk by Dr. Lenfant, the conference will highlight nine speakers covering the broad spectrum of hypertension research and its application in which NHLBI has major involvement, from molecular genetics to public health and including integrative physiology, medical treatment, and social and behavioral aspects. The conference should be of interest to a diverse audience of academic generalists and practitioners in areas related to hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases.
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Participant Roster [ top of page]
Claude Lenfant, M.D
Director
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
9000 Rockville Pike, Building 31, Room 5A52
Bethesda, MD 20892-2486
(301) 496-5166
FAX: (301) 402-0818Jeffrey Cutler, M.D.
Director
Clinical Applications and Prevention Program
Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701 Rockledge Drive, Rockledge Centre Two, Room 8130
Bethesda, MD 20892-7936
(301) 435-0414
FAX: (301) 480-1773
e-mail: cutlerj@nih.govEdward Roccella, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Program Coordinator
National High Blood Pressure Education Program
Office of Prevention, Education and Control
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
9000 Rockville Pike, Building 31, Room 4A16
Bethesda, MD 20892-2480
(301) 496-0554
FAX: (301) 401-1051
e-mail: roccella@nih.govPaul Velletri, Ph.D.
Hypertension Research Group Leader
Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701 Rockledge Drive, Rockledge Centre Two, Room 10202
Bethesda, MD 20892-7956
(301) 435-0560
FAX: (301) 480-2849
e-mail: velletrp@nih.govSPEAKERS
Donna K. Arnett, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Division of Epidemiology
School of Public Health
University of Minnesota
1300 S. Second Street
Suite 300, W Bank Office Building
Minneapolis, MN 55454
Howard Jacob, Ph.D.
Director
Human and Molecular Genetics Center
Medical College of Wisconsin
8701 Watertown Plank Road, HRC, 5th Floor
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Arthur D. Loewy, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Anatomy/Neurobiology
Washington University School of Medicine
660 South Euclid Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110
Suzanne Oparil, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
University of Alabama, Birmingham
1034 Zeigler Research Building
703 South 19th Street
Birmingham, AL 35294-0007
Stephen MacMahon, Ph.D.
The Medical Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular
Medicine and Epidemiology
Department of Medicine
Institute for International Health
Level2, Vindin House
Royal North Shore Hospital
St. Leonards NSW 2065
Jacqueline M. Dunbar-Jacob, Ph.D.
Director of Research
University of Pittsburgh
School of Nursing
415 Victoria Building
3500 Victoria Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Jackson T. Wright, Jr., M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine
10900 Euclid Avenue, Room W-165
Cleveland, OH 44106
Thomas Pickering, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Cornell University Medical College
520 E. 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
Jeremiah Stamler, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Northwestern University Medical School
Community Health and Prev Medicine
680 N. Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1102
Chicago, IL 60611
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