6th Hypertension Summer School

Co-sponsored by the American Heart Association's Council for High Blood Pressure Research and Council on the Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease

Conference Description
Venue
Lodging and Registration
Conference / Learning Objectives
Participants
CME
Program Committee

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Conference Description
This three-and-a-half-day school will focus on advances in basic and clinical hypertension research and will provide an update of the fundamental concepts and techniques used in hypertension research and clinical treatment. A major focus of this program will be to define the most important unanswered questions in hypertension research and to outline experimental approaches and methods that may be used to answer these questions in the future. In addition to the formal curriculum, troubleshooting workshops will be held, posing either a clinical or basic research problem with resolution to be provided by small groups of students with basic research and clinical faculty. Students will also work on developing a new hypertension therapy and present their new product on the last full day of school. To be considered for selection, candidates are required to submit a completed and signed application form by April 13, 2007.

Venue
The 6th Hypertension Summer School will be held at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo., at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Colorado State University is allowing the American Heart Association the use of its lecture halls as well as dormitories for housing. For more information on Fort Collins, please visit http://www.ftcollins.com.

Meeting and Lodging Registration
The registration fee includes conference registration, lodging (four nights), and meals (four breakfasts, four lunches, four dinners, and refreshment breaks). The registration fee will vary, depending on whether you prefer double or single sleeping accommodations. The dormitory rooms are very basic. Double rooms are furnished with two twin beds, and bathrooms are communal. Bathrooms will be shared by no more than three people of the same gender. Fees are as follows:

AHAA Member Fee:
College dormitory / double accommodations - $795
College dormitory / single accommodations - $845

AHA Nonmember Fee:
College dormitory / double accommodations - $895
College dormitory / single accommodations - $945

Preferences are given on a first-come, first-served basis. All students are asked to stay at the college dormitory for the entire conference. The fee will not be prorated. Selected candidates will be notified by May 11, 2007. The registration fee must be prepaid by June 11, 2007.

Conference Objectives

Understand current clinical and basic research methods to measure, treat and model elevated blood pressure.
Present a balanced and knowledgeable view of prehypertension and whether it should be treated.
Be able to discuss hypertension at different levels, including neural, cardiac, renal and vascular, and understand target organ damage.
Look forward and identify areas of research -- clinical, basic and pharmaceutical -- that are lacking in effort and that form the basis for future scientific advances.

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of the conference, participatnts should be able to:

Understand current clinical and basic research methods to measure, treat, and model elevated blood pressure.
Present a balanced and knowledgeable view of prehypertension and whether it should be treated
Discuss the disease of hypertension at several levels, including neural, cardiac, renal, and vascular, and understand target organ damage.
Look forward and identify areas of research - clinical, basic, and pharmaceutical - that are lacking in effort and that form the basis for future scientific advances.

Participants
This course is open to all, but trainees-graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and clinical fellows pursuing careers in basic or clinical hypertension research are encouraged to attend. The Summer School will be valuable for fellows studying hypertension, nephrology, cardiology, endocrinology, general medicine and clinical pharmacology. Established investigators or those with more experience who wish to refresh and update their knowledge in basic and clinical hypertension research are also encouraged to attend. The school will also be helpful to clinicians or basic scientists who may be changing direction in their research programs and who wish to learn the basic principles and concepts behind new techniques used in hypertension research.

Continuing Medical Education Accreditation - Physicians
The American Heart Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American Heart Association designates this educational activity for a maximum of 20.75 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.
Claim your CME / CE credits for the 2007 conference.

Program Committee:
Stephanie W. Watts, Ph.D., FAHA - Chair
Donald J. DiPette, M.D., FAHA - Co-Chair
Kenneth M. Baker, M.D.
Kenneth Bernstein, M.D.
Virginia Brooks, Ph.D.
Joey P. Granger, Ph.D., FAHA
L. Gabriel Navar, Ph.D., FAHA
Stephen C. Textor, M.D.
Raymond Townsend, M.D.

Photography Note
Please be aware that attendees, vendors and guests may be photographed and videotaped during during the 6th Hypertension Summer School. Some of these photographs or videos may be displayed by the AHA in future publications or materials connected with the event. If you don't want your image displayed by the AHA, please contact the AHA in writing at the address below, no later than July 20, 2007:

6th Hypertension Summer School
American Heart Association
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas, TX 75231-4596

6th Hypertension Summer School lectures and presentations are embargoed for release at the time of presentation. Information may not be released before the scheduled presentation time.

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