Cardiovascular Health
Introduction to our research into Cardiovascular Health
Research on salt in one minute!
The not so sweet side of Christmas
A short film highlighting how excessive consumption of sugar can affect our health – and how the sugar trade in the past and today has caused inequality and bloodshed.
News
From strength to strength!
Congratulations to Josh Gibbs for his latest achievement in such a short period of time.
The awards says: We are very pleased to inform you that after evaluation, your paper "Plant-Based Dietary Patterns for Human and Planetary Health" has been selected as the best paper in the Special Issue “ Progress in Community Nutrition: Dietary Patterns and Planetary Health”.
Updates on Cardiovascular Medicine
22nd November 2021
FREE WEBINAR
Have you ever measured your blood pressure whilst asleep?
November 18th, 2021 - sessions at 12:30 and 18:00 (CET).
Advances in technology, pioneering new practices in nocturnal hypertension assessment in patients at risk
View OMRON Healthcare mini-symposium to learn more about the importance of identifying nocturnal hypertension and its consequences for patients at risk.
ON DEMAND
Speakers: Prof G Parati | Prof B Sanner | Prof FP Cappuccio | Prof D Schoors - Joint Meeting ESH-ISH 2021
Live Webinar:
Optimization of nocturnal blood pressure assessment and treatment. Innovation beyond ABPM
You can now view the recorded webinar HERELink opens in a new window.
Yahoo! News
Coronavirus:
Experts dismiss theory more men are dying due to an enzyme in their blood by Alexandra Thompson
Prof Francesco Cappuccio discusses recent suggestions that ACE-inhibitors may represent a risk in Covid-19.
COVID-19:
Doctors are told not to perform CPR on patients in cardiac arrest
A NEWS articleLink opens in a new window in the BMJ of 29th March 2020 reports that healthcare staff in the West Midlands have been told not to start chest compressions or ventilation (CPR) in patients who are in cardiac arrest if they have suspected of diagnosed COVID-19 unless they are in ED and staff are wearing full PPE.
Professor Francesco Cappuccio responds to this News in a letter to the British Medical Journal Link opens in a new windowpublished on 4th April 2020.
Prof F P Cappuccio invites you to the next
Joint ESH/ISH Congress to be held in Glasgow
(May 30 - June 3, 2020)
Discover OMRON Academy.
We can help all healthcare professionals keep up to date on high blood pressure with digital medical education endorsed by BIHS and ESH. Join OMRON Academy to earn you Continuing Medical Education (CME) points and increase your knowledge.
See this short video with BIHS Endorsement by Prof Francesco Cappuccio
Scientific Statements in the Journal of Human Hypertension
- MacDonald T, Mackenzie IS on behalf of the British and Irish Hypertension Society. Spironolactone use in patients with hypertension: A Statement on behalf of the British and Irish Hypertension Society. J Hum Hypertens 2019; in press
- Sheppard JP, Lacy P, Lewis PS, Martin U on behalf of the Blood Pressure Measurement Working Party of the British and Irish Hypertension Society. Measurement of Blood Pressure in the Leg - A statement on behalf of the British and Irish Hypertension Society J Hum Hypertens 2019; submitted
- Clark CE, McDonagh STJ, McManus RJ on behalf of the Blood Pressure Measurement Working Party of the British and Irish Hypertension Society. Measurement of blood pressure in people with atrial fibrillation
A statement on behalf of the British and Irish Hypertension Society. J Hum Hypertens 2019; 33: in press - Cappuccio FP, Sever PS on behalf of the British and Irish Hypertension Society. The importance of a valid assessment of salt intake in individuals and populations. A scientific statement of the British and Irish
Hypertension Society. J Hum Hypertens 2019; 33: 345-8 - Lewis PS on behalf of the British and Irish Hypertension Society’s Blood Pressure Measurement Working Party. Oscillometric measurement of blood pressure: a simplified explanation. A technical note on behalf of the British and Irish Hypertension Society. J Hum Hypertens 2019; 33: 349-51
- Faconti L, Ferro A, Webb AJ, Cruickshank JK, Chowienczyk PJ on behalf of the British and Irish Hypertension Society. Hydrochlorothiazide and the risk of skin cancer. A scientific statement of the British and Irish Hypertension Society. J Hum Hypertens 2019; 33: 257-8
- Cappuccio FP. The Journal of Human Hypertension becomes the official journal of the British and Irish Hypertension Society. J Hum Hypertens 2019; 33: 255.
The World Hypertension League (WHL) confers an
Excellence Award to Prof Cappuccio
Certificate Course in Management of Hypertension (CCMH)
Launch of Cycle III (May-December 2019)
Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi, 30-31 March, 2019
The Journal of Human Hypertension becomes the official journal
of the British and Irish Hypertension Society.
March 2019
Congratulations to the winners of the Annual General Meeting of the British and Irish Hypertension Society Prizes
Cambridge, September 2018
Certificate Course in Management of Hypertension (CCMH)
A collaboration for capacity building of healthcare professionals
in the African Region
Nairobi, Kenya, 25-26 February 2018
Professor Francesco Cappuccio, President of the British & Irish Hypertension Society (BIHS), receives from Dr Sandeep Bhalla the thanks of the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) for the contribution to the development of the CCMH. The CCMH is an ambitious global programme originally developed and implemented in India by the PHFI in collaboration with the International Society of Hypertension (ISH), the BIHS and the CCDC. The objective is to provide training to thousands of doctors across the globe to create awareness and to transfer skills necessary to identify, manage and control high blood pressure, number one killer in the world. The programme is now extending to the African continent in partnership with PASCAR, the Pan-African Society of Cardiology.
OMRON Academy: Hypertension Training
Phuket, Thailand, 8th December 2017
Professor Francesco Cappuccio, President of the British and Irish Hypertension Society, launched the first 'Train the Trainer Session' of the OMRON Academy Hypertension Training Programme in Asia. The programme was developed in a partnership with OMRON Academy, the British and Irish Hypertension Society and the European Society of Hypertension. It was rolled over in several countries in Europe and in South America. The plan is now to extend it into the Asia and the Far East.
OMRON Academy is a curriculum framework made by the expert scientists of these societies, and offers continuous medical education for healthcare professionals. The training highlights specific challenges in the field of hypertension and offers updates on the latest advances in this field.
Participants included:
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Prof A. Sukonthasarn - President (Thai Hypertension Society)
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Prof S Sitthisook - Member (Thai Hypertension Society)
- Prof T-D Wang - President (Taiwan Hypertension Society)
- Dr H-Y Pan - Member (Taiwan Hypertension Society)
- Prof T-C Chin - President (Singaporian Hypertension Society)
- Prof H van Minh - President (Vietnam Society of Hypertension)
- Prof T van Huy - Vice-President (Vietnam Society of Hypertension)
- Dr E Harmeiwaty - Secretary 1 (Indonesian Society of Hypertension)
- Dr R Soerarso Pratikto - Secretary 2 (Indonesian Society of Hypertension)
- Prof N Verma - Secretary General (Indian Society of Hypertension)
- Dr A Verma - Member (Indian Society of Hypertension)
- Dr M Maung
Please see the Programme and a selection of images from the meeting.
Inaugural Scientific Meeting of the Midlands Cardiovascular Research Network
Leicester, 23 November 2017
The Midlands Cardiovascular Research Network (MCVRN) was formed out of a common desire of partner universities to combine our expertise in cardiovascular research from fundamental discovery science to experimental medicine, and pre-clinical and human physiology to clinical and health improvement research. The partners are the universities of Aston, Birmingham, Keele, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham and Warwick. Together, we will promote research on key issues in cardiovascular science that impact on human health and well being.
The network aims to be a platform to share expertise, resources and best-practice, and to build collaborations across the region that reflect our unique capabilities. We want to take advantage of our world-leading strengths in experimental and clinical cardiovascular research with a view to making best use of our large, diverse but stable population. Our co-operation will help us to achieve understanding of major health issues of our time, and to translate cutting-edge discoveries to clinical practice.
The Inaugural Scientific Meeting will be held in Leicester on 23 November 2017.
Follow the link for details
Congratulations to Prof. Franco Cappuccio who was elected as President of the British and Irish Hypertension Society at the Annual Meeting of the Society held in Glasgow on September 11-13, 2017.
He will hold service for 2017-19.
Read more here.
European Society of Hypertension
Officical pre-ESH Congress Satellite Symposium
ETHNICITY AND HYPERTENSION IN A CHANGING EUROPE
Florence, Italy June 14th, 2017
View the PROGRAMME
From fourth left: Prof FP Cappuccio (Warwick, United Kingdom), Prof C Agyemang (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Prof PA Modesti (Florence, Italy, Organiser), Prof S Perlini (Pavia, Italy), Prof AP Kengne (Cape Town, South Africa), Dr M Bamoshmoosh (Sana'a, Yemen), Prof A Damasceno (Maputo, Mozambique), on behalf of the ESH Working Group on Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in subjects living in or emigrating from Low Resource Settings. (missing Prof GF Parati, Milan, Italy and Prof L Brewster, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
From Arterial Hypertension to Heart Disease
4th to 6th May, 2017
Naples, Italy
Interview to Prof Francesco Cappuccio
Congratulations to Prof. Francesco Cappuccio who was elected
Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC) and Member of the ESC Council on Hypertension.
The West Midlands Hypertension Centre of Excellence, led by Prof Francesco Cappuccio and Dr Indranil Dasgupta, have joined the Global Initiative May Measurment Month of the International Society of Hypertension at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on Saturday 8th May 2017.
Follow the link to read see more.
Addressing the global challenge of multimorbidity: lessons from South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa, 2-3 November 2016
The Academy of Medical Sciences, in partnership with the Academy of Sciences South Africa, have launched two reports and an animation on multimorbidity in South Africa.
To find out more follow the Link
UHCW NHS Trust recruits patients for the WAVE IV Treatment Trial.
Prof. Cappuccio, Vice-President of the British Hypertension Society, welcomes and facilitates the local initiative.
Warwick Courier, 08/02/2016
The WAVE IV Trial is recruiting in the West Midlands. Listen to Prof. Cappuccio on BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire and find o ut how to take part.
Congratulations to Prof. Franco Cappuccio who was elected as Vice-President of the British Hypertension Society at the Annual Meeting of the Society held in Stratford-upon-Avon in September 2015. He will hold service for 2015-17 and will then take-up the position of President for 2017-19.
Congratulations to Dr Michelle Miller who was awarded a Fellowship of the British Hypertension Society (FBHS) at the Annual Meeting of the Society held in Stratford-upon-Avon in September 2015. These fellowships are awarded to senior clinicians and scientists in recognition of their significant contribution and leadership as “Hypertension Specialists”.
The Division of Mental Health & Wellbeing has just received confirmation of Re-Designation of its WHO Collaborating Centre for Nutrition (UNK-257) for a further 4 years (2014-2018) under the direction of Professor Cappuccio.
Congratulations to Prof. Franco Cappuccio who has been awarded an Inaugural Fellowship of the British Hypertension Society (FBHS) at the Annual Meeting of the Society held in Edinburgh in September 2014. These newly established fellowships are awarded to senior clinicians and scientists in recognition of their significant contribution and leadership as “Hypertension Specialists”.
The FOURIER Trial is recruiting in Coventry & Warwickshire. Listen to Prof. Cappuccio on
BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire and find out how to take part.
Members
The main research interests of the group (led by Professor Francesco Cappuccio) are the prevention, detection and management of hypertension and its complications, and the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease. The relationships between nutrition, metabolic abnormalities and cardiovascular risk, including risk assessment in ethnic minorities, both in developed and developing countries, are being studied.
Professor Michelle Miller, studies the role of inflammation and immunity in cardiovascular disease in populations, and supervises the genetic repository of Whitehall II and ELSA.
Projects
ASCOT (completed)
Eat for Life (completed)
EPIC Norfolk (open)
Hypergenes (open)
IMMIDIET (open)
Kumasi Study (open)
Olivetti Study (open)
Salt Intake and Social Inequalities (open)
The Average Human (completed)
West Midlands Stroke Research Network (completed)
Whitehall II Study (completed)
WHSS (open)
PGR Students
PhD
Dr Chen Ji (2008-13)
Ms Raheela Shaikh (2014-22)
Ms Latoya Clarke (2016-22 - ESRC DTP)
Dr Syed Danish Ali (2017-26)
Dr Benjamin Chow (2020-22)
Dr Richard Aviv (2021-23)
Ms Katy Stokes (2020-24 - MRC DTP)
Mr Joshua Gibbs (2022-26 - ESRC DTP)
UG Research students
URSS
Mr J Gibbs (2019)
Mr A Bhat (2019)
Ms J Wallace (2015)
Ms L Buchanan (2015)
Mr F Fratelli (2013-14)
Mr G Smith (2012)
Mr A O'Keeffe (2012)
Ms M Ahuja (2011)
Mr D Cooper (2009)
Mr A Currie (2006)
IATL
Ms C Paul (2009-10)
Inspire
Mr A Bagdu (2019)
SSC2
Ms T Khan (2019)
Ms N Reed (2015)
Ms L Smitherman (2015)
Ms A Dawoodji (2015)
Ms J Shah (2015)