The International Society of Hypertension Podcast

Dr Augusto Montezano interviews Professor Stephanie Watts, who is a Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology at the Michigan State University in the USA. 

Associate Professor Francine Marques and Dr Augusto Montezano interview Professor Muscha Steckelings, who is a Professor of Cardiovascular Pharmacology at the University of Southern Denmark. Muscha is also the chair of the ISH Women in Hypertension Committee.

As part of International Women's Day week, Muscha shares her insights into the importance of raising awareness about the barriers women face in science and medicine, and what the Women in Hypertension Committee is doing to change this.

Associate Professor Francine Marques interviews Prof Xin-Hua Zhang, Professor of Medicine, Beijing Hypertension League Institute, China, and the president of the World Hypertension League.

Xin-Hua shares her thoughts around women in leadership, what makes a perfect mentee and how mentors can support their mentees. 

Associate Professor Francine Marques and Dr Augusto Montezano interview Professor Maciej Tomaszewski, the newly appointed president of the International Society of Hypertension. Professor Tomaszewski is a clinician-scientist at the University of Manchester, Manchester, the UK.

A/Prof Francine Marques interviews A/Prof Dylan Burger, who is a Senior Scientist at the Kidney Research Centre, the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa. Dylan is the chair of the ISH Communications Committee and Deputy Editor of the ISH Hypertension News. Dylan shares his career path into hypertension, the influence of his mentors and the ISH in his career development, and the importance of having several mentors.

Dr Francine Marques interviews Professor Alta Schutte, who is the current president of the International Society of Hypertension and the second female president in ISH's history. Professor Schutte is a Professor and Principal Theme Lead of Cardiac, Vascular and Metabolic Medicine at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

Dr Francine Marques, chair of the Mentoring and Training Committee of the International Society of Hypertension (ISH), interviews Professor Stephen Harrap, who is a former president of the ISH (2010-2012), and is a Professor of Physiology at the University of Melbourne and a general physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia. He shares his four-decades of experience and advice about mentoring, what he learned from his mentors as well as ways he has helped his mentees.

Dr Francine Marques, chair of the Mentoring and Training Committee of the International Society of Hypertension (ISH), interviews Professor Rhian Touyz, the first female president of the ISH (2014-2016) and the director of the Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences at the University of Glasgow. She shares her experience and advice about mentoring, and her opinion that mentoring is priceless.