Hypertension in Australia: A new meta-analysis on prevalence, awareness, treatment and control rates
Hypertension Australia welcomes a recent systematic review and meta-analysis that provides crucial insights into areas requiring focus to improve hypertension...
Read MoreHypertension Australia’s 2024 Winter School: A resounding success
The Hypertension Australia Winter School online event, held last month, has been hailed as a resounding success, bringing together researchers,...
Read MoreFoundation for High Blood Pressure Research – Early Career Research Transition Grants 2025
Hypertension Australia is proud to announce the 2025 Transition Grants program, generously funded by the Foundation for High Blood Pressure...
Read MoreAustralian Hypertension Taskforce unveils Roadmap to transform high blood pressure control and reduce preventable deaths
Raised blood pressure (BP), also known as hypertension, is a ‘silent killer’ and the leading cause of death in Australia,...
Read MoreTackling the Global Hypertension Crisis: Identifying Research Priorities
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a major global public health issue affecting over 1.3 billion adults worldwide. It is...
Read MoreVale Karen A Duggan
It is with great sadness that we advise members of the death of Dr Karen Duggan, a long- term member...
Read MoreProfessor Alta Schutte Awarded NHMRC Grant to Tackle Australia’s Hypertension Crisis
Congratulations to Professor Alta Schutte on receiving the prestigious 2023 NHMRC Fiona Stanley Synergy Grant Award for her research into...
Read MoreWorld Hypertension Day (17 May 2024)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD), encompassing conditions like stroke, heart or blood vessel disease, remains the leading cause of death in Australia,...
Read MorePress Release: Accuracy in BP Measurement and Effective Hypertension Control
Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer Raised blood pressure is the biggest single contributing factor to global...
Read MoreHypertension Australia is proud to support May Measurement Month 2024
Hypertension Australia is proud to support May Measurement Month (MMM), a global campaign aimed at raising awareness of high blood...
Read MoreCardiovascular research, a major talking point at Science Meets Parliament 2024
Nnamdi Eseme, one of our student members at Hypertension Australia and doctoral candidate at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research...
Read MoreFoundation for High Blood Pressure – Young Investigator Conference Awards
International Society of Hypertension Scientific Meeting COLUMBIA, CARTAGENA de INDIAS, 19-22 September 2024 The Foundation for High Blood Pressure Research...
Read MorePress Release: Transforming Blood Pressure Control – Urgent Call to Action for MPs
High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, stands as the foremost risk factor for Australia’s top three killers: coronary heart...
Read MoreVale Professor Michael Francis O’Rourke
Professor Michael Francis O’Rourke AM, MD, DSC, FRACP, FRCP (Ireland, Hon), FACC, FAHA, FESC, FCSANZ 28 July 1937 – 5...
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