History of HBPRCA

The HBPRCA was formed in 1979 after consultation with senior members of the Australian hypertension research community, led by Professors Paul Korner and Austin Doyle. The initial Steering Committee consisted of A E Doyle (Chairman), P I Korner (Secretary), C I Johnston (Treasurer), B A Scoggins, D A Denton, P Kincaid-Smith, J P Chalmers, G W Boyd, G S Stokes, L Beilin, and R Gordon. The Constitution was adopted in 1980 and the Council became an Incorporated Association in 1993.

Presidents

The Council have been honoured by the distinguished persons who served as President.

Austin E Doyle 1979-1983
John P Chalmers 1984-1986
Paul Korner 1987-1989
Colin I Johnston 1990-1992
Lawrie Beilin 1993-1995
Warwick P Anderson 1996-1998
Judith Whitworth 1999- 2001
Garry Jennings 2002 - 2004
Stephen B Harrap 2005 - Present

Annual Scientific Meetings

The Foundation Meeting of Council was held on 14 December 1979, at the University of Melbourne with Professor Austin Doyle acting as the inaugural Chairman. 47 Foundation members attended the inaugural meeting. Professor Alberto Zanchetti was the inaugural guest lecturer at the foundation meeting and he became the first Honorary Life Member of the Council. The meeting has grown over the intervening years, but remains the premier meeting for the discussion of research on hypertension epidemiology, causes, mechanisms, prevention and treatment.

In 1991, the invited lecture presented by an international speaker was named the R D Wright Lecture in honour of Professor Emeritus Sir Roy Douglas Wright AK, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to research.
In 1993, in honour of Professor Austin E Doyle, the inaugural Chairman of the Council, a lecture to be presented by an outstanding Australian or New Zealander was named the Austin Doyle Lecture in recognition of Professor Doyle’s outstanding contribution to hypertension research both in Australia and internationally.
To commemorate the contribution to the Council of Dr Robert Vandongen, a ‘Bob Vandongen Travel Award’ was established in 1993 to facilitate the travel of young investigators from Western Australia
The Foundation for High Blood Pressure Research Colin I Johnston Lectureship was introduced in honour and recognition of Colin's leadership and contributions to the Council and Foundation. The lectureship will be awarded to young, but established, investigators with international success.

In 1994, the Council hosted the biennial meeting of the International Society of Hypertension, at the World Congress Centre in Melbourne, after which the Foundation for High Blood Pressure Research Council was established. The Council looks forward to hosting ISH 2012 in Sydney.

No.	Year	Venue	R D Wright Lecturer	Austin Doyle Lecturer	Colin I Johnston Lecturer
1	1979	Melbourne	Alberto Zanchetti
2	1980	Melbourne	J. Henry
3	1981	Melbourne	L. Tobian
4	1982	Melbourne	John Swales
5	1983	Melbourne	Garry Nicholls
6	1984	Sydney	Peter Sever
7	1985	Melbourne	A. Cowley
8	1986	Melbourne	Hans Brunner
9	1987	Melbourne	S. Schwartz
10	1988	Melbourne	Tony Lever
11	1989	Melbourne	Allyn Mark
12	1990	Melbourne	Stevo Julius
13	1991	Adelaide	Graham MacGregor M. Schalekamp
14	1992	Melbourne	Guiseppe Mancia
15	1993	Melbourne	Wayne Alexander
16	1994	Brisbane	John Connell
17	1995	Melbourne	Pierre Corvol	John Shine
18	1996	Melbourne	Loring Rowell	Stephen MacMahon
19	1997	Fremantle	Takao Saruta	Wendy Hoy
20	1998	Melbourne	Suzanne Oparil Keynote: Martha Hill	Grant Sutherland
21	1999	Melbourne	David Webb	Nick Nicola
22	2000	Sydney	Alan Lopez	Robert Graham
23	2001	Melbourne	Peter de Leeuw	Max Bennett
24	2002	Melbourne (AHMRC)	Arya Sharma	Chris Goodnow
25	2003	Melbourne	Ernesto Schiffrin Keynote: Ian Wilkinson	Robert Lewis
26	2004	Sydney (AHMRC)	Yutaka Imai	Peter Doherty
27	2005	Melbourne	Anna Dominiczak	Terry Dwyer	Shaun Jackson
28	2006	Brisbane	Freidrich Luft	John Mattick	Mark Febbraio
29	2007	Adelaide	Guido Grassi Keynote: Lars Lindholm	Ian Frazer	Tien Wong
30	2008	Melbourne	Carlos Ferrario	David Sinclair	Bruce Neal