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Executive Committee

Past Presidents

Constitution

Working Parties

Executive Committee

President:
Professor Mark Caulfield
Dept of Clinical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute,
St. Barts and the London School of Medicine,
John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ
Tel: 020 7882 3403   Fax: 020 7882 3408   Email: m.j.caulfield@qmul.ac.uk

Vice-President:
Professor Anthony M. Heagerty
Cardiovascular Research Group, Core Technology Facility (3rd Floor), University of Manchester
46 Grafton Street, Manchester M13 9NT
Tel: 0161 275 1199   Fax: 0161 275 1183   Email: tony.heagerty@manchester.ac.uk

Secretary:
Dr. Adrian Brady
Dept of Medical Cardiology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 16 Alexandra Parade, Glasgow, G31 2ER.
Tel: 0141 211 4727   Fax: 0141 211 1171   Email: a.j.brady@clinmed.gla.ac.uk

Treasurer:
Dr. Ian B. Wilkinson
Clinical Pharmacology Unit, Level 3, ACCI, Box 110,
Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QQ
Tel: 01223 336898   Fax: 01223 216893   Email: ibw20@cam.ac.uk

Ordinary Members:

Professor Francesco P Cappuccio
Division of Clinical Sciences, Clinical Sciences Research Institute,
Clinical Sciences Building, UHCW Campus,
Warwick Medical School, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, CV2 2DX
Tel: 02476 968661   Fax: 02476 968660   Email: F.P.Cappuccio@warwick.ac.uk

Professor Stephen Jackson
Dept of Clinical Gerontology, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS
Tel: 020 3299 6071   Fax: 020 3299 6370   Email: stephen.jackson@kcl.ac.uk

Professor Gary McVeigh
Dept of Therapeutics, Queens University, Whitla Medical Building, 
97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL
Tel: 02890 335772   Fax: 02890 438346   Email: g.mcveigh@qub.ac.uk

Dr Alex D. Watson
Westgate Health Centre
Charleston Drive, Dundee, DD2 4AD.
Tel: 01382 667408   Fax: 01382 644807   Email: alexanderwatson2@nhs.net

Meetings Secretary:
Mrs. Gerry McCarthy
Hampton Medical Conferences Ltd.
113-119 High Street,
Hampton Hill
Middlesex, TW12 1NJ
Tel: 020 8979 8300
Fax: 020 8979 6700
Email: gmccarthy@hamptonmedical.com

Past Presidents

1981 - 1983	Dr. J.I.S. Robertson
1985 - 1987	Dr. J.G.G. Ledingham
1987 - 1989	Professor J.L. Reid
1989 - 1991	Professor P.S. Sever
1991 - 1993	Professor A.F. Lever
1993 - 1995	Professor P. Sleight
1995 - 1997	Professor D.G. Beevers
1997 - 1999	Professor L.E. Ramsay
1999 - 2001	Professor G.A. MacGregor
2001 - 2003	Professor B. Williams
2003 - 2005	Professor N.R. Poulter
2005 - 2007	Professor M.J Brown
2007 - 2009	Professor G.T. McInnes

Working Parties

The BHS continues to develop the following initiatives, which are organised by Working Parties who report to the Executive Committee:

► BHS Information Service and Guidelines Working Party

Chair: Professor Bryan Williams. 

Members:
Professor Morris Brown, Professor Franco Cappuccio, Dr Mark Davis, Professor Gordon McInnes, Professor Gary McVeigh, Professor John Potter, Professor Neil Poulter, Professor Peter Sever

Remit:

• To provide information for health care professionals about hypertension (BP Measurement DVD and Posters, Nurse Distance Learning Course, ACD Algorithm Poster, Factfiles)

• To provide hypertension guidelines and web-based timely updates in response    to new trial evidence

• To product factfiles on the management of hypertension in special situations

• To develop a strategy, manage & support the Information Service to ensure that    it delivers on the above

► BHS Educational Programmes Working Party

Chair: Dr James McLay.

Members:
Ms Jill Bunker (NHA Representative), Professor Mark Caulfield, Dr Christian Delles, Professor Anna Dominiczak, Dr Kathryn Griffith, Dr Isla MacKenzie, Dr Gillian Manning, Professor Gordon McInnes, Mrs Naomi Stetson (NHA Representative)

Remit:

• To develop, organise, deliver and evaluate a range of educational initiatives across primary and secondary health care to improve knowledge and influence the prevention, detection and management of hypertension and cardiovascular disease in accordance with current BHS guidelines

• To engage stakeholders to develop a UK Specialist Accreditation programme and undertake a range of activities in support of this aim including Curriculum Design, Assessment and Quality Assurance

• To continue to develop links with other stakeholders, in particular the Nurses Hypertension Association, to promote educational activities across the multi-professional health care team

• To engage with those professional organisations involved in the delivery of care strategies to identify and reduce cardiovascular disease in the population, in particular pharmacists and nurses in primary/community care

• To develop and implement an accreditation system for postgraduate programmes that contribute to the overarching educational aims of the British Hypertension Society

► BHS BP Measurement Working Party

Chair: Professor Paul Padfield.

            Members:  
             Dr John Amoore, Ms Christine Carney (NHA Representative), Professor Stephen   
            Jackson, Dr Philip Lewis, Professor Richard McManus, Professor John Potter,
            Professor Andrew Shennan, Dr  Adrian Stanley 

             Remit:                   

            • To advise on the validation of blood pressure monitors

            • To be responsible for issues relating to mercury

            • To advise on and provide educational resources for the measurement of blood 
               pressure

► BHS Collaborative Research Working Party

Chair: Professor Morris Brown

Members:
Professor Franco Cappuccio, Professor Mark Caulfield, Professor Ian Ford, Dr. Philip Lewis, Professor Tom MacDonald, Professor Graham MacGregor, Professor Gordon McInnes, Dr. Chris Palmer, Professor Neil Poulter, Professor Peter Sever, Professor David Webb, Professor Bryan Williams

Research Network:
Professor Philip Bath, Professor Gareth Beevers, Dr. Adrian Brady, Professor Franco Cappuccio, Professor Mark Caulfield, Professor John Cockcroft, Professor John Connell, Professor Kennedy Cruickshank, Professor Anna Dominiczak, Professor Tony Heagerty, Dr. Aroon Hingorani, Professor Alun Hughes, Professor John Potter, Professor Neil Poulter, Professor Nilesh Samani, Professor Andrew Shennan, Professor Donald Singer, Dr. Alice Stanton, Dr. Ian Wilkinson

Remit:

• To design and execute de novo clinical research studies expected to
   benefit from collaboration among several centres