The Thomas S. Monson Center in Salt Lake City, Utah

2nd Annual Translational Hypertension Symposium - September 19, 2018

On Wednesday, September 19th, 2018 from 8:00am-6:30pm, the 2018 Symposium featured keynote speaker Paul Whelton, Chair of the 2017 ACC/AHA Blood Pressure Guideline Writing Committee. Other confirmed speakers include: Kathleen Lynch (will present the BARBER-2 study), Paul Muntner, Ann Marie Navar, Nick Pajewski (will present SPRINT-MIND results), and Daichi Shimbo. This year’s Symposium is sponsored, in part, by the NHLBI.

ESI Workshop - September 20, 2018

On Thursday, September 20th, 2018, we held a full day, intensivementoring session in which ESIs learn how to access and design hypertension-related analyses using the Jackson Heart Study (JHS) data and write clear manuscript proposals. Senior JHS investigators will provided one-on-one feedback, and facilitated group discussions to enable ESIs to use and access the JHS. 

Participants in the ESI workshop learned:

• The manuscript proposal process
• Data access
• BP-related research methods for the Jackson Heart Study

Applications for the ESI Workshop and Travel Award were due Friday, August 3^rd and awardees will be notified by August 10^th. The award covers actual travel costs up to $1,500.

Registration for the ESI workshop was capped to maximize interpersonal interaction and optimize didactic learning, interpersonal interaction, and the senior mentor-ESI dyad.

Speakers

	Paul Whelton, MD, MSc Show Chwan Health System Endowed Chair in Global Public Health Tulane University
	Beverly B. Green, MD, MPH Physician Washington Permanente Medical Group
	Kathleen Lynch, PharmD Research Pharmacist Cedars-Sinai
	Paul Muntner, PhD Professor of Epidemiology University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
	Ann Marie Navar, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine Duke University School of Medicine
	Nick Pajewski, PhD Associate Professor of Biostatistical Sciences Wake Forest School of Medicine
	Daichi Shimbo, MD Associate Professor of Medicine Columbia University Medical Center

Symposium Agenda

 All events took place at Thomas S. Monson Center in Salt Lake City, Utah

Location

The 2nd Annual University of Utah Translational Hypertension Symposium was held at the Thomas S. Monson Center at 411 E S Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 in Salt Lake City, Utah. For directions, please refer to our map. 

About Utah:

We invite you to discover Utah's breathtaking scenery, with thousands of kilometers of skiing, hiking, biking, and equestrian trails, five national parks within the state (Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Zion) and two American gems - Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks - just a few hours away. 

Sponsors

On behalf of the 2018 University of Utah Translational Hypertension Symposium Organizing Committee, we would like to thank the following organizations for their generous support of this conference: 

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (R13HL144012)

University of Utah School of Medicine

• Department of Population Health Sciences
  • Division of Health System Innovation and Research
• Department of Internal Medicine
  • Division of General Internal Medicine
  • Division of Nephrology & Hypertension

The Columbia Hypertension Center

This Symposium was supported by the National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R13HL144012. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

Organizing Committee

	Adam Bress, PharmD, MS Chair, Organizing Committee Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
	Molly Conroy, MD, MPH Member, Organizing Committee Professor of Internal Medicine and Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Utah.
	Rachel Hess, MD, MS Member, Organizing Committee Professor of Internal Medicine and Population Health Sciences and Chief, Division of Health System Innovation and Research.
	Alfred Cheung, MD Member, Organizing Committee Professor of Medicine, Chief of Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, and Vice Chair for Research for the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
	Kola Okuyemi, MD, MPH Member, Organizing Committee Professor and Chair of Family and Preventitive Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine
	Paul Muntner, PhD Member, Organizing Committee Professor and Vice Chair of Epidemiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
	Daichi Shimbo, MD Member, Organizing Committee Associate Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center.

Symposium Coordinators