International Society for Heart Research (ISHR)

The Society was founded in 1968 in Dubrovnik, as the International Study Group for Research in Cardiac Metabolism. It adopted the name International Society for Heart Research (ISHR) in 1976 in Tokyo. The Society now has over 3,000 members worldwide, divided between eight geographical sections - Australasian, Chinese, C.I.S., European, Indian, Japanese, Latin American and North American. Membership is open to anyone engaged in basic or clinical cardiovascular research or teaching. The Society is the only truly international organisation supporting and promoting the interests of cardiovascular research scientists in every part of the world. Thus all section members become part of the ISHR’s larger world organisation.

For comprehensive information on the ISHR, its international organisation, activities, world membership directory, journals and awards, visit the international organisation website www.ishrworld.org

Goals and Objectives of the ISHR

• To promote the exchange of ideas on a world-wide basis between scientists and clinicians interested in all aspects of cardiovascular biology and medicine.
• To promote the discovery and dissemination of knowledge in all areas of cardiovascular biology and medicine.
• To organize and support national and international congresses devoted to all aspect of cardiovascular research.
• To provide an international forum for discussion of problems and controversies at the cutting edge of cardiovascular research.
• To publish a world class journal devoted to advances in cardiovascular research.

Bylaws

ISHR European Section Bylaws (PDF).

Meetings

The ISHR organizes annual meetings through the auspices of individual sections and a joint World Congress is held every 3 years. Other smaller meetings may be held under the auspices of the ISHR European Section.

Recent and forthcoming meetings of the ISHR-European Section and World Congresses of the ISHR

1990 14^th European Section meeting, Glasgow, United Kingdom
1991 15^th European Section meeting, Leuven, Belgium
1992 16^th European Section meeting, Heidelberg, Germany
1992 XIV World Congress, Kobe, Japan
1993 17^th European Section meeting, Jerusalem, Israel
1994 18^th European Section meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark
1995 XV World Congress, Prague, Czech Republic
1996 19^th European Section meeting, Bologna, Italy
1997 20^th European Section meeting, Versailles, France
1998 XVI World Congress, Rhodes, Greece
1999 21^st European Section meeting, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2001 XVII World Congress, Winnipeg, Canada
2002 22^nd European Section meeting, Szeged, Hungary
2003 23^th European Section meeting, Strasbourg, France
2004 24^th European Section meeting, Dresden, Germany
2004 XVIII World Congress, Brisbane, Australia
2005 25^th European Section meeting, Tromso, Norway
2006 26^th European Section meeting, Manchester, United Kingdom
2007 27th European Section meeting, Padova, conjoint with
       XIX World Congress, Bologna, Italy
2008 28th European Section meeting, Athens, Greece
2009 29th European Section meeting, Nice, France
       (in association with the ESC Heart Failure Association)
2010 XX World Congress, Kyoto, Japan

Awards and Distinctions

The ISHR makes a number of important awards. These are awarded at either World Congresses or European Section meetings. They include

• the Peter Harris Distinguished Scientist Award
• the Research Achievement Award,
• the Outstanding Investigator Prize,
• the Richard J Bing Young Investigator Award
• the Keith Reimer Distinguished Lecture
• the Janice Pfeffer Distinguished Lecture
• the ISHR European Section Medal of Merit
• the ISHR European Section Servier Research Fellowship

Fellowship of the ISHR (designated by the postnominal letters FISHR) was established recently (2001). A panel of foundation Fellows was selected solely on the basis of scientific excellence, as evidenced by an established track record of publications in high-impact journals. The main criterion in assigning Fellowship status was the performance of independent research that has made a major contribution to advancing our understanding of cardiovascular biology and medicine. In future years the panel of fellows will be  selected from those members of the Society who have made distinguished contributions to cardiovascular science and will not exceed 5% of the total membership.

Publications

The ISHR publishes its own internationally recognized journal (Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology; Editor: David Eisner, 12 issues per year). The Journal publishes on all aspects of cardiovascular science and with an impact factor of 5.246 is currently the 4th highest ranked journal in ISI's Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems category.
http://www.elsevier.com

The ISHR also publishes a bulletin (Heart News and Views; Editor: Leslie Lobaugh, 3 issues per year).
http://www.southalabama.edu/ishr/bulletin.htm

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