International Society on Hypertension in Blacks
| Abbreviation | ISHIB |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1986 |
| Founder | Dallas Hall, Neil B. Shulman, and Elijah Saunders |
| Founded at | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
| Purpose | To improve the health of racial and ethnic minorities |
| Headquarters | Arlington, Virginia, United States |
President | Brent M. Egan |
Vice President | Kwame Osei |
Secretary-Treasurer | Angela L. Brown |
| Website | www |
The International Society on Hypertension in Blacks (abbreviated ISHIB)[1] is a non-profit medical society based in Atlanta, United States which is dedicated to improving the health of racial and ethnic minority groups worldwide. It was founded in 1986 by the physicians Dallas Hall, Neil B. Shulman, and Elijah Saunders, in response to concern about high rates of hypertension among African Americans. By 2006, the society had broadened its scope to focus not just on reducing rates of hypertension among African Americans, but also on improving the health of all minority populations around the world. The society's official peer-reviewed journal is Ethnicity & Disease, which it has published since 1991.[2][3]
References
- ^ Flack, J. M.; Sica, D. A.; Bakris, G.; Brown, A. L.; Ferdinand, K. C.; Grimm, R. H.; Hall, W. D.; Jones, W. E.; Kountz, D. S.; Lea, J. P.; Nasser, S.; Nesbitt, S. D.; Saunders, E.; Scisney-Matlock, M.; Jamerson, K. A. (4 October 2010). "Management of High Blood Pressure in Blacks: An Update of the International Society on Hypertension in Blacks Consensus Statement" (PDF). Hypertension. 56 (5): 780–800. doi:10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.110.152892.
- ^ "About Ethnicity & Disease". ISHIB website.
- ^ Carey, Charles W. (2008). African Americans in Science: An Encyclopedia of People and Progress. ABC-CLIO. p. 399.