About the ISHR
The ISHR is the only truly international organisation supporting and promoting the interests of cardiovascular research scientists in every part of the world.
The Society now has over 3,000 members worldwide. These are divided between seven geographical sections with all section members becoming part of the ISHR's larger world organisation.
Membership is open to anyone engaged in basic or clinical cardiovascular research or teaching.
For comprehensive information on the ISHR, its international organisation, activities, world membership directory, journals and awards, visit the international organisation website.
ISHR World
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) - revised and approved 12 July, 2023.
Council Officers
President
Christoph Maack
Comprehensive Heart Failure Center
University Clinic Würzburg
Am Schwarzenberg 15, Haus A15
97078 Würzburg
Germany
+49 (0)931 201 46502
Past President
Mauro Giacca
Cardiovascular Sciences at the School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences,
King's College London
London
UK
81309
President-elect
Frank Lezoualc’h
Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases
Inserm UMR-1048
Université de Toulouse
1 Avenue Jean Poulhès
31432 Toulouse cedex 04
France
+33 (0)5 61 32 56 46
Secretary
Sean Davidson
The Hatter Cardiovascular Institute
University College London
67 Chenies Mews
London, WC1E 6HX
UK
+44 (0)20 3447 9776
secretary@ishr-europe.org
Treasurer
Nina Kaludercic
Neuroscience Institute
National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
via Ugo Bassi 58/B
35131 Padova
Italy
+39 049 8271252
Council Members
Luc Bertrand
Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC)
Université catholique de Louvain
Brussels
Belgium
+32 2 764 5552
Inês Falcão Pires
Department of Surgery and Physiology
Cardiovascular R&D Centre
Health Research Network
Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto
Porto
Portugal
+351 220 426 805 Ext: 2685
Monika Gladka
Department of Medical Biology
Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences
Meibergdreef 15
1105 AZ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
+31 20 5667696
Davor Pavlovic
Institute of Cardiovascular Science
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, B15 2TT
UK
+44 (0)121 414 2896
H. Llewelyn (Llew) Roderick
Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
KU Leuven
Herestraat 49
B-3000 Leuven
Belgium
+32 488945757
Gabriele G. Schiattarella
Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité (DHZC)
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in the Helmholtz Association
Hessische Str. 3-4
10115 Berlin
Germany
+49 (0)309 406 2452
Grégoire Vandecasteele
CR1 INSERM RESEARCHER at INSERM UMR-S 769
University Paris-Sud 11, Faculty of Pharmacy,
Châtenay-Malabry
France
+33 1 46 83 57 17
Mid-Career Investigator (MCI) representatives
Delphine Mika
Inserm Researcher
UMR-S 1180 - Faculté de Pharmacie
Université Paris-Saclay
92296 Châtenay-Malabry
France
+33 1 46 83 57 17
Diederik W.D. Kuster
Department of Physiology
Amsterdam UMC
De Boelelaan 1108
11W55
Netherlands
+31 20 444 8111
Early Career Investigator (ECI) representatives
Jonathan P Lambert
Department of Biology
University of Padua
Via Ugo Bassi 58/B
35121 Padova
Italy
+39 049 827 6313
Karoline B Rypdal
Oslo Center for Clinical Heart Research (Oslo-CCHR)
Department of Cardiology Ullevaal
Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo
0450, Oslo
Norway
+47 911 93 598
