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Saving GraceJoin us on September 20, 2008 (on the eve of the biannual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy - ISSHP) at the beautiful Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC to support the Preeclampsia Foundation's "Saving Grace a Night of Hope." Dr. Catherine Spong, Branch Chief, Pregnancy & Perinatology (PP), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD/NIH) and Dr. Christopher Redman, President of ISSHP are confirmed speakers. Check back to this site for further updates and more news about how to register and attend this stellar evening of support for the Preeclampsia Foundation.Additionally, the Board of Directors are proud to announce that, for only the 2nd time in our history, the Foundation will be granting its Hope Award for Lifetime Achievement to Dr. James M. Roberts: Dr. Roberts is Professor and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Director of Magee-Womens Research Institute. Dr. Roberts has received national and international recognition for his work on preeclampsia. He was the recipient of the Chesley Award for lifetime achievement in the study of hypertension in pregnancy, is the author of more than 160 publications and is a reviewer for numerous medical and scientific journals. Other honors include election to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy Sciences, the Alexander Award from the NICHD for career mentoring and being appointed an ad eundum member of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has served on scientific review boards of the National Institutes of Health, the Medical Research Council of Canada, the Food and Drug Administration and the March of Dimes. He has held posts with the NICHD Maternal Fetal Medicine Network, the Canadian Institute of Health Sciences Research, the Perinatal Research Society, the North American Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy, the Society of Gynecological Investigation and the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy.
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