During the American Heart Association’s (AHA) High Blood Pressure Research 2013 Scientific Sessions, held September 11 – 14, R. Clinton Webb, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Physiology at Georgia Regents University’s Medical College of Georgia, was awarded the Irvine Page-Alva Bradley Lifetime Achievement Award from the AHA Council on High Blood Pressure Research. The award celebrates his achievements in the field of hypertension. Dr. Webb’s research focuses on “how contraction and relaxation of blood vessels is altered and can be improved in hypertension.” He is currently a member of the ASPET Division for Cardiovascular Pharmacology Executive Committee and serves as chairperson of the Division's Awards Committee. http://ow.ly/ptpvz