Research Needs to Improve Hypertension Treatment and Control in African Americans

Paul K Whelton¹, Paula T Einhorn², Paul Muntner²+31

• ¹From the Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (P.K.W., K.C.F.), and Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine (P.K.W., K.C.F.), New Orleans, LA; Division of Cardiovascular Sciences (P.T.E., P.D.-N., G.A.M., J.A.C.), and Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (N.G., G.A.M.), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham (P.M.); Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (L.J.A., L.A.C., E.R.M.); Preventive Medicine Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Memphis, TN (W.C.C.); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA (A.V.D.R.); Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, OH (M.R., J.T.W.); Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (H.A.T.); Department of Epidemiology and Prevention (J.A.) and Department of Medicine (B.I.F., J.A.), Wake Forest School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC; Dean's Office, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington (D.K.A.); Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City (B.L.C.); Department of Biostatistics, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (B.R.D.); Department of Public Health Sciences, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL (R.C.); Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland (A.S.G.); Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (D.J.H.); National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD (P.L.K.); HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, MN (K.L.M.); Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (A.M.N.); Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York (G.O.); American Medical Association, Chicago, IL (M.K.R.); Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cleveland Clinic, OH (G.T.); Clinical Directors Network (CND) and The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science, New York (J.N.T.); and National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD (S.S.(S.)Y.). pkwhelton@gmail.com.+1