A Eulogy and Tribute to Andrea  Luigi Tranquilli Professor Andréa Tranquilli died 12th January 2014 and Italy has lost an outstanding obstetrician/Gynecologist, brilliant, teacher, mentor, and  exceptional researcher.  Simultaneously the International Society for the Study of Hypertension (ISSHP) lost its current president, a visionary leader, while we lost a dear friend, virtually a  brother whom each of us have

We circulated a questionnaire to the International Committee of the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy focusing on the thresholds for defining severe preeclampsia and the gestation at which to define early-onset preeclampsia, and on the definition and inclusion of the HELLP syndrome or other clinical features in severe preeclampsia. The questions were closed, but all answers had space for more open detailed comments.

Personalised medicine for pregnant women: novel metabolomic and proteomic biomarkers to detect pre-eclampsia and improve outcome (IMproved PRegnancy Outcomes by Early Detection).

Marshall Lindheimer, Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Chicago, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern in Switzerland during their Dies Academicus on December 3, 2011. Professor Lindheimer received the honorary doctorship in recognition of his career work relating to preeclampsia and renal disease in pregnancy.

Attached you find the announcement of the Book "Placental Bed Disorders". If you are an ISSHP member and you have registered for the ISSHP World Congress in Melbourne, you can get this book with a discount.