This year, sustained efforts have allowed to consolidate the structure of the association and to contribute in fulfilling the EACPR mission “to promote excellence in research, practice, education and policy in cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation in Europe”.
Structure
The Board includes an Executive Committee, the six sections’ Chairs (epidemiology and public health, prevention and health policy, cardiac rehabilitation, sports cardiology, exercise physiology and basic science), the four committees’ Chairs (scientific, guidelines, education & accreditation and website) and the ESC support team.The EACPR serves moret than 1,500 members from 69 countries. It has set its vision and goals and is well structured to translate them into actions.
Congresses
The EACPR contributes scientifically to the ESC Congress 2008 in Munich. EuroPRevent 2008 in Paris offered a good scientific programme with state-of-theart lectures by leading experts, with over 540 abstracts in oral sessions and poster presentations, and with several awards including a Young Investigator Award and Poster Prizes.
Networks
The EACPR acts as the implementation body of the ESC for the 4th JTF Guidelines on CVD Prevention and is part of the Joint Prevention Committee. The Association is partnering with its US counterparts, the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR).
On-going projects
The Association is engaged in broad scientific activities. Its flagship is the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. It is also involved in on-going projects such as EuroAction, EuroAspire III, HRQol study, HeartScore and the ESC Heart Plan for Europe initiative.