The WHL family was greatly saddened with the passing of Dr Edward J. Roccella. Dr. Roccella was a beacon for global hypertension control.

The global hypertension world and the World Hypertension League mourns the loss of a true population health leader. Ed Roccella, the longest serving Coordinator of the U.S. National High Blood Pressure Education Program (NHBPEP) of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), died at the age of 77 on November 18, 2021, after a short illness. (A full obituary can be found in the Washington Post.)