Dr. Curt D. Sigmund delivered the inaugural Vancouver 2010 Plenary Lecture on October 24, 2015 at the Canadian Hypertension Congress in Toronto, Ontario.   His lecture, entitled “Role of Novel PPARg Pathways in the Control of Vascular Function and Arterial Pressure” is the first in a new annual series recognizing excellence in hypertension research. The named lecture commemorates the 2010 International Society of Hypertension Congress which was sponsored by Hypertension Canada in Vancouver in 2010.