In addition to these epidemiological investigations, Professor Lackland is involved in population high blood pressure control efforts with over 300 scientific journal publications. He is Past President of the World Hypertension League and serves on the boards of the Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence, Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control (COSEHC), and Inter-American Society of Hypertension. He is former Deputy Editor-In-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Hypertension, and member of the editorial boards of Hypertension, Ethnicity and Disease, Journal of the American Society of Hypertension, and Advances in Cardiovascular Therapeutics. He also leads blood pressure and risk factor screening activities at sporting events in the Southeast, and is a consultant for high blood pressure control programs throughout the world.