Abstracts and Awards - EPI|Lifestyle
Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health
March 17–20, 2026
Sheraton Boston | Boston, Massachusetts
March 17–20, 2026
Sheraton Boston | Boston, Massachusetts
Congratulations to the 2025 Awardees!
The Councils on Epidemiology and Prevention and Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health proudly sponsor the awards listed below in association with their joint conference and invite their members to apply. Detailed criteria for each award is available in the links below.
Awards offered by the Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health
- David Kritchevsky Memorial Lectureship
- Lora E. Burke, PhD, MPH, FAHA, FAAN
- The Mark Bieber Award
- The Steven N. Blair Award for Excellence in Physical Activity Research
- Neela Thangada
- The Scott Grundy Award for Excellence in Metabolism Research
- Mary Rachel Rooney
- Zhendong Mei
- Zhiyuan Wu
- Award for Excellence in Research Addressing Cardiovascular Health Equity
- Farah Allouch
- Lifestyle Early Investigator Travel Award
- Huan Yun
- Xiang Li
- Helena Baffoe-Bonnie
- Lei Wang
- Yu Zhang
- Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Mentoring Award
- Lawrence J. Appel, MD, MPH, FAHA, FACP
Awards offered by the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention
- Frederick H. Epstein Memorial Lecture
- Gilles Paradis, MD, MSc, FAHA
- William B. Kannel, MD Memorial Lectureship in Preventive Cardiology
- Laurence S. Sperling, MD, FAHA, MASPC
- Jeremiah and Rose Stamler Research Award for New Investigators
Finalists: (The winner of this award will be announced at the Joint Council Dinner)- Irene Martinez-Morata
- Tess Peterson
- Ruiyuan Zhang
- Ziyuan Wang
- Jason Li
- Roger R. Williams Memorial Award for Genetic Epidemiology and the Prevention and Treatment of Atherosclerosis
- Xingyan Wang
- Sandra A. Daugherty Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Disease or Hypertension and Prevention
Finalists: (The winner of this award will be announced at the Joint Council Dinner)- Faye L. Norby
- Jithin Sam Varghese
- Kaushik Amancherla
- Meredith Duncan
- Shreya Rao
- Trudy Bush Fellowships for Cardiovascular Disease Research in Women’s Health
- Yi Wang
- Eric Hyde
- Zainali Chunawala
- EPI Early Career Travel Grant
- Guangrui Yang
- Sidong Li
- Marufuzzaman Khan
- EPI Mentoring Award
- Mary Cushman, MD, MSc, FAHA
- EPI Conference Travel Grant
- Allana T. Forde, PhD, MPH
- Reniell X. Iñiguez, MD
- Christina Ezemenaka, DrPH
- Jorge Gonzalez-Mejia, MPH
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