Science News from EPI|Lifestyle 2023

Program Committee Chair Marie-France Hivert, MD, FAHA interviews Josiemer Mattei, PhD, MPH about her keynote lecture on real-life implementation, which she presented during the opening session of EPI/Lifestyle 2023.

Program Committee Chair Marie-France Hivert, MD, FAHA interviews Sara Bleich, PhD about her keynote lecture on moving policies to actions, which she presented during the opening session of EPI/Lifestyle 2023.

Chiadi Ndumele, MD, PhD, MPH interviews Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, about her David Kritchevsky Memorial Lecture, "Implementation Science as a Pathway to Equity-Competent Obesity Solutions," her career, her influences, and her advice for scientists interested in pursuing public health as a profession.

Don Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, Michael Grandner, PhD, and Seth Martin, MD, MHS discuss some highlights from a session on AHA Updates during EPI|Lifestyle 2023 with a particular focus on the Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2023 Update and Life's Essential 8, which both now incorporate sleep as an essential component of cardiovascular health.

Mary Rooney, PhD, MPH and Ryan Demmer, PhD, MPH, FAHA recap the science presented in a session they moderated on cardiometabolic health and disease during EPI|Lifestyle 2023 in Boston.

Nathalie Moise, MD, MS, FAHA, coauthor of the AHA Scientific Statement, "Leveraging Implementation Science for Cardiovascular Health Equity," talks about the goals of the paper as context for brief recaps of presentations on integrating cardiovascular behavioral medicine and implementation science given by Alyssa Vela, PhD, LP, DipACLM  and Allison E. Gaffey, PhD.

Alvaro Alonso, MD, PhD, vice chair of the EPI|Lifestyle 2023 program committee interviews Madhab Ray, MD and two student volunteers who participated in the Kolkata Schoolteachers Cardiovascular Health initiative and presented the results of their study during the meeting in Boston.