Programming - EPI|Lifestyle

Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health
March 17–20, 2026
Sheraton Boston | Boston, Massachusetts

Tuesday, March 17

EPI/Lifestyle 2026 - Tue., March 17 Activities
Time	Event
2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.	Registration Grand Ballroom Pre-Function
2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.	Speaker Resource Room Clarendon AB
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.	Outpace CVD Welcome Exchange: Innovations in Outpatient Care (Complimentary pre-conference event. Please add a ticket to registration to attend) Independence Ballroom This pre-conference event will serve as an engaging gathering at EPI 2026 designed to spark ideas, foster connections, and showcase the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Outpace CVD™ registry, initiatives, and programming. This event will provide a relaxed yet informative setting for both long-time collaborators and new partners to connect, learn, and envision the future of outpatient cardiovascular care. 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Poster Networking: Success in diabetes, hypertension, ASCVD, and lipid management 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Model-sharing presentations: Drs. Nishant Shah, Karlin Bacher and Eoin Halpin review exciting new guideline updates and ongoing implementation science initiatives 4:00 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. Featured Talk: Overview of Outpace CVD™ offerings, innovation, and research opportunities Dr. Kevin Hwang, Outpatient Committee Chair 4:20 p.m. to 4:40 p.m. Joint Presentations: Target BP™ Impact in FQHCs and future equity collaboration Dr. Luis Padilla, (CHO, NACHC) and Dr. Eduardo Sanchez 4:40 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Poster discussion and networking continuation
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	Poster Session 1 & Reception –Download Posters Schedule (PDF) Sponsored by AHA Journals and Circulation: Population Health and Outcomes Back Bay Ballroom and Republic Ballroom Includes the moderated poster sessions listed below: MPS01 – Heath Tech/Big Data/Machine Learning/AI + Mobile Health Tech and Wearables MPS02 – Diabetes MPS03 – Non-Medical Drivers of Health MPS04 – Nutrition and Diet 1

Wednesday, March 18

EPI/Lifestyle 2026, Wed., March 18 Activities
Time	Event
7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.	Coffee & Light Breakfast Grand Ballroom Pre-Function
7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.	Registration Grand Ballroom Pre-Function
7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.	Exhibit Hours Grand Ballroom Pre-Function
7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.	Speaker Resource Room Clarendon AB
8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.	Opening Session Grand Ballroom 8:00 to 8:15 Presidential Remarks Stacey E. Rosen, MD, FAHA President, American Heart Association 8:15 to 8:30 Welcome Remarks Priya Palta, PhD, MHSc Co-Chair, EPI\|Lifestyle 2026 Program Committee 8:30 A New Era? A.I. in Cardiovascular Health Research and Practice Moderators: Priya Palta, PhD, MHSc and Elisabeth lilian pia Sattler, PhD, RPh, FAHA 8:30 to 8:55 Adam Rodman, MD, MPH, FACP Harvard Medical School 8:55 to 9:20 Dina Katabi, PhD MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab 9:20 to 9:45 Tina Ann Thompson, MD, MBA Emory University 9:45 to 10:00 Discussion and Q&A
10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.	Networking Roundtable Session Independence West RT01 Meet the Keynote Speakers Adam Rodman, MD, MPH, FACP, Dina Katabi, PhD and Tina Ann Thompson, MD, MBA RT02 Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) - 25th Anniversary Wendy S. Post, MD, MS RT03 The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) Kenneth J. Mukamal, MD, MPH RT04 Collaborative Cohort of Cohorts for COVID-19 Research (C4R) Anna Kucharska-Newton, PhD RT05 Improving Cardiovascular Health Through the Consideration of Social Factors in Genetics and Genomics Research: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Shakira F. Suglia RT06 The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) Eric A. Whitsel, MD, MPH
10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.	Refreshment Break Grand Ballroom Pre-Function
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.	Concurrent Session 2A Oral Abstract Session: Cardiovascular Kidney Metabolic Health (CKM) and Obesity Moderators: Catherine Benziger MD MPH FACC FAHA and Wendy Wang, MPH, PhD Grand Ballroom 01 10:30 An Atlas of Circulating Metabolites Associated with Incident Coronary Heart Disease in ~23,000 Racially and Ethnically Diverse Adults Kai Luo 02 10:45 Systemic Inflammation and Traditional Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Risk Mediate the Association Between Social Determinants of Health and Incident Heart Failure: Insights from A Multi-Ethnic Cohort Vibhu Parcha 03 11:00 Impact of SGLT 2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists dual therapy on Cardiovascular Outcomes in patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD): A Propensity-Matched Cohort Preet Doshi 04 11:15 Proteomics insights into heterogeneous associations between adiposity measures and all-cause mortality Yiting Yuan 05 11:30 Evaluating the Implications of PREVENT Risk Estimates for Non-Cardiovascular Outcomes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study Jelani Kayode Grant 06 11:45 Comparative Effectiveness of Semaglutide and Tirzepatide on Cardiovascular Outcomes among Patients with Obesity and Established Cardiovascular Disease Gwen Aubrac
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.	Session 2B 3-Minute Rapid Fire Oral Abstract Competition Moderators: Kyla Lara-Breitinger, MD, MS and Yanfang Su ScD Constitution Ballroom Keynote Speaker: Anne Thorndike, MD, MPH Finalists: Olufunmilayo Babarinde, MPH - Impact of Long-Term Seasonal Temperature Variability on Myocardial Infarction Gretell Henriquez-Santos, MD - Preclinical Heart Failure Phenotypes and Cardiovascular Mortality: a Latent Class Analysis Steve Kong, MD - ECG-Based Artificial Intelligence for 10-year Cardiovascular Risk Prediction: Comparison with the PREVENT Equation Katherine McNeel, BSPH - Association of Meal Timing and Continuous Glucose Profiles in Adults With and Without Diabetes Mario Cesar Torres-Chavez - Beyond BMI: Central Adiposity Indices and Mortality Risk in U.S. Adults Judges: Stacey E. Rosen, MD, FAHA Norrina Allen PHD MPH FAHA Lawrence Appel, MD, MPH Gregory M. Marcus, MD
12:00 p.m to 1:30 p.m.	Lifestyle Council Annual Business Meeting and Networking Luncheon Independence West (Ticketed Event)
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.	Satellite Event: NHLBI Trainee Session on Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Prevention Commonwealth
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.	Session 3A Oral Abstract Session - Non-Medical Drivers of Health Moderators: Yendelela Cuffee, PhD, MPH and Shakira Suglia Grand Ballroom 07 1:30 Intergenerational Socioeconomic Mobility and Life’s Essential 8 Cardiovascular Health Miremad Moafi-Madani 08 1:45 Land Use Rezoning of a Bronx, New York Neighborhood and Cardiovascular Disease Incidence in Mid-life and Older Adult Patients Earle C Chambers 09 2:00 Healthcare Interactions, Diagnoses, and Service Utilization Preceding Cardiovascular Mortality Associated with Homelessness Ben King 10 2:15 Online food pantries as a novel setting for behavioral nudge interventions to improve diet and reduce cardiovascular risk in households facing food insecure Jenny Jia 11 2:30 Early-Life Famine Exposure and Adult Transitions Across Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health Stages: A Prospective Cohort Study in China An Pan 12 2:45 Phthalate Exposure as a Second Hit for APOL1-Associated Chronic Kidney Disease Progression Ruiyuan Zhang
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.	Session 3B Oral Abstract session - Aging & Brain Health Moderators: Raymond Jones, PhD and Jason R. Smith, PhD Constitution Ballroom 13 1:30 Brain Proteomic Profiles Associated with Frailty and Motor Function Trajectories in Community-Dwelling Older Adults Zhendong Mei 14 1:45 Impact of High Intensity Interval Training versus Continuous Moderate Intensity Exercise on Cardiorespiratory Fitness for People with HIV: Results from the HEALTH Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial Matthew S Durstenfeld 15 2:00 Rural-Urban Differences in Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity Among Older U.S. Adults: Findings from the REGARDS Study Michael Hankes 16 2:15 Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Coronary Artery Calcium, and Later-Life Dementia: The Cooper Center Longitudinal Study Laura F DeFina 17 2:30 Aberrant Heart Rate Variability in Late Midlife Associates with Future Cognitive Decline: Findings From the 1946 British Birth Cohort Surani De Zoysa Anthony 18 2:45 Association of Serum Metabolic Profiles with Mortality and Longevity: The Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Study Peidi Zhou
3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.	Refreshment Break Grand Ballroom Pre-Function
3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.	Session 4 ASPC Annual Debate - Democratizing AI: Should Everyone Become an AI-ologist? Moderators: Clyde Yancy, MD, MSc and Eugene Yang, MD, MS, FACC Grand Ballroom 3:30 Introductions 3:35 Pro Side presentation: Ashish Sarraju, MD \| Cleveland Clinic Cardiovascular Medicine 3:50 Con Side presentation: Erica Spatz, MD, MHS \| Yale University School of Medicine 4:05 Rebuttal 4:10 Rebuttal 4:15 Discussion and Audience Q&A
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	Poster Session 2 –Download Posters Schedule (PDF) Back Bay Ballroom and Republic Ballroom Includes the moderated poster sessions listed below: MPS05 – Pregnancy and Women’s Health MPS06 – Aging/Neurocognition and Brain Health MPS07 – Nutrition 2 MPS08 – OMICS 1 MPS09 – NHLBI Trainee Posters
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.	All Hearts Networking Reception Independence West (Free event, please add ticket to registration to attend)

Thursday, March 19

EPI/Lifestyle 2026, Thu., March 19, Activities
Time	Activity
7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.	Registration Grand Ballroom Pre-Function
7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.	Speaker Resource Room Clarendon AB
7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.	Exhibit Hours Grand Ballroom Pre-Function
7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.	Coffee & Light Breakfast Grand Ballroom Pre-Function
8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.	Session 5A Bold Moves into the Future: The 2026 ACC/AHA Multisociety Guideline for Management of Dyslipidemia Grand Ballroom Explore the Dyslipidemia Guideline 8:00- 8:20 Keeping it Simple: The Top 10 Things to Know Roger S. Blumenthal, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FNLA 8:20-8:40 A New Era in Risk Assessment: The PREVENT-ASCVD Equations in Dyslipidemia Management John T. Wilkins, MD, MSc, FAHA 8:40 – 9:00 Let’s Make It Personal: The Role of Imaging in Risk Assessment Ron Blankstein, MD, FACC 9:00 – 9:20 Clinical Practice Pearls Pamela B. Morris, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FNLA 9:20 – 9:40 Guidelines in Action: Case Discussions Pamela B. Morris, MD, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FNLA 9:40 – 10:00 Q&A and Audience Discussion
8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.	Session 5AWL David Kritchevsky Memorial Lecture Constitution Ballroom From Policy to Practice: Systems-Level Strategies to Improve Dietary Behaviors and Reduce Cardiovascular Risk Angela Odoms-Young, PhD, Cornell University
8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.	Session 5B Oral Abstract Session – Nutrition Moderators: Noel Mueller, PhD, MPH, FAHA and Cheryl Anderson, PhD, MPH, MS, FAHA Constitution Ballroom 19 8:30 Vegetable Intake and Coronary Heart Disease Risk: Discovery, Replication, and Application of Food Biomarkers Han Han 20 8:45 A Pro-Inflammatory Diet Potentiates Genetic Risk for Coronary Artery Disease: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Framingham Offspring Study Masab A Mansoor 21 9:00 Effect of a DASH-style diet and sodium reduction on kidney outcomes in people with type 2 diabetes: A randomized crossover feeding trial Casey M Rebholz 22 9:15 Cooking Oil Choice and Cardiometabolic Risk Among Asian Indians: Evidence from the Indian Council of Medical Research-India Diabetes (ICMR-INDIAB) National Study Shilpa N Bhupathiraju 23 9:30 Predicting Glycemic Responses to Dietary Intake Among Non-diabetic Adults: an Evaluation of Modeling Approaches Suheng Yao 24 9:45 Prospective Associations of PFAS with Cardiovascular Disease in Prediabetes: Diabetes Prevention Program Pi-i Debby Lin
10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.	Refreshment Break Grand Ballroom Pre-Function
10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.	Networking Roundtable session Independence West RT07 – Health Care by Food™ EJ Cheon, PhD, RD RT08 – 2025 AHA/ACC High Blood Pressure Guideline Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, PhD, MHS, RN, FAHA, FPCNA, FAAN RT10 – Meet the Kritchevsky Lecturer Angela Odoms-Young, PhD RT11 – MOSAAIC Alka M, Kanaya, MD and Yuling Hong, MD, MSc, PhD RT12 – How to Get Involved in the American Heart Association Mu Huang, PhD, and Kelsey Stanley RT13 – Roundtable: NIH Grant Opportunities Sean Coady, MA
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.	Concurrent 6A Oral Abstract Session – Women’s and Maternal Health Moderators: Nour Makarem, PhD, FAHA and Michelle Meyer, PhD, MPH Grand Ballroom 25 10:30 Ultra-processed Food Consumption Magnifies Genetic Risk of Obesity: A Gene-Diet Interaction Analysis in the Women's Genome Health Study Ruolin Zhang 26 10:45 Reproductive Milestones and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Postmenopausal Women by Obesity Status in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Jaclyn Dziewior Borrowman 27 11:00 Optimal 24-Hour Movement Behavior Compositions Across Trimesters and Risk of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: The Pregnancy 24/7 Cohort Study Kara M Whitaker 28 11:15 Relationship between endometriosis and cardiovascular disease: Insights from mediation analyses within the UK Biobank Clara Meijs 29 11:30 Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes are Associated with Higher Blood Pressure Response to Exercise and Shorter Exercise Duration after Pregnancy: The CARDIA Cohort Andrea Kozai 30 11:45 Gestational weight gain, post-partum weight retention, and women’s mid-life cardiovascular health in Project Viva Benjamin Grobman
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.	Concurrent 6B Sleep Session Moderators: Michael A. Grandner, PhD and Dayna A. Johnson, PhD, MPH, MSW, MS, FAHA Constitution Ballroom 10:30 Multidimensional Sleep Health: Definitions and Implications for Cardiometabolic Health: A Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association Marie Pierre St Onge, PhD \| Columbia University Oral Abstract Presentations: 31 10:45 Association of Multiple Dimensions of Sleep with Lifespan Trajectories of Blood Pressure from Childhood through Early Adulthood Julio Fernandez-Mendoza 32 11:00 Sleep Characteristics and Plasma Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology, Neurodegeneration, and Neuroinflammation: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study (ARIC-NCS) Jenna Barbee 33 11:15 Equivalence of Algorithm- and Log-guided Sleep Estimates within GGIR: The REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke 24-hour Activity Cycles (REGARDS 24H-ACT) Study Mehedi Hasan 35 11:45 Sleep Differences in Elementary-Age Children by Household Income During School Vs. Summer: Findings from the What’s UP (Undermining Prevention) with Summer Observational Cohort Study Anthony Holmes
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.	Lunch on your own
12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.	Sponsored Learning Studio Food-Based Approaches to Improve Cardiometabolic Health: Insights from 30 Years of Almond Nutrition Research Moderator: Elena Hemler, MPH, Director, Nutrition Research, Almond Board of California Constitution Ballroom Join us for an expert-led session at AHA EPI/Lifestyle to explore the latest evidence on how almonds as part of a healthy dietary pattern can support cardiometabolic health. Leave with practical ways to translate these insights into patient guidance. Speaker: Karol Watson, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine/Cardiology, UCLA, Co-Director, UCLA Program in Preventive Cardiology; Director, UCLA Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Health Program
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.	Session 7 The Jeremiah and Rose Stamler Research Award Finalist Presentations Moderators: Mercedes Carnethon, PhD FAHA and Darwin Labarthe, MD, MPH, PHD, FAHA Grand Ballroom 36 1:30 CGM-derived dynamic measures of glycemia in relation to hepatic steatosis in adults without diabetes Bahar Bakhshi 37 1:48 Associations of Prenatal Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Exposures and Childhood Blood Pressure in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohort Frances M. Wang 38 2:06 Objectively-Measured Individual-Level Nighttime Light Exposure Was Associated With Increased Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Adverse Cardiovascular Imaging Phenotypes Jin Dai 39 2:24 Risk Factor Contributions Toward Incident Cardiovascular Disease Among Younger Adults With Short- and Long-Term Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease EVENTs (PREVENT) Risk: The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Cohort Mohan Satish 40 2:42 Risk of Incident Chronic Kidney Disease Among Subtypes of Prevalent and Incident Cardiovascular Disease: UK Biobank Sophie E Claudel
3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.	Refreshment Break Grand Ballroom Pre-Function
3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.	Session 8A American Heart Association Reports and Statements Moderators: Sonia Angell, MD. MPH and Stephen P Juraschek, MD PhD Grand Ballroom 3:00 to 3:45 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data from the American Heart Association (See Statistics article in Circulation) Sadiya Khan, MD, MSc \| Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine 3:45 to 4:00 Role of Technology in Promoting Heart Healthy Behavior Change to Increase Equity in Optimal Cardiovascular Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (See Statement in Circulation) Tiffany M. Powell-Wiley, MD, MPH \| National Institutes of Health 4:00 to 4:15 Sedentary Behavior and Light-Intensity Physical Activity During Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Health: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association (See Guideline Hub) Kara M. Whitaker, PhD, MPH \| University of Iowa 4:15 to 4:30 Cardiovascular Health in the Transition From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (see Statement Hub) Jewel Scott PhD, FNP-C, FAHA\| University of South Carolina 4:30 to 4:45 Alcohol Use and Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (See Statement Hub) Gregory M Marcus, MD, MAS \| University of California, San Francisco 4:45 to 5:00 Implementation of Evidence Based Behavioral Interventions for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Community Settings: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association (see Statement Hub) Rachel Tabak, PhD, RD \| WashU School of Public Health
3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.	Session 8B Oral Abstract session – Global Health Moderators: Kunihiro Matsushita, MD, PhD, FAHA and Hokyou Lee, MD, PhD, FAHA Constitution Ballroom 41 3:30 Accumulation of Skeletal Muscle Adiposity over 18-years is Associated with Lower Cognitive Functioning: The Tobago Health Study Alex Grant 42 3:45 Opportunistic Screening versus Population-Wide for Hypertension: A Microsimulation Study Bunmi V Ogungbe 43 4:00 Evolving Spectrum and Short-Term Outcomes of Infective Endocarditis in North India And Comparison Between Intravenous Drug Users and Non-Users Ananta Kanwar 44 4:15 Symptoms Associated with Early Adverse Echocardiographic Changes in Community-based Cohort in Tobago Zachary Yono 45 4:30 Age-Standardized Prevalence of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Across African Regions: A Pooled Analysis of Population-Based Surveys from 18 Countries Mohamed Bella Jalloh 46 4:45 Daily Step Count Is Lower Across Perceived Physical Fatigability Severity Strata in Older Caribbean Men Namhyun Kim
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.	Poster Session 3 –Download Posters Schedule (PDF) Back Bay Ballroom and Republic Ballroom Includes the moderated poster sessions listed below: MPS10 – Hypertension MPS11 – Physical Activity MPS12 – CKM and Obesity MPS13 – OMICS 2
7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.	Joint Council Dinner Constitution Ballroom (Ticketed Event)

Friday, March 20

EPI/Lifestyle 2026, Friday, March 20 Activities
Time	Activity
7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.	Registration Grand Ballroom Pre-Function
7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.	Speaker Resource Room Clarendon AB
7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.	Coffee & Light Breakfast Grand Ballroom Pre-Function
7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.	Session 9 Inside the AHA's Research Enterprise: Grant Funding and Other Opportunities Constitution Ballroom
8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.	Session 10AWL Richard D. Remington Methodology Memorial Lecture Grand Ballroom Bridging Trials and Real-World Data: The Role of Target Trial Emulation in Cardiovascular Prevention Michelle Odden, PhD, Stanford University
9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.	Session 10A Oral Abstract Session – Innovations and Methods in Big Data Moderators: Alanna M Chamberlain, PhD and Randi Foraker, PhD Grand Ballroom 47 9:00 Calibration and Discrimination of PREVENT vs PCE in Hispanics/Latinos across Disaggregated Background Groups, Self-Reported Race, and Genetic Ancestry: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) Priscilla Duran Luciano 48 9:15 Echocardiogram Video Vision Foundation Model (Echo-Vision-FM): A Pre-training and Fine-tuning Framework for Automated Echocardiogram Analysis Jiancheng Ye 49 9:30 Validation of Imaging-Derived Body Composition Subphenotypes Reflects Distinct Fat Distribution Patterns Associated with Different Degrees of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Elena Grune 50 9:45 Extending the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model to Harmonize Dietary Exposure Survey Questions Across Studies Jihoon Kim
8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.	Concurrent Session 10B Oral abstract session – Diabetes Moderators: Ryan Demmer, PhD and Carmen R. Isasi, MD, PhD Constitution Ballroom 51 8:30 Risk of severe hypoglycemia in older adults with diabetes according to cognitive status Emeka Ejimogu 52 8:45 Long-term Diabetes Incidence Among Young Adults By Glycemic Status And Risk Scores: 35-Year Follow-Up in the Coronary Artery Risk Development In Young Adults (CARDIA) Study Abigail Arons 53 9:00 Prediabetes Status Modifies the Effect of a DASH-Patterned Grocery Intervention on Cardiometabolic Risk Including Glycemic Control in Black Adults with High Blood Pressure Yingfei Wu 54 9:15 Body Weight, Human Gut Microbiome, Blood Metabolome, and incident Type 2 Diabetes- A Multi-Omics Integration Study Siyue Wang 55 9:30 Rotating Night Shift Work, Gestational Diabetes, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Among US Nurses Isha Agarwal 56 9:45 Effect of Expanded Child Tax Credit Advance Payments on Population Gestational Diabetes Rates: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis Emily Lauren Lam
10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.	Refreshment Break Grand Ballroom Pre-Function
10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.	Networking Roundtable Session Independence West RT14 Meet the EPI/Lifestyle 2026 Program Committee Chairs Priya Palta, PhD, MHSc, Lilian Sattler, PHD, RPh, FAHA, Sonia Y. Angell, MD, MPH and Stephen P. Juraschek, MD, PhD, FAHA, AHSCP-CHS RT15 Meet the Remington Lecturer Michelle C, Odden, PHD RT16 Meet the Kannel Lecturer Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc, FAHA RT17 10-Day Seminar 50th Year Cheryl Anderson, PhD, MPH, MS, FAHA, David Goff, MD, PhD, FAHA and Darwin Labarthe, MD, MPH, PHD, FAHA RT18 Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study: Monitoring Mothers-to-be (nuMoM2b) Bethany Barone Gibbs, PhD RT19 Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) and Quality Outcomes Research (QORA) Rebecca Alicki RT20 The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) Carmen R. Isasi, MD, PhD
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.	Concurrent Session 11A Oral Abstract Session – Hypertension Moderators: Tim Plante, MD MHS and Mingyu Zhang, PhD, MHS, FAHA Grand Ballroom 57 10:30 Optimizing the Number of Measurements Needed for Reliable Home Blood Pressure Assessment: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study Frances M. Wang 58 10:45 Clinical and Biomarker Subtypes of Preeclampsia and Future Cardiovascular Health Anum S Minhas 59 11:00 A Prospective Study of E-cigarette Use and Risk of Incident Hypertension in U.S. Adults Yingyue Ni 60 11:15 Effect of Multivitamin Reduces Within-Visit Blood Pressure Variability in Older Adults: Findings from the COSMOS Randomized Controlled Trial Bayu Begashaw Bekele 61 11:30 Association of Cumulative Blood Pressure Elevation During Young Adulthood With Cardiovascular and Kidney Outcomes in Midlife Dasom Son 62 11:45 Resolving Orthostatic Hypotension in the Hospital: A Retrospective Observational Study Stephanie Ira
10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.	Session 11B:SBM Integrating Behavioral Science Perspectives to Advance Innovation in Cardiovascular Health (Society for Behavioral Medicine sponsored session) Moderators: Casey E. Cavanagh, PhD, ABPP, FAHA and Caroline Doyle, PhD Constitution Ballroom 10:30 to 10:45 Behavioral Science-Driven Innovation to Enhance Digital Health Readiness and Cardiovascular Health Among African Americans: The Techequity by FAITH! Study Mathias Lalika, MD, MPH \| Mayo Clinic 10:45 to 11:00 Digital Health Literacy is Associated with Health-Related Social Needs and Glycemic Control among Black and Latino Adults in the United States Joyline Chepkorir, PhD, MSc, BSN, RN \| Johns Hopkins University 11:00- 11:15 AM Using Behavioral Science to Translate DASH Principles into Real-World Groceries: The GoFresh Model Kayla Ferro, MPH, RDN
11:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.	Concurrent Session 11B Oral abstract session – Behavioral Medicine Moderators: Casey E. Cavanagh, PhD, ABPP, FAHA and Caroline Doyle, PhD Constitution Ballroom 63 11:15 A Proof of Concept of Trustworthy Social Media Health Influencers: a Collaboration with the American Heart Association to Promote Cardiovascular Health among Hispanics and Latinos Kenny Mendoza 64 11:30 The Association of the Sentiment of Tailored Feedback on Adherence to Physical Activity Goals and Self-weighing in Intervention Participants in a mHealth Clinical Trial for Weight Loss Susan M Sereika 65 11:45 Food Insecurity Modifies Effect of GoFresh DASH-Patterned Grocery Intervention on Blood Pressure in Black Adults with High Blood Pressure Katie Gao
12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.	Session 12 Health Care by Food™ Conceptual Framework and Key Considerations for Field-Based Infrastructure in Food Is Medicine Research Special Lunch Session (Lunch Included, Limited attendance) Constitution Ballroom The Health Care by Food™ (HCXF) Initiative, launched by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Rockefeller Foundation, has developed a new paradigm for accelerating and supporting research in lifestyle and behavior change. The Field-Based Infrastructure (FBI) Task Force, one of AHA HCXF’s nine task forces, is designed to examine broader questions to help support either earlier or later stages of the HCXF initiative in parallel. The primary goal of the FBI Task Force is to define the essential components required to successfully implement Food Is Medicine (FIM) interventions within healthcare systems. With a focus on practical considerations, the task force develops recommendations on the tools and infrastructure needed to test, refine, and scale these programs effectively. This rapid-fire seminar will introduce the equity-driven conceptual framework developed by the task force, highlighting key strategic considerations for advancing FIM research. Participants will gain actionable insights into four critical areas: the core principles of community-engaged research, the application of behavioral science in FIM interventions, strategies for building strong partnerships across sectors, and the importance of creating spaces for shared knowledge and continuous learning. Featuring: Shreela Sharma, PhD, RDN, LD UT Health Houston Lisa Goldman Rosas, PhD, MPH Stanford University Cait Lamberton, PhD, MBA The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania Lauren Eberly, MD, MPH University of Pennsylvania
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.	Lunch on your own
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.	Concurrent Session 13 AWL Grand Ballroom The William B Kannel, MD, Memorial Lectureship in Preventive Cardiology Back to the Future: Honoring William Kannel’s Legacy to Shape the Next Frontier of Cardiovascular Epidemiology Sadiya Khan, MD, MSc FAHA Northwestern University
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.	Session 13A Oral Abstract Session – Preventive Cardiology Moderators: Matthew Durstenfeld, MD, MAS and Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, MD, MSc, MBA Grand Ballroom 67 2:00 Objectively Measured vs. Self-Reported Physical Activity and Coronary Artery Calcification: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study Daokun Sun 68 2:15 Metabolomic Profiles of Cardiac Structure and Function and Their Associations with Incident Heart Failure in Multi-Ethnic Populations Eun Hye Moon 69 2:30 Healthy Dietary Pattern, Blood Transcriptomic Profile, and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Findings from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) Chengyong Jia 70 2:45 Cardiovascular Health Across Childhood and Adolescence and Proteomic Biomarkers in Late Adolescence Zhi Lin
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.	Concurrent Session 13B Oral Abstract session – Physical Activity Moderators: Sylvia Badon, PhD and Jacob Kariuki, PhD, FAHA Constitution Ballroom 71 1:30 Replacing Sedentary Time by Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity or Sleep on a 24h Period in Early Adolescence Is Associated with Lower Insulin Resistance Five Years Later: Prospective Analysis Within the Project Viva Cohort Soren Harnois-Leblanc 72 1:45 Association of Diet Quality and Physical Activity through Young Adulthood With Mid-Life Cardiovascular Health Trajectories: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study Ishita Rai 73 2:00 Moderate to vigorous physical activity, genetic susceptibility, and risk of aortic aneurysm: a prospective cohort study Yanqui Ou 74 2:15 PM Resistance Training Lowers Blood Pressure in Older Adults with Low Muscle Strength: Findings from the INERTIA Study Deepika Laddu 75 2:30 Replacing Sedentary Behavior with Physical Activity or Sleep and Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation: Results From UK Biobank Linzi Li 76 2:45 Consistency of Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines and Long-term Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Tianyue Zhang

Learning Objectives for 2026

Identify and apply strategies for improving cardiovascular disease prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment through the use of AI and machine learning tools.
Critically appraise and apply recently published scientific evidence to inform both individualized patient care and population-level interventions aimed at reducing cardiovascular disease risk.
Critically evaluate recent research and scientific innovations and integrate evidence-based strategies into clinical and public health interventions to enhance cardiovascular health at both the individual and population levels.
Identify and implement strategies for advancing professional careers, obtaining research funding, and developing leadership competencies within the healthcare environment.

Who Attends

The conference is designed to benefit researchers as well as public health practitioners and clinicians. The meeting should appeal to physicians, epidemiologists, dietitians, nutritional scientists, exercise physiologists, behavioral scientists, biostatisticians, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurses, school health professionals and other health scientists.

Programming - EPI|Lifestyle

Ten-Day Seminar Roundtable

Learning Objectives for 2026

Who Attends