Monica Serra, PhD and Priya Palta, PhD, MHS, Co-Chairs of the EPI|Lifestyle Programming Committee, welcome attendees to the meeting in New Orleans and highlight some of the scientific sessions, lectures, and related events they have planned for this year.

Chiadi Ndumele, MD, PhD, MHS, FAHA, Chair of the Council on Lifestyle and Metabolic Health interviews Salim S. Virani, MD, PhD, FAHA, FASPC, about his keynote lecture on global CVD prevention and management.

Mercedes Carnathon, PhD, FAHA, Chair of the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention interviews Renu Garg, MD, MPH about Resolve to Save Lives and the work the organization is doing globally to more rapidly improve cardiovascular health.

Monica Serra, PhD, Co-Chair of the EPI-Lifestyle Programming Committee, interviews Jennifer L. Carter, BA, MRes, PhD, SFHEA about work she is doing to improve cardiovascular health by conducting large scale prospective studies on obesity and nutrition around the globe.

Moderators Namratha Kandula, MD, MPH and Bunmi Ogungbe, PhD, MPH, BNSC, RN discuss some of the recent research efforts in health services and implementation science presented during EPI|Lifestyle 2025.

Mitch S. V. Elkind, MD, MS, FAHA, past president of the American Heart Association, interviews Colleen Spees, PhD, MEd, RDN, LD, FAND, FAHA about research she and her colleagues are conducting with funding from the Health Care by Food initiative looking at ways to improve outcomes for patients with stage 2 cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome through early interventions focusing on nutrition security and behavioral change.

Mariann R. Piano, RN, PhD, FAAN, FAHA interviews Lora E. Burke, PhD MPH, FAHA, FAAN, the 2025 David Kritchevsky Memorial lecturer, about her research on self-monitoring and obesity.

Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, past president of the American Heart Association, interview Tess Peterson, PhD, MPH, the 2025 winner of the Jeremiah and Rose Stamler Award for New Investigators, about her research exploring the role of circulating monocytes in cardiac remodeling and heart failure.