EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions 2025
March 6–9, 2025
Hyatt Regency New Orleans | New Orleans, Louisiana
Key Dates
Date | Activity |
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Winter 2025 | Watch for Registration! |
Thursday, March 6, 2025 | EPI|Lifestyle 2025 Sessions Begin |
Sunday, March 9, 2025 | EPI|Lifestyle 2025 Ends |
Important Links
Program Information
- NEW! Photos from EPI|Lifestyle 2024
- How to claim CE
- Online Program Planner(link opens in new window)(link opens in new window)(link opens in new window)
- Schedule on Programming page
- Faculty Disclosure Template slides (PPTX)
- EPI Lifestyle 2024 ePoster site
- 2024 Poster Session Abstracts (PDF)
- AHA Newsroom
- Abstracts published in Circulation
Why you should attend
Meet with expert peers and speakers to drive the world forward with the latest in translational and population science. The need to disseminate key discoveries and research on a global scale has never been greater. Be a force for change in heart disease and stroke prevention and help to foster cardiovascular health.
The program will include keynote lectures, interactive presentations focused on population science and policy implications in addition to a wide range of oral abstract sessions. Join the discussion on implementation science as it applies to promoting cardiovascular health and adopting healthy behaviors. Take your EPI|Lifestyle experience further by engaging with networking roundtables and early-career-focused events.
Opening Keynote Speakers
Karen Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH
Presentation Title: Implications of Federal and State Health Policies for Cardiovascular Health and Prevention
Opening Session: What's Money Got to Do With It: Policy, Economics, and Cardiovascular Health
Tuesday, March 19, 8:30 a.m. CDT
Dhruv Satish Kazi, MD, MSc, MS
Presentation Title: The impact of economic factors on cardiovascular health and prevention
Opening Session: What's Money Got to Do with It: Policy, Economics, and Cardiovascular Health
Tuesday, March 19, 8:50 a.m. CDT
Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc
Presentation Title: Implications of Federal and State Health Policies for Cardiovascular Health and Prevention
Opening Session: What's Money Got To Do With It: Policy, Economics, and Cardiovascular Health
Tuesday, March 19, 8:30 a.m. CDT
Invited Faculty
Amy Ai, PhD
Presentation Title: Posttraumatic Growth After Experiencing Cardiovascular Disease: Implications for Behavioral Cardiac Care Policy
Session 10A: Society for Behavioral Medicine Session
Thursday, March 21, 10:48 a.m. CDT
Jean C. Bikomeye, MPH
Presentation Title: Urban Greenspace and CardioOncology Related Outcomes Among Older Women with Breast Cancer in the United States: Regional Variations Within the SEER-Medicare Linked Database
Session 10A: Society for Behavioral Medicine Session and Oral Abstract Presentations
Thursday, March 21, 10:36 a.m. CDT
Alka Kanaya, MD
Presentation Title: Epidemiology of Diabetes and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Among Asian American Adults: Implications, Management, and Future Directions
Session Concurrent 6A: AHA Guidelines and Statements
Wednesday, March 20, 10:48 a.m. CDT
Kiarri Kershaw, PhD, MPH
Presentation Title: AHA Scientific Statement: Neighborhoods and Cardiovascular Health
Session: Concurrent 6A: AHA Guidelines and Statements
Wednesday, March 20, 11:06 a.m. CDT
Seth Martin, MD
Presentation Title: 2024 American Heart Association Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics UpdateSession: Concurrent 6A: AH Guidelines and Statements
Wednesday, March 20, 10:30 a.m. CST
Chiadi Ndumele, MD, PhD, FAHA
Presentation Title: AHA Presidential Advisory: Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health
Session: Concurrent 6A: AHA Guidelines and Statements
Wednesday, March 20, 11:06 a.m. CDT
Tiffany Powell-Wiley, MD, MPH
Panelist: Put your money where your heart is: Research Translation for Equitable CKM Health
EPI Council Annual Business Meeting and Networking Luncheon (ticket required)
Wednesday, March 20, 12:00 p.m. CDT
Debate topic: Lifestyle Therapy
Session 8: ASPC Annual Debate – Obesity First-Line Therapy: Pharmacotherapy vs. Lifestyle Medicine
Wednesday, March 20, 3:45 p.m. CDT
Alyssa M. Vela, PhD, LP, DipACLM
Table Lead: Society for Behavioral Medicine: Current Science in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine
Networking Roundtable Session
Thursday, March 21, 10:00 a.m.
Moderator: Current Science in Cardiovascular Behavioral Medicine: Opportunities for Policy Change and Reevaluation
Session 10A: Society for Behavioral Medicine Session & Oral Abstracts
Thursday, March 21, 10:30 a.m.
Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD, FAHA
Presentation Title: AHA Presidential Advisory: Food is Medicine
Session: Concurrent 6A: AHA Guidelines and Statements
Wednesday, March 20, 11:42 a.m. CDT
Award Lectures
Cheryl A.M. Anderson, PhD, MPH, MS, FAHA
Presentation Title: Traveling the Last Mile: The Road to Sustainable Global Impact of Healthy Diets on Cardiovascular Health
Session 5A: The David Kritchevsky Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, March 20, 8:30 a.m. CDT
Norrina Bai Allen, PhD, MPH, FAHA
Title: Healthier, Earlier: Cardiovascular Health Across the Life Course
Session 11A: The William B Kannel, MD Memorial Lectureship in Preventive Cardiology
Thursday, March 21, 1:30 p.m. CDT
Daniel Rader, MD FAHA
Presentation Title: Two Decades of GWAS: What Have We Learned About Cardiometabolic Traits and Diseases?
Session 9A: The Richard D. Remington Methodology Lecture
Thursday, March 21, 8:30 a.m. CDT
EPI|Lifestyle 2024 Program Committee
Officers
Alvaro Alonso, MD, PhD, FAHA
Co-Chair
Emory University
Monica Serra, PhD
Co-Chair
UT Health San Antonio
Priya Palta, PhD, MHSc
Vice-Chair
Columbia University Medical Center
Elisabeth Lilian Pia Sattler, PhD, RPh, FAHA
Vice-Chair
University of Georgia
Members
- Sarah M. Camhi, PhD, FAHA, University of San Francisco
- Ryan Demmer, PhD, MPH, University of Minnesota
- Randi Foraker, PhD, Washington University
- Monik Jimenez, ScD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Sadiya Khan, MD, Northwestern University
- Jared Magnani, MD, MSc, FAHA, University of Pittsburgh
- Noel Mueller, PhD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University
- Ravi Shah, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Colleen Spees, PhD, MEd, RDN, LD, FAND, The Ohio State University
Liaison (American Society for Preventive Cardiology)
- Martha Gulati MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FESC
Childcare
The American Heart Association is committed to supporting women and families in science and medicine, and will offer onsite childcare centers for all scientific conferences during conference and special activity hours.
Childcare is available for children between the ages of 6 months and 12 years.
Get pricing, details and more information when registration opens.
AHA Policies and Guiding Values
The American Heart Association policies on conflict of interest, ethics and inclusiveness and our guiding values reflect the high standard of business conduct that has always been, and remains, a hallmark of our organization.
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