In this video, Program Chair Peter K. Henke, MD, FAHA and Vice Chair Isabella Grumbach, MD, PhD, FAHA welcome attendees to Vascular Discovery 2026 and highlight some of the plenary sessions, concurrent tracks, poster sessions, and other programming that they have planned for the meeting this year. The meeting continues to prioritize early-career investigators through dedicated sessions, competitions, and networking opportunities.

Program Committee Chair, Peter K. Henke, MD, FAHA interviews Zorina Galis, MD about her keynote lecture on how the National Institutes of Health (NIH) helps identify and spark emerging approaches to scientific research.

Program Committee Vice Chair, Isabella Grumbach, MD, FAHA interviews Past President of the American Heart Association Joseph P. Wu, MD, PhD about his keynote lecture, "Genomics, AI, and NAMs for Drug Discovery."

Program Committee Vice Chair, Isabella Grumbach, MD, FAHA interviews Peter Libby, MD about his keynote lecture, "Inflammation in Atherosclerosis: No Longer a Theory."

Ann Marie Schmidt, MD, Editor-in-Chief of ATVB, interviews award winners from a session on highlights from the journal, Kathryn L. Howe, MD, PhD, Daniel Steinberg Early Career Investigator Award in Atherosclerosis; Luca Liberale, MD, Karl Link Early Career Investigator Award in Thrombosis; Zhiyu Dai, PhD, Werner Risau Early Career Investigator Award in Vascular Biology, and Courtney Griffin, David A. Dichek Mid-Career Investigator Award Lecture.

Kanika Jain, PhD interviews Chiadi Ndumele, MD, PhD, MHS, FAHA about his talk, "Multiorgan Pathophysiologic Interactions and Integrated Care: From Risk to Management in CKM Syndrome."

In this video, Aaron W. Aday, MD, MSc, leads a follow-up discussion with participants from a session he moderated on Advancing Cardiometabolic Care: From GLP-1 and SGLT2 and Beyond with Y. Eugene Chen, MD, PhD, Jane A. Leopold, MD, and Jason Fish, PhD.

In this video, Ferhaan Ahmad, MD, PhD, Editor-in-Chief of Circulation: Genomics and Precision Medicine interviews Kiran Musunuru, MD, PhD, MPH, ML, MRA about his 2026 Vascular Discovery Distinguished Lecture: "Therapeutic Gene Editing for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases."