Council Named Lecturers


Council Named Lectures feature presentations from some of today’s foremost clinicians and researchers as well as those with a lifetime of contributions to the field of cardiovascular disease and stroke. The lecture is often named in honor of a pioneer and leader in the field related to one of the AHA’s 16 scientific councils.

These lectures are presented at the AHA’s Scientific Sessions and Specialty Meetings. Honorees are selected by the council leadership and are invited to present a lecture on a topic of their choice.

2026 AHA Council Named Lecturers

International Stroke Conference 2026
Pooja Khatri, MD, MSc, FAHA

2026 Stroke Council Award and Lecture

Yale University 
New Haven, Connecticut
EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions 2026
Angela Odoms-Young, PhD

David Kritchevsky Memorial Lectureship

Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Michelle Odden, PhD

Richard D Remington Methodology Lectureship

Stanford University
Stanford, California
Sadiya Khan, MD, MSc, FAHA

William B. Kannel, MD Memorial Lectureship in Preventive Cardiology

Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois

EPI|LIFESTYLE Scientific Sessions

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