EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions 2024

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Key Dates

Key Dates for EPI|Lifestyle 2024
Date Activity
Now Open! Registration Opens
Monday, March 18, 2024 EPI|Lifestyle 2024 Begins
Thursday, March 21, 2024 EPI|Lifestyle 2024 Ends

Why you should attend

EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions

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

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 - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

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, D.Sc., Tufts University, Medford, MA

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, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

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 – Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

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	- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

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
Wenesday, March 20, 10:48 a.m. CDT

Kiarri Kershaw, PhD, MPH – Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

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 – Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Seth Martin, MD

Presentation Title: 2024 American Heart Association Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update
Session: Concurrent 6A: AH Guidelines and Statements
Wednesday, March 20, 10:30 a.m. CST
Chiadi Ndumele, MD. PhD, FAHA	– Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

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 – National Institutes of Health, Silver Spring, MD

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 – Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

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 – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

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, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA

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 – Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

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 , University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

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

Alvaro Alonso, MD, PhD, FAHA
Co-Chair
Emory University

Monica Serra, PhD

Monica Serra, PhD
Co-Chair
UT Health San Antonio

 
Priya Palta, PhD, MHSc

Priya Palta, PhD, MHSc
Vice-Chair
Columbia University Medical Center

Elisabeth Lilian Pia Sattler, PhD, RPh, FAHA

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.

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