The 2022 American Heart Association (AHA) Council on Epidemiology and Prevention and Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health sponsored EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions were held from March 1, 2022 to March 4, 2022 in Chicago, IL. This annual AHA subspecialty conference represents a joint platform for the Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health (Lifestyle) and the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention (EPI) to promote population science around cardiovascular health and the prevention of heart diseases and stroke. The 2022 conference theme was “Green World, Heart‐Healthy Living” and focused on the links between cardiovascular health, food sustainability, and the environment. The conference hosted an international audience of researchers, offering the opportunity for networking and in‐depth discussion. Despite the ongoing COVID‐19 pandemic, conference participation was high, with nearly 500 scientists, clinicians, public health officials, and trainees attending. The conference hosted >300 poster presentations (including e‐posters), 13 moderated poster sessions with 73 presentations, and 10 oral abstract sessions with 68 presentations. The 2022 meeting was chaired by Dr Pamela Lutsey from the University of Minnesota who represented the EPI Council and Dr Marie‐France Hivert from Harvard Medical School representing the Lifestyle Council. The vice‐chairs were Drs. Alvaro Alonso from Emory University (EPI Council) and Monica Serra from the University of Texas Health in San Antonio (Lifestyle Council).
AHA'S CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN HEALTH EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
In his opening remarks, AHA president (2021–2022) and past chair of the AHA Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Dr Donald Lloyd‐Jones, from Northwestern University recognized the continued importance of addressing the impacts of structural racism and social determinants on cardiovascular health. He highlighted AHA's grassroots advocacy network—You're the Cure—and their continued investment in health equity and social justice research through funding of Strategically Focused Health Equity Research Networks focused on Disparities in Maternal–Infant Health Outcomes ($20 million), the Prevention of Hypertension ($20 million), and The Science of Diverse Enrollment in Clinical Trials ($4.3 million).
KEYNOTE SESSIONS
The opening keynote session, entitled “Air Pollution, Green World and Healthy Heart Living,” featured Dr Sanjay Rajagopalan from the Case Western Reserve University and Dr Christopher Gardner from Stanford University. The conference chairs, Drs. Lutsey and Hivert, moderated the session. Dr Rajagopalan began with an overview of ways in which climate change may impact cardiovascular health, then presented a summary of the intersection between pollution and cardiovascular health and highlighted the need for multidisciplinary efforts to combat climate change for both human and planetary health. Additional information about personal measures that can be taken are provided in a 2020 AHA scientific statement focused on personal‐level protective actions against particulate matter air pollution exposure, of which Dr Rajagopalan was first author. 1 Dr Gardner followed with an overview of the relationship between food sustainability and cardiovascular health. To preserve planetary resources for the future, he argued that structural‐level changes are needed in agricultural production, and that individual‐level changes are needed to reduce food waste and change dietary patterns. He suggested that while we should move towards “plant‐forward” primarily plant‐based diets, which can also incorporate nonplant‐based items. Additionally, he stressed that plant‐forward diets can and should be “unapologetically delicious” and invited public health messaging to highlight the pleasure and flavorful choices of heart‐healthy foods. His talk echoed a recent AHA scientific statement emphasizing the need to create an environment that facilitates adherence to heart‐healthy dietary patterns. 2
MEMORIAL LECTURES AND SPECIAL SESSIONS
David Kritchevsky Memorial Lecture
The David Kritchevsky Memorial Lectureship honors the legacy of Dr Kritchevsky, whose research had a substantial influence on our knowledge of the role of diet in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis. 3 The 2022 honoree was Dr Alice Lichtenstein, Director of the Cardiovascular Laboratory at the Jean Mayer US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging and professor of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. Her talk, entitled “Nutrition in the 21st Century: Getting our Bearings,” discussed the 2021 AHA Dietary Guidance to improve Cardiovascular Health, 2 which was a multidisciplinary effort sponsored by the AHA Councils on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health; Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology; Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention; Clinical Cardiology; and the Stroke Council. In her talk, Dr Lichtenstein highlighted the importance of evidence‐based, heart‐healthy dietary patterns and their elements. She stressed that heart‐healthy dietary patterns are adaptable to an array of preferences and lifestyles and help promote the goal of sustainability.
Richard D. Remington Methodology Lecture
Dr Miguel Hernan, Director of the CAUSALab and Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at Harvard University, delivered the Richard D. Remington Methodology Lecture, entitled “Do Lifestyle Interventions Work? The Promises and Challenges of Causal Inference from Cohort Studies.” Dr Hernan highlighted the need for causal knowledge about comparative effectiveness and safety in decision‐making. However, because trials may be costly, unethical, impractical, or untimely, he explained that it is important to use cohort data well. While data from observational cohorts may have issues because of measurement error and confounding, the data can be improved by linking it to other existing data sources, including biobanks, and collecting data that complements traditional self‐reported data.
William B. Kannel, MD Memorial Lectureship in Preventive Cardiology
Dr Dan Roden, Director of the Oates Institute for Experimental Therapeutics, Senior Vice President for Personalized Medicine, and Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center provided the 2022 William B. Kannel Memorial Lecture, which honors Dr Kannel's contributions to the field of cardiovascular epidemiology. 4 Dr Roden's talk, entitled “Big Data and Little Data Approaches to Personalizing Medicine,” focused on using genomics and genetics data to help shape individualized care.
AHA Scientific Updates
The AHA Scientific Updates session featured the recently published Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics, Scientific Statements, and Initiatives from the AHA. The moderators of this session were Dr Kiarri Kershaw, from Northwestern University, and Dr Elaine Urbina from the University of Cincinnati.
Dr Connie Tsao, from Harvard University, presented the 2022 AHA Report on Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics on behalf of the AHA Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. 5 The report provides up‐to‐date statistics on heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in the AHA's My Life Check—Life's Simple 7, and the latest data on major clinical heart and circulatory disease conditions and associated outcomes. The latest data included in the report highlight that 2 million CVD events could be prevented annually if the US adult population would attain high CVH, and that if all US adults showed a slight improvement from a low to a moderate level of CVH, about 1.2 million CVD events could be prevented annually.
Dr Véronique Roger from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) presented early experiences with the Research Goes Red registry. 6 This registry, launched by the AHA and Verily in 2019, is an online platform that engages women and provides data about women's cardiovascular health to guide future research priorities. Planned future directions highlighted by Dr Roger include increasing the reach and diversity of participants and engaging researchers to leverage this platform to conduct high‐quality patient‐centered research.
Dr Bethany Barone Gibbs, from the University of Pittsburgh, introduced the recent AHA Scientific Statement on supporting physical activity in populations during life events and transitions. 7 This Scientific Statement provides a synthesis of data on changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior during life events and transitions such as pregnancy, parenting, retirement, death of a loved one, or major illness. Additionally, it provides guidance for health care professionals to identify such changes and promote physical activity during these times of life events and transitions.
Dr Stephen Juraschek, from Harvard University, introduced GoFresh (Groceries for Black Residents of Urban Food Deserts), a study which is a part of the AHA‐funded Health Equity Research Network, the Addressing Social Determinants to Prevent Hypertension (also known as RESTORE) Network. 8 Their team plans to test the effectiveness of an intervention facilitating virtually ordered, home‐delivered groceries meeting the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension eating pattern and coaching by dietitians in lowering blood pressure among Black adults with untreated high blood pressure who live in neighborhoods considered food deserts in the Boston area. Future study optimization steps include identifying subgroups that will benefit the most from these interventions.
Dr Joshua Joseph, from The Ohio State University, presented the recent AHA Scientific Statement on the comprehensive management of cardiovascular risk factors for adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D). 9 This statement provides updates to the 2015 AHA/American Diabetes Association Scientific Statement 10 and emphasizes the importance of lifestyle interventions, pharmacological therapy, and surgical interventions to combat the epidemic of obesity and metabolic syndrome, precursors of prediabetes, diabetes, and CVDs.
American Society for Preventive Cardiology Annual Debate
The topic of the annual American Society of Preventive Cardiology Annual Debate was “Primordial Prevention: Is Pharmacological Intervention in Early Life Worth the Risk?” The session was moderated by Dr Alvaro Alonso from Emory University and Dr Laura Rasmussen‐Torvik, from Northwestern University. Dr Claudia Fox, associate professor of pediatrics at University of Minnesota advocated for pharmacological interventions in primordial prevention, while Dr Laura Hayman, professor of nursing at the University of Massachusetts Boston advocated for lifestyle‐based interventions.
Dr Fox started the debate by highlighting the obesity epidemic in children, especially during the COVID‐19 pandemic. She discussed prior studies describing the link between childhood obesity and adulthood obesity and cardiometabolic disease. She defined obesity as a disease rather than a behavior and one that requires early‐life intervention. She highlighted new effective medications on the market and in development and asserted that these treatments address early physiological risk factors more effectively than lifestyle interventions. She also shared important clinical perspectives, as many families with children with obesity feel ‘shamed’ for multiple years before being offered pharmacologic options that address the biology of weight regulation.
Dr Hayman responded with a case for nonpharmacological primordial prevention in children. She shared results demonstrating the value of early dietary and physical activity intervention on childhood metabolic risk profiles. She emphasized that the long‐term, potential harms of pharmacological intervention for primordial prevention in children and adolescents are not well‐understood. With much audience engagement, Drs. Fox and Hayman agreed on the need to tailor primordial prevention. Lifestyle interventions may suffice for children who can adopt them, but pharmaceuticals may be necessary for those who are at the highest risk of developing cardiovascular complications early in life.
ORAL ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS
In addition to the keynote and named lecture sessions, oral abstracts, and moderated posters were presented on a range of topics.
Social Determinants and Health Disparities
In the Social Determinants and Health Disparities session, moderated by Dr Nrupen Bhavsar from Duke University and Dr Mahasin Mujahid from the University of California, Berkeley, presenters highlighted findings from diverse study populations focused on the measurement and implications of individual and neighborhood factors for disparities in cardiovascular health.
Yuemeng Li from the University of Washington leveraged data from the National Health Interview Survey to highlight variability in levels of acculturation among immigrants from Asian subgroups and the association of higher acculturation with worse cardiovascular health among Asian subpopulations. 11
Dr Michael Bancks from Wake Forest University demonstrated the association between self‐reported experiences of discrimination in multiple domains and the risk of dementia over 17 years in the MESA (Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) study. This association remained robust even after adjustment for demographic, socioeconomic, and clinical risk factors. 12
Dr Jingchuan Guo from the University of Florida found racial and geographic disparities in prescribing novel cardioprotective medications, including sodium‐glucose co‐transporter 2 inhibitors and glucagon‐like peptide 1 agonists. Both neighborhood‐ and individual‐level factors were associated with profound prescribing differences in the OneFlorida+ cohort. 13
Next, Joshua Garfein from the University of Pittsburgh shared their work using Optum's deidentified Clinformatic database They found stark racial and ethnic differences in engagement with cardiac rehabilitation and the modification of this relationship by household income. 14
Andrew Johns from Tulane University presented findings highlighting the disconnect between perceived neighborhood disorder compared with an objective 38‐domain score among a convenience sample of participants in the Healthy Neighborhoods Project in New Orleans, LA.
Finally, Dr Nwabunie Nawana from Houston Methodist Research Institute shared findings on the association between higher neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, as measured by the area deprivation index, and higher prevalence of class III obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥ 40 kg/m2) in the Houston Methodist outpatient population. 15
Diabetes and Obesity
The 2022 Diabetes and Obesity session was moderated by Dr Liliana Aguayo from Emory University and Dr Elizabeth Selvin from Johns Hopkins University.
Dr Lauren Berube from New York University presented findings that adults with prediabetes randomized to a personalized diet had greater reductions in energy intake from carbohydrates and sugars than those assigned to a standard diet in the first 3 months, but dietary changes were similar by 6 months. 16
An analysis of the CHAMPION trial (Randomized Trial of a Healthy Weight Intervention for Youth With Mental Illness), a weight control intervention for children with serious emotional disturbances, was presented by Dr Nae‐Yuh Wang on behalf of Dr Gail Daumit from Johns Hopkins University. The study found that BMI Z‐scores in the active intervention arm decreased substantially compared with the control arm, even during the COVID‐19 pandemic. 17
Next, Dr Michael Bancks from Wake Forest University presented an analysis from the Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) trial that evaluated the effects of an intensive lifestyle intervention, compared with a control group receiving diabetes support and education, to reduce CVD risk among participants stratified by hemoglobin A1c at baseline. The intensive lifestyle intervention, compared with the control, was associated with higher CVD risk only among those with high hemoglobin A1c at baseline hemoglobin A1c ≥8.7%. 18
Presenting on behalf of Dr Patricia Chavez, Dr Ayana April‐Sanders from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and colleagues analyzed data from the Echocardiographic Study of Latinos‐2 and found that early stages of worsening glucose homeostasis (ie, changing from normal to prediabetic) were associated with adverse cardiac structural and functional changes. 19
Based on data from Black Caribbean men in the Tobago Health Study, Dr Megan Marron from the University of Pittsburgh found that displacement of sedentary time with light physical activity, but not moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity, was significantly associated with a less harmful distribution of ectopic fat. 20
Finally, Aylin Memili from the University of North Carolina used 25 years of data from the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) study and latent class mixed models to derive 4 subclasses of longitudinal measures of obesity. The Genome‐Wide Association Study (GWAS) of the 4 obesity subclasses showed unique genetic architecture, suggesting that CVD risk may be heterogeneous across populations with obesity. 21
Recent Advances in Omics
This session was moderated by Dr Ravi Shah from Northwestern University and Dr Christy Avery from the University of North Carolina.
Dr Yi Li from Boston University, using data from the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort, found several metabolites associated with AHA's cardiovascular health score; a subset, primarily lipids and tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates, partially mediated the relationship between the cardiovascular health score and incident heart failure. 22
Shutong Du from Johns Hopkins University identified protein biomarkers associated with diet quality, as assessed by the Alternative Healthy Eating Index‐2010, the Alternative Mediterranean Diet, the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet, and the Healthy Eating Index‐2015 scores, using data from ARIC Study visit 3. They identified proteins representative of a range of healthy dietary patterns and proteins that were specific to a single healthy dietary pattern. 23
Dr Carolina Downie from the University of North Carolina presented the results of a GWAS evaluating potential modification by genetic variations in the effect of thiazide diuretics on low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglyceride concentrations. The thiazide low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol GWAS identified 1 locus which harbored several genome‐wide significant variants that modified the effect of thiazide diuretic use on low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol. 24
Dr Danielle Haslam from Harvard University examined the relationship between a novel metabolomic profile reflecting artificially sweetened beverage consumption and T2D risk among US adults, using data from the Nurses' Health Study, the Nurses' Health Study II, and the Health Professionals Follow‐Up Study. The study did not identify a robust metabolomic profile of artificially sweetened beverage intake; however, the objective and replicable artificially sweetened beverage‐derived metabolomic profile was associated with higher incident T2D risk. 25
Dr Adam Ware from the University of Utah and colleagues examined the number of pediatric patients undergoing genetic testing for familial hypercholesteremia and evaluated differences between genotype positive and negative probands. They found over half of the tested pediatric patients were genotype positive. Patients who were genotype‐positive were more likely to meet clinical criteria for familial hypercholesteremia, have higher total cholesterol, and low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol compared with genotype‐negative probands, and undergo more screening tests. 26
Dr Nicole Armstrong from the University of Alabama at Birmingham presented results of a case–control single‐variant GWAS in patients with apparent treatment‐resistant hypertension. Gene‐based tests were stratified by race and functional impact of variants. Among Black patients only, they identified and replicated a ZFHX3 variant, previously shown to be associated with atrial fibrillation, systolic BP, hydrochlorothiazide‐induced metabolic effects, and ischemic stroke. 27
Nutrition
A selection of oral abstracts on nutrition followed the Kritchevsky Memorial Lecture. These were moderated by Dr Maya Vadiveloo from the University of Rhode Island and Dr Monica Serra from the University of Texas Health San Antonio.
Dr Matti Marklund from the University of New South Wales modeled the potential benefits and risks of implementing a potassium‐enriched salt substitution campaign in India. By replacing table salt with the substitute, they estimated that hypertension‐related deaths would decrease substantially. However, deaths from hyperkalemia would increase slightly, primarily in those with chronic kidney disease. Overall, it was found that the intervention would prevent deaths in the total population and in those with chronic kidney disease. 28
Dr Yi‐Yun Chen from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, using the HCHS‐SOL (Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos), evaluated adherence to the alternate Mediterranean diet, the Healthy Eating Index‐2015, and the healthful plant‐based diet index among Hispanic/Latino individuals from 6 backgrounds, and the relationship between level of adherence and CVD risk. Adherence to healthy dietary patterns was highest in Mexican individuals and lowest in Puerto Rican individuals. Non‐US born Hispanic/Latino individuals, compared with US‐born individuals, showed higher adherence levels to healthy eating patterns. Adherence to healthy dietary patterns resulted in lower CVD risk in all groups of various Hispanic/Latino origin. 29
Dr Luis Maldonado from the University of Southern California and colleagues found that in a low‐income Hispanic/Latina pregnancy cohort in Los Angeles, there were significant associations between higher intake of solid fats, refined grains, and cheese in the diet in the third trimester and presence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. 30
Dr Yuni Choi from the University of Minnesota found that nutritionally rich, plant‐centered diets were associated with more favorable gut microbiome in individuals with heart failure. 31 Higher diet quality was associated with a higher abundance of Enterobacter and a lower abundance of Catenibacterium.
Novel Risk Factors
This session was moderated by Dr Nicholas Smith from the University of Washington and Dr Sachin Agarwal from Columbia University.
Based on data from >600 000 US military veterans with a median follow‐up of 5 years, Dr Andrea Schneider from University of Pennsylvania and her colleagues found that traumatic brain injury was associated with a risk of incident stroke. 32 The risk was stronger for hemorrhagic stroke compared with ischemic stroke and compared with transient ischemic attack.
Using data from the Women's Health Initiative Clinical Trials and Observational Study, Sophie Buchheit from Brown University reported a dose–response relationship between home radon exposure and elevated risk of developing stroke. Radon exposure was measured based on addresses linked to US Environmental Protection Agency‐predicted, county‐level, indoor, screening radon gas concentrations. 33
Sarah Turecamo from the National Institutes of Health observed that rurality was associated with an increased risk of incident heart failure, which was independent of socioeconomic status and other traditional CVD risk factors in Southern Community Cohort Study participants who received Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Whether rurality in this study represents the distance to health care remains to be elucidated. 34
Dr Laila Al‐Shaar from the Pennsylvania State College of Medicine presented findings showing dietary sulfur amino acid intake was significantly associated with a higher risk of CVD, CVD mortality, and all‐cause mortality in men and women, even after adjustment for nondietary and dietary risk factors.
Dr Curtis Tilves from Johns Hopkins University examined the association of gut microbiota diversity and composition with trunk fat mass among a racially diverse sample of adults aged ≥20 years, using data from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Results indicated that beta diversity, but not alpha diversity, was associated with trunk fat mass. They further found 4 bacterial species (R. gnavus, Clostridium, Blautia, Dorea spp.) to be associated with trunk fat mass. 35
Dr Leo Buckley from Harvard University and colleagues performed a proteome‐wide analysis to identify estimated glomerular filtration rate‐related pathways associated with incident heart failure, using data from the ARIC visits 3 and 5. They reported on 18 proteins associated with kidney dysfunction that were linked to an increased risk of heart failure. They further found complement and coagulation cascades and cytokine‐cytokine receptor interaction pathways to be enriched within proteins associated with incident heart failure. 36
Physical Activity and Sleep
The physical activity and sleep session was moderated by Dr Sarah Camhi from the University of San Francisco and Dr Deborah Young from Kaiser Permanente, Southern California.
Eric Hyde from San Diego State University and the University of California, San Diego, compared self‐reported and objectively measured physical activity for predicting CVD events among older women in the Objective Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health Study. They evaluated adherence to the physical activity component of AHA's Life's Simple 7 score using 2 self‐reported metrics and 2 accelerometry metrics and found that the accelerometry‐measured physical activity resulted in more accurate Life's Simple 7 scores than self‐reported physical activity. 37
Dr Erin Dooley from the University of Alabama at Birmingham explored associations between multimorbidity (≥2 chronic conditions) and 24‐hour movement as measured by a wrist‐worn ActiGraph device in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey participants. Movement decreased as the number of chronic conditions increased. Obesity, diabetes, stroke, chronic kidney disease, cancer, depression, and memory problems, specifically, were each associated with lower 24‐hour movement activity. 38
Dr Angelique Brellenthin from Iowa State University compared the effect of aerobic, resistance, and combined aerobic/resistance exercise on sleep quality, duration, efficiency, and latency with the use of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index. Participants were randomly assigned to 1 year of aerobic, resistance, or combined aerobic/resistance exercise or to a control group. Sleep quality scores improved across all groups, including the control group. Sleep duration increased in the resistance exercise group among those with <7 hours of sleep at baseline. In addition, the resistance exercise group showed increases in sleep efficiency and decreases in sleep latency. 39
Dr Julio Fernandez‐Mendoza from Pennsylvania State University examined associations of sleep‐disordered breathing from childhood through young adulthood and carotid intima‐media thickness using data from the Penn State Child Cohort. Sleep‐disordered breathing, as measured by cumulative apnea/hypopnea index at 3 time points, was associated with greater carotid intima‐media thickness in young adulthood, but the association diminished after controlling for BMI, suggesting that obesity plays an important role in the association of sleep‐disordered breathing and carotid intima‐media thickness in young adulthood. 40
Dr Kelsie Full, from the University of Minnesota explored associations of sleep regularity with measures of subclinical CVD using data from the MESA Sleep Study. Those with irregular sleep duration were more likely to have high coronary artery calcium, carotid plaque, and an abnormal ankle‐brachial index compared with those with regular sleep duration. Those with irregular sleep timing were >3 times as likely to have high coronary artery calcium burden compared with those with regular sleep timing. 41
Dr Lora Burke from the University of Pittsburgh and her team examined the effect of self‐monitoring plus personalized feedback or self‐monitoring alone on adherence to dietary, physical activity, and weight loss goals in participants in the Smarter Randomized Control Trial. The effect of the active intervention on adherence to the dietary goal was significant but adherence to physical activity goals was not significant. 42
Jeremiah and Rose Stamler Research Award for New Investigators Finalist Presentations
The 2022 session was particularly poignant given the recent passing of Jeremiah Stamler on January 26, 2022, at 102 years of age. The session was moderated by Dr Martha Daviglus from the University of Illinois Chicago and Dr Erin Michos from Johns Hopkins University.
First, Dr Natalie Cameron from Northwestern University conducted an age‐period‐cohort analysis and found maternal age, delivery year, and maternal birth year were associated with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy rates among nulliparous individuals with singleton live births. Higher maternal age was associated with a higher risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Additionally, higher rates of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy were found in recent years (2000–2004), compared with past years (1980–1984), highlighting the need for preventive efforts. Dr Cameron was the 2022 Stamler Research Award winner. 43
Next, Wendy Wang from the University of Minnesota presented evidence from real‐world data (US MarketScan data 2013–2019) on the beneficial cardiovascular effects of sodium‐glucose co‐transporter 2 inhibitors in patients with T2D. Compared with various other diabetes medications, sodium‐glucose co‐transporter 2 inhibitors use was associated with reduced rates of stroke, atrial fibrillation, myocardial infarction, and heart failure, complementing results from the large randomized controlled cardiovascular outcomes trials. 44
Dr Hao Ma from Tulane University presented on the relationship between the timing of alcohol intake and the risk of T2D. This study found that moderate alcohol intake, when ingested with a meal, was associated with the lowest risk of incident T2D; this finding was largely driven by wine, as opposed to beer or liquor, intake. 45 He acknowledged that individuals who drink with meals also frequently have different dietary patterns from others, which could be one of the major confounding factors unaccounted in this analysis.
Finally, Amelia Wallace from Johns Hopkins University presented on the risk of progression from prediabetes to T2D and demonstrated differences in risk based on different definitions of prediabetes. Her research found that fasting glucose, hemoglobin A1c, and BMI were the strongest predictors of progression. 46
Notably, Dr Andrew Agbaje from the University of Eastern Finland was nominated for his work on adolescent arterial stiffness and elevated resting heart rates in young adulthood, but was unable to present during this session. 47
Biomarkers and Risk Prediction
The session on biomarkers and risk prediction followed Dr Miguel Hernan's Richard D. Remington Methodology Lecture. This session was moderated by Dr Alanna M. Chamberlain from the Mayo Clinic and Dr Phil Gona from the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Dr Matthew Belanger from Yale University presented results from the DASH‐Sodium (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension ‐ Sodium) trial which showed that consuming a Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet over 12 weeks significantly reduced biomarkers of subclinical cardiac injury and systemic inflammation, high‐sensitivity cardiac troponin I, and high‐sensitivity CRP (C‐reactive protein). 48
Dr Yoriko Heianza from Tulane University used data from the POUNDS (Preventing Obesity Using Novel Dietary Strategies) Lost trial to examine whether weight‐loss diet‐induced changes in primary and secondary bile acids were associated with the improvements in lipid profiles. They found that primary and secondary bile acid subtype changes attributable to the implementation of a weight‐loss diet were associated with improved lipid profiles. 49
Dr Matthew Huber from the University of Washington discussed the relationship between proteins and incident coronary heart disease in community‐dwelling older adults enrolled in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Ten proteins showed associations with incident coronary heart disease; one specific protein, macrophage metalloelastase, may have a potential causal relationship with coronary heart disease risk. 50
Dr Junia de Brito from the University of Minnesota used Now Everybody Together for Amazing and Healthful Kids (also known as NET‐Works) data to show that high BMI in early childhood resulted in a sustained trajectory of accelerated weight gain throughout childhood. They discovered that cumulative exposure to high BMI bears a significant risk for elevated levels of inflammatory biomarkers CRP and leptin, and reduced levels of the anti‐inflammatory biomarker adiponectin. 51
Hypertension
This session was moderated by Dr Michelle Meyer from the University of North Carolina, and Dr Paul Muntner from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Oluwasegun Akinyelure from the University of Alabama at Birmingham showed that social determinants of health accounted for one fifth of the excess risk in uncontrolled BP among Black adults compared with White adults in the REGARDS (The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke) study. Interventions to improve social determinants of health may improve BP control and reduce disparities in CVD among Black populations. 52
Amanda Clarke from Eastern Virginia Medical School presented early findings from the HEALS Med‐Tech intervention, a 12‐month lifestyle program aimed at reducing BP compared with standard care. The intervention was comprised of a behavioral lifestyle intervention focused on1 healthy eating and living spiritually, (2) medication management and social support, and (3) telehealth services to address health care access barriers. Preliminary results demonstrated a significant reduction of systolic and diastolic blood pressure as a result of the intervention compared with the control. 53
Dr Ayana April‐Sanders from Albert Einstein College of Medicine reported on the prevalence and patient characteristics associated with hypertension treatment and control in the Montefiore Health System. The findings showed that rates of hypertension treatment and control in the Montefiore health system were lower than the national average; Asian and White adults had a better BP control compared with Black and Hispanic adults. 54
Dr Kendra Sims from the University of California, San Francisco examined the association between neighborhood factors and hypertension in older adults in the Health and Retirement Study. The findings showed that recent homeownership and residing in a census tract with recent in‐migration was associated with reduced likelihood of hypertension. 55
Dr Timothy Plante from University of Vermont examined the relationship between inflammatory cytokines and incident hypertension using REGARDS study data, which provided insight that hypertension origins may be inflammatory in nature. 56
Finally, Dr Michelle Odden from Stanford University presented trends in hypertension diagnosis, treatment, and control among Veterans Affairs nursing home residents; there was a modest trend towards reduction in antihypertensive therapy. In addition, Black and Hispanic residents and those with chronic conditions were less likely to have BP controlled to guideline standards. 57
COVID‐19 Updates
The session on COVID‐19 and Cardiovascular Health Updates was moderated by Dr David Goff, from the NHLBI, and Dr Shamarial Roberson, from Indelible Business Solutions Inc.
Dr Ryan Demmer from the University of Minnesota discussed several key methodological limitations that preclude causal inference between postacute sequelae of COVID‐19 and adverse cardiovascular outcomes following the resolution of acute infection, including the lack of rigorous preinfection and prepandemic phenotyping to rule out confounding by cardiovascular disease risk factors known to increase risk for both COVID‐19 and future cardiovascular events, and the lack of knowledge on underlying biological mechanisms of long‐COVID.
Dr Oluwabunmi Ogungbe from Johns Hopkins University discussed results from a systematic review and meta‐analysis examining associations between biomarkers of subclinical myocardial injury, coagulopathy, and inflammation with severe COVID‐19 and death among hospitalized patients. The study team observed a high prevalence of comorbid conditions (hypertension/T2D) in the sample and found elevated biomarkers to be significantly associated with severe COVID‐19 and death. 58
Dr Adovich Rivera from Northwestern University discussed findings from a study that assessed the relationship of antecedent statin use with death, intubation, and ICU admission in patients admitted for COVID‐19. Compared with nonusers, antecedent statin users had a lower risk of composite adverse outcomes, but there was no significant difference in mortality between the 2 groups. Antecedent statin use was associated with a lower risk of intensive care unit admissions but not with intubation or in‐hospital mortality. 59
Dr Luisa Alvarez from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine discussed racial/ethnic differences in the association between social determinants of health and hospitalization and mortality among patients who were positive for COVID‐19, using ambulatory care data from Bronx Montefiore Health System. Among White patients, greater use of public transportation was associated with higher odds of hospitalization. Greater household size was associated with lower odds of mortality among Hispanic patients, but increased odds of mortality among White patients. 60
Dr Sahishnu Patel from the Medical College of Wisconsin examined prehospital patient characteristics associated with Type II non–ST‐segment–elevation myocardial infarction among hospitalized patients with COVID‐19 using data from the AHA COVID‐19 Cardiovascular Disease Quality Improvement Registry. Those who were Hispanic and used antihyperglycemic medication before admission had lower odds of Type II non–ST‐segment–elevation myocardial infarction. Meanwhile, those with chronic kidney disease, CAD, chronic heart failure, and hypertension had higher odds of Type II non–ST‐segment–elevation myocardial infarction. 61
Aging and Brain Health
The session was moderated by Dr Kelley Gabriel from the University of Alabama Birmingham and Dr Priya Palta from Columbia University.
Dr Mark Lee from the University of Minnesota and colleagues used nationally representative survey data to show that about two‐fifths of the dementia cases in the US are attributable to modifiable risk factors. The greatest effects were observed for hypertension, obesity, and physical inactivity. Among Black and Hispanic Americans, modifiable risk factors accounted for approximately one half of dementia cases. 62
Dr Christopher Schaich from Wake Forest University showed that among older MESA participants, poor glycemic control, as indicated by higher visit‐to‐visit fasting glucose variability at 5 follow‐up visits, was associated with higher odds of cognitive decline. Adults at high risk of T2D during mid‐ to late‐life may be particularly affected. 63
Chelsea Liu from Harvard University presented an analysis of the role of mid‐life hypertension, diabetes, BMI, and smoking as potential vascular mediators in the association between education and dementia in the ARIC study. They found that half of the associations were mediated through these vascular risks. The association was weaker among high‐risk patients with incident stroke. 64
Dr Xiaoran Liu from the Rush University presented results using Chicago Health and Aging Project (1993–2012) data indicating that Black individuals had a higher dietary consumption of animal products, sugar‐sweetened beverages, and whole grains compared with White individuals. He also reported an association between higher healthful plant‐based diet index scores and a slower rate of global cognitive decline in Black individuals, but not in White individuals. These results suggest that dietary patterns differ by race and provide information for the development of tailored dietary recommendations for cognitive decline prevention. 65
Dr Monik Jimenez from Harvard University evaluated the heterogeneity in stroke symptoms among Hispanic/Latino participants from the HCHS‐SOL in midlife. She and colleagues found the prevalence of ≥1 stroke symptom was higher among those with mixed heritage. The findings demonstrate the high burden of stroke symptoms in relatively young individuals and differences across heritage groups, indicating the need for targeted stroke recognition education. 66
Frances Wang from Johns Hopkins University presented online‐panel survey results showing a general trend in older adults considering the preventive benefits of medications for stroke and myocardial infarction (eg, statins, aspirin) over their side‐effects. This suggests that older adults tend to prioritize the benefits of preventive therapies and that integrating individualized patient preferences is an essential step in developing precision treatment strategies. 67
Preventive Cardiology
After the Kannel Memorial Lecture, oral abstracts on preventive cardiology were moderated by Dr Sadiya Khan from Northwestern University and Dr Ambarish Pandey from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr Alexander Berry from Geisinger explored familial hypercholesterolemia subtype data from the UK Biobank. They found all 4 subtypes of familial hypercholesterolemia resulted in an increased CVD risk if left untreated. 68
Dr Susan Hennessy from the University of California, San Francisco, CA, found that the primary missed opportunities related to the control of hypertension in premenopausal women were lack of health care access, uncontrolled hypertension, and lack of hypertension awareness, using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data. Non‐Hispanic Black and Hispanic women were more likely to have a lack of health care access compared with the average US population. 69
Toluwa Omole from the University of Pittsburgh conducted a retrospective analysis of patients with incident, nonvalvular atrial fibrillation with 2015 to 2020 data from a large, regional health center, and showed that among people with atrial fibrillation, those living in the areas with the highest levels of deprivation were less likely to receive any anticoagulation and were less likely to receive a direct oral anticoagulant than those living in areas with the lowest levels of deprivation. 70
Dr Alexander Heilman from the University of Colorado used Veterans Affairs Health Care System data to examine initiation of primary prevention after diabetes diagnosis and found that rates of statin initiation and lipid control were suboptimal in the first 5 years after diabetes diagnosis in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System. 71
Dr Michael Hammond from Northwestern University concluded the session with a study using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; they found statin use is low in individuals with borderline or intermediate CVD risk who have risk‐enhancing factors that may qualify them for statin therapy. 72
Pregnancy/Maternal and Childhood
Dr Noel Mueller from Johns Hopkins University and Dr Sarah de Ferranti from Boston Children's Hospital moderated the session.
Dr Nour Makarem from Columbia University used data from the Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study to show that first‐time pregnant women with the closest adherence to the alternative Mediterranean diet pattern had significantly lower odds of developing any adverse pregnancy outcomes, including preeclampsia/eclampsia and gestational diabetes. Higher intakes of vegetables, fruits, legumes, and fish and a lower intake of red meat were associated with lower odds of adverse pregnancy outcomes. 73
Dr Jewel Scott from University of Pittsburgh reported on socioeconomic and pregnancy‐related differences in BP phenotypes in the decade following pregnancy – higher BMI, Black race, having a baby small‐for‐gestational age, and hypertension disorder in pregnancy were associated with sustained hypertension later in life (up to 10 years after delivery of the index pregnancy). 74
Dr Rebecca Jones from Emory University reported on diet behaviors in early life and childhood using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Birth cohort. Findings showed tracking of BMI Z‐score in US children and emphasized the importance of obesity intervention within the first 2 years of life.
Sudeep Neupane, on behalf of Dr Liang Wang from Baylor University, presented on a study using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development SECCYD (Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development) to show that poverty status, in addition to non‐White race and higher birthweight, was associated with obesity in US children. Findings highlight the need for system‐level interventions to address childhood obesity. 75
Rachel Kohler from West Virginia University presented on follow‐up care insufficiencies from a school‐based cross‐sectional cholesterol screening program and reported on the insufficiency of follow‐up care for kids with probable familial hypercholesterolemia. 76
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Prevention Trainee Session
The 2 NHLBI hybrid trainee sessions included work from 15 trainees from 9 institutions, 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 featured several National Institutes of Health‐funded cohort studies, and covered a wide range of topics. The first session was moderated by Dr Duke Appiah from Texas Tech University and Dr Paul Mutner from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The second session was moderated by Dr Elizabeth Selvin from Johns Hopkins University and Dr Nicole Redmond from the NHLBI.
Major themes included diet and food security, psychosocial and emotional risk factors, physical activity, and biomarkers. Three studies showed that higher physical activity was associated with improved CVD and CVD risk factors, including lower risk for ischemic stroke, 81 lower markers of inflammation, 82 improved mental health, and improved cardiometabolic health among survivors of childhood maltreatment. 83 Two studies using cohorts of adolescents and young adults showed that unhealthy eating behaviors were associated with both experiences of interpersonal racism 84 and parent perception of their children as overweight. 85 A study using data from the coronary artery risk development in young adults (CARDIA) cohort showed that food insecurity was highest among women and Black participants, and that women with food insecurity were less likely to have BP controlled. 86 Another study in the CARDIA study cohort found that modifiable risk factors may explain the increased risk of dementia in older women compared with older men. 87 Two studies from the ARIC study cohort showed that decreases in diet quality were associated with a higher risk of chronic kidney disease progression, but the use of dietary supplements had no effect on the risk of chronic kidney disease progression. 88
EARLY CAREER COMMITTEE EVENTS
Rapid Fire Oral Abstracts
Dr Bethany Gibbs from the University of Pittsburgh moderated the first Early Career Committee event and provided an insightful and heartfelt keynote to the audience, describing her early career experience, underscoring the importance of excellent mentorship to help advance skills and achieve success as an independent research investigator.
Four finalists (Table 1) competed in the Rapid‐Fire Oral Abstract Competition composed of a 3‐minute presentation and 7 minutes of question‐and‐answer interaction with the judges: Immediate‐past AHA president (2021 to 2022) Dr Donald Lloyd‐Jones, Dr Priya Palta, and Dr Elizabeth Selvin. Tung Nguyen won first place for research on work in gene deletion (Nup93) on the impairment of endothelial structure. The year's runner‐up was Brittany Pope from University of South Carolina, who described the role of estrogen in regulating social stress responses in murine models.
Table 1.
Rapid‐Fire Oral Abstract Competition
Finalists | Presentation Title |
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Tung Nguyen, BS (First Place) Doctoral Student University of Illinois Chicago |
Nup93 Deletion Impairs Endothelial Barrier Integrity and Cell Migration Through Induced Cellular Senescence |
Brittany (Pope) Pate, BS (Second Place) Doctoral Student University of South Carolina |
Estrogen‐Specific Regulation of Social Stress Susceptibility in Female Rats |
Jacob Adams, BS Master's Student University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Effects of High‐Intensity Interval Training Versus Moderate‐ Intensity Training on Cardiometabolic Health Markers in Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Study |
Patricia Pagan Lassalle, MS Doctoral Student University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Do 24‐Hour Beneficial Behaviors Associated With COVID‐19 Prevalence Differ by Cancer History? |
Samantha Vega, MPH Doctoral Student University of Illinois Chicago |
Using geographic information science to Investigate COVID‐19 Attributed Gentrification in Chicago |
COUNCIL NETWORKING LUNCHEONS
Two sessions, hosted by the EPI and Lifestyle Councils, featured presentations, and panel discussions from both early‐career and more senior investigators (Table 2).
Table 2.
Discussants for the Lifestyle and EPI Council Luncheons
Lifestyle Council: “Thriving as a Researcher in Virtual and Hybrid Environments” | ||
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Panelists | Dr Mercedes Carnethon | Mary Harris Thompson Professor and Vice Chair of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University |
Dr William E. Kraus | Richard and Pat Johnson University Distinguished Professor, Professor of Medicine at Duke University | |
Dr Leanna Ross | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Duke University | |
Dr Timothy Plante | Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Vermont | |
EPI Council: “EPI Goes Green for Heart Health!” | ||
Moderator | Dr Sadiya Khan | Assistant Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University and Chair of EPI Council Early Career Committee |
Panelists | Dr Holly Gooding | Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University |
Dr Tiffany Powell‐Wiley | Stadtman Investigator and Chief of the Social Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Laboratory at NHLBI and Adjunct Investigator at NIMHD | |
Dr David Goff Jr | Director of the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences at NHLBI |
EPI indicates Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; and NHLBI, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
During the Lifestyle Council luncheon panel discussion themed “Thriving as a Researcher in Virtual and Hybrid Environments,” Dr Leanna Ross shared a practical virtual adaptation example to address study participants' attrition and improve recruitment and retention. Dr Mercedes Carnethon highlighted challenges faced by subgroups of participants, including the unprecedented need for more educational support faced by many studies. Dr William Kraus shed light on ethical requirements to conduct research remotely and indicated that of 3 models of clinical study participation: (1) onsite, (2) hybrid, and (3) home‐based. In his experience, the hybrid model was the least desirable as participants preferred either absolute in‐person/on‐site interactions or home‐based visits over hybrid. Dr Timothy Plante and Dr Carnethon discussed COVID‐19–related isolation and work‐life balance. They emphasized the importance of healthy breaks and downtime to maintain energy and prevent burnout. Drs. Ross and Kraus stressed the importance of task prioritizations, including allocating productive morning time to self and avoiding early or after‐hours meetings. Virtual T32 fellow seminars and empowering the postdoctoral association committees inside academic centers were suggested as methods to overcome networking barriers.
At the EPI Council Luncheon themed “EPI Goes Green for Heart Health,” Dr Holly Gooding highlighted the successful work described in her recent paper on preventive cardiovascular interventions in an adolescent health clinic. Dr Tiffany Powell‐Wiley described her experiences and findings on environmental factors (eg, built environment, neighborhood resources, and impoverishment) that impact obesity and related disorders and her work to develop policy and community‐level interventions for promoting healthy behavior change. Dr David Goff shared observations from his unique role overseeing the allocation of funds by NHLBI and how the paradigm has changed under the current administration to support the investigation of environmental and climate‐driven influences on cardiovascular health.
Networking Roundtables
On Wednesday and Friday, attendees had the opportunity to discuss several topics with colleagues at networking roundtables (Table 3).
Table 3.
Networking Roundtables
Topic | Moderators |
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Wednesday, March 2, 2022 | |
Meet the Keynote Speakers |
Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD, FACC, FAHA Professor of Medicine and Director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute at Case Western Reserve University Christopher D. Gardner, PhD, FAHA Professor of Medicine and Director of Nutrition Studies at Stanford University |
Sleep |
Marie‐Pierre St‐Onge, PhD, FAHA, CCSH Associate Professor of Nutritional Medicine and Director of Sleep Center of Excellence at Columbia University |
How to Publish Meaningfully |
Ruth‐Alma Turkson‐Ocran, PhD, MPH, APRN Clinical Investigator and Instructor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center & Harvard Medical School Joshua Joseph, MD, MPH, FAHA Assistant Professor of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center |
Physical Activity in Pregnancy |
Kara Whitaker, PhD, MPH, FAHA Assistant Professor of Health Promotion at The University of Iowa Bethany Barone Gibbs, PhD, FAHA Associate Professor of Epidemiology at The University of Pittsburgh |
Health Literacy |
Jared Magnani, MD, MSc, FAHA Associate Professor of Medicine at The University of Pittsburgh La Princess C. Brewer, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine at The Mayo Clinic |
Genetic Epidemiology |
Kari North, PhD, FAHA Professor of Epidemiology at University of North Carolina |
Friday, March 4, 2022 | |
Meet the Remington Lecturer |
Miguel Hernán, MD, DrPH Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
Meet the Kannel Lecturer |
Dan M. Roden, MD, FAHA Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Navigating Microaggressions and Implicit Bias |
Monik Jimenez, ScD, FAHA Assistant Professor of Medicine & Associate Epidemiologist at Harvard Medical School & Brigham and Women's Hospital Cheryl Anderson, PhD, MPH, FAHA Professor and Dean of the University of California San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science |
Behavioral Interventions |
Anne Thorndike, MD, MPH, FAHA Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital Mark Periera, PhD, MPH Professor of Epidemiology at University of Minnesota |
Cardiac Biomarkers |
Chiadi Ndumele, MD, PhD, MHS, FAHA Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University |
Social Determinants of Health Across the Lifecourse |
Tiffany M. Powell‐Wiley MD, MPH, FAHA Stadtman Investigator and chief of the Social Determinants of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Laboratory at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
Council Awards
Several council awards were presented, including the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Conference Awards (Table 4), and the Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Conference Awards (Table 5).
Table 4.
Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Conference Awards
Awards | Presenter and Title |
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Roger R. Williams Award for Genetic Epidemiology and the Prevention and Treatment of Atherosclerosis |
Leo F Buckley, PharmD Proteins Linking Chronic Kidney Disease to Incident Heart Failure in Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study |
Trudy Bush Fellowships for Cardiovascular Disease Research in Women's Health |
Nour Makarem, PhD A Mediterranean Diet Pattern Is Associated With Lower Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in US Women: Results from the NuMoM2b Cohort Mary Rooney, PhD, MPH Performance of Glycated Albumin as a Marker of Hyperglycemia During Pregnancy: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination 1999–2004 Bhavya Varma, MD Associations Between Endogenous Sex Hormone Levels and Adipokine Levels in the Multi‐ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) |
Epidemiology and Prevention Mentoring Award | Tiffany M. Powell‐Wiley, MD, MPH, FAHA |
Sandra A. Daugherty Award for Excellence in Cardiovascular Disease or Hypertension Epidemiology and Prevention |
Timothy B. Plante, MD, MHS (Winner) Inflammatory Cytokines and Incident Hypertension in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study Kelsie M. Full, PhD, MPH (Finalist) Sleep Regularity and Subclinical Markers of Cardiovascular Disease: The Multi Ethnic Study Of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Jessica Reese, PhD (Finalist) Dyslipidemia and the Incidence of Subclinical and Clinical Cardiovascular Disease in Adolescents and Young Adults: The Strong Heart Family Study (SHFS) Yacob Tedla, PhD (Finalist) Association of Elevated High‐Sensitive Cardiac Troponin T and Low Ankle‐Brachial Index With Incident Cardiovascular Events. The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and the Cardiovascular Health Study |
Jeremiah and Rose Stamler Research Award for New Investigators |
Natalie A. Cameron, MD (Winner) Trends in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Among Nulliparous Individuals With Singleton Live Births in the United States: An Age‐Period‐Cohort Analysis Between 1995–2019 Andrew Agbaje, MD, MPH (Finalist) Adolescent Arterial Stiffness Precedes Elevated Resting Heart Rate in Young Adulthood: A 7‐year Temporal Longitudinal Analysis Using Cross‐Lagged Structural Equation Model Hao Ma, MD, PhD (Finalist) Moderate Alcohol Drinking With Meals Is Related to Lower Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Amelia S. Wallace, MS (Finalist) Remission of Prediabetes in Middle‐Age and Risk of Long‐Term Complications Wendy Wang, MPH (Finalist) Real‐World Evidence Demonstrating the Association of SGLT2 Inhibitors With Reduced Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes |
Epidemiology and Prevention Early Career Travel Grant |
Lily D. Yan, MD, MSc Pablo Martinez‐Amezcua, MD, PhD, MHS Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, MPH Haley W. Parker, MS, RD |
Epidemiology and Prevention Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups Travel Grant |
Hamdi S. Adam, MPH Jonathan J. Ruiz‐Ramie, PhD, MS Lola R. Ortiz‐Whittingham Janiya C. Sutton |
SGLT2 indicates sodium‐glucose co‐transporter 2.
Table 5.
Council on Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Conference Awards
Awards | Presenter and Title |
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Award for Excellence in Research Addressing Cardiovascular Health Equity |
Luis Enrique Maldonado, PhD, MPH Maternal Dietary Patterns During Late Pregnancy Are Linked to Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Among a Low‐Income Predominantly Hispanic/Latina Pregnancy Cohort in Los Angeles |
Scott Grundy Award for Excellence in Metabolism Research |
Michael P. Bancks, PhD, MPH Differential Effect of An Intensive Lifestyle Intervention on Risk for Cardiovascular Events According to Baseline Level of Glycated Hemoglobin Kei Hang Katie Chan, PhD, MPH Identification of Genetic Signals For “Diabesity” ‐‐‐ Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity ‐‐ Among African American and European American Participants in Four Cohorts of the TOPMed Consortium Christopher L. Schaich, PhD, MS Higher Visit‐to‐Visit Variability in Fasting Glucose and Hemoglobin A1c Is Associated With Decline in Global Cognitive Performance: The Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) |
Steven N. Blair Award for Excellence in Physical Activity Research |
Erin Dooley, MS, PhD Multimorbidity Is Associated With Lower 24‐Hour Total Movement Activity Among US Adults |
Mark Bieber Award |
Alex Chang, MD, MS Telehealth Versus Self‐Directed Lifestyle Intervention to Promote Healthy Blood Pressure: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
Early Investigator Travel Award |
Yi‐Yun Chen, MD, MSc Serena Jingchuan Guo, MD, PhD Xiaoran Liu, PhD, MSc, FAHA Mercedes Sotos‐Prieto, PhD |
CONCLUSIONS
The 2022 AHA EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions, held in Chicago, IL, brought back the exciting and empowering atmosphere of an in‐person conference for investigators from all over the world with an interest in sharing the latest evidence and insights on the prevention and treatment of CVDs. Last year's focus on emerging cardiovascular science on food sustainability and environmental health will likely become even more pressing in years to come. The 2023 AHA EPI|Lifestyle Scientific Sessions which featured several presentations on scientific advances and innovations to optimize individual and population cardiovsacular health was in held in Boston, MA, in March 2023.
Sources of Funding
A.S.W., O.T., and F.W. are supported by National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant T32HL007024. K.N.K. is supported by Health Resources and Services Administration grant T32HP32715. D.A.D. is supported by National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging grant 2RF1AG041200‐06 and American Heart Association grant 20SFRN35360180. E.T.H. is supported by National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant T32HL07989114. M.Z. is supported by American Heart Association award number 827990. R.A.T.O. is supported by the American Heart Association's Health Equity Research Network on the Prevention of Hypertension grant 878488 and the National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant 3RO1HL158622‐01S1. O.O. is supported by the American Heart Association's Health Equity Research Network on the Prevention of Hypertension grant 882415 and the Strategically Focused Research Network Center Science of Diversity in Clinical Trilas grant 953550. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy of the American Heart Association, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the US Army Medical Department, or the US Government.
Disclosures
Ruth‐Alma Turkson‐Ocran serves on the JAHA Editorial Board.
For Sources of Funding and Disclosures, see page 14.
All abstracts published in conjunction with the American Heart Association's EPI|Lifestyle 2022 Scientific Sessions can be found online here: https://www.ahajournals.org/toc/circ/145/Suppl_1
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