Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention 2012 Scientific Sessions

Mar. 13-16, 2012   |   San Diego, Calif.

Program Description 
The primary goal of the joint EPI/NPAM Spring 2012 Scientific Sessions is to promote the development and application of translational and population science related to the prevention of heart disease and stroke.

The Councils on Epidemiology & Prevention (EPI) and Nutrition, Physical Activity & Metabolism (NPAM) jointly plan the EPI/NPAM Spring 2012 Scientific Sessions.  The sessions focus on obesity, nutrition, physical activity, genetics, metabolism, biomarkers, risk factors, subclinical disease, clinical disease, healthy populations, and global health.  The program also highlights strategies to translate advances in basic and clinical science into efforts to promote cardiometabolic health in both the clinical and population setting.

The program is designed to present new findings on: causes and mechanisms of health factors, subclinical, and clinical cardiovascular diseases. relationships of nutrition (diet) and physical activity (fitness) with cardiometabolic health. relationships of obesity, diabetes, and renal disease with cardiometabolic health. genetic and environmental epidemiology of cardiometabolic health. effects of lifestyle interventions on cardiometabolic disease and its health factors. results of cardiovascular disease prevention trials. population trends in cardiovascular diseases and their health factors. global cardiovascular health The program also will provide participants with the opportunity to learn current information about: advances in measuring diet and physical activity. advances in techniques in preventive cardiology. behavioral strategies to promote and sustain lifestyle modifications. clinical, population, and global health strategies to promote cardiometabolic health. outcomes research in cardiovascular health. guideline development related to cardiovascular health advances in techniques relevant to observational studies and clinical trials. methods of population surveillance for cardiovascular health and health factors. The program includes presentations of new high-quality, high-impact research; and, it is organized around oral, moderated poster, and poster abstract presentations, with special translational science lectures and debates on current issues relevant to cardiometabolic health and preventive cardiology.This format is intended to maximize the opportunities for thought-provoking interaction across a wide spectrum of scientists, including junior investigators as well as senior researchers.The sessions are designed to enhance the careers of young and early mid-career investigators and practitioners committed to the promotion of cardiometabolic health.The sessions emphasize 1) translational science, 2) population science, and 3) interdisciplinary approaches to the development and application of knowledge related to the promotion of cardiometabolic health.As a result, the EPI/NPAM Spring 2012 Scientific Sessions are unique in content and format; and, the sessions are designed to promote efforts to achieve the recently-described AHA 2020 Strategic Goals.

Who Attends
The conference is designed to benefit researchers as well as public health practitioners and clinicians. The meeting should appeal to physicians, epidemiologists, dietitians, nutritional scientists, exercise physiologists, behavioral scientists, biostatisticians, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurses, school health professionals and other health scientists.

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