Cardiovascular Epidemiology

Cardiovascular epidemiology plays a critical role in reducing the burden of heart disease and stroke by informing prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and public health policies. 

Cardiovascular epidemiology is a branch of public health science that focuses on studying the patterns, causes, and effects of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in populations, noting that CVDs are the most common cause of death and disability worldwide. CVD epidemiologists investigate factors that influence the development and progression of heart and blood vessel conditions such as: coronary artery disease and heart attack, stroke, hypertension (high blood pressure), heart failure, arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats), and peripheral artery disease.

The Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology promotes and advances research collaboration and discussion among investigators with expertise in cardiovascular disease research at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Framingham Heart Study, and other sites.  

Highlights of the program include:

• By means of forums and other activities, the program “expands the hallway” for those critical hallway discussions that often result in the most interesting and scientifically promising collaborations, mentorships, grant proposals, and projects
• In addition to research synergy and grant successes, the program facilitates sharing and expansion of mentoring and fellow training, didactic training in cardiovascular epidemiology, and coordination of external collaborations related to cardiovascular epidemiology  
• Program members’ interests include nutrition, physical activity, pharmacoepidemiology, aging, women’s health, genetics, basic science, biostatistics, policy and risk analysis, social and environmental epidemiology, global health, pediatric CVD, and methods. 

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