Friday Forums in Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Approximately once each month, the Program will host a Forum in Cardiovascular Epidemiology. These meetings are open and interactive platforms for discussions in cardiovascular epidemiology among PIs from various institutions.
Each Forum will include a 30-minute talk by a PI on their most current research, followed by 30 minutes of interactive discussion. Forums will include a tasting of wines and dark chocolates (with a brief blinded tasting).
To maintain reasonable group size and confidentiality, the Friday Forums are open only to members of the Program and their guests. Others interested in attending a Friday Forum please contact the Program.
The Friday Forums in Cardiovascular Epidemiology are held from 4:00-5:30 pm, in Kresge Room 110 at the Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115.
If you would like to see information on topics from previous academic years, please visit the Past Friday Forums page.
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Upcoming Friday Forums for 2011-2012
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Date: September 23, 2011
Speaker: Professor John Danesh - Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine and Head, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge
Topic: "Emerging Risk Factors in Cardiovascular Disease, The Power and Pitfalls of Mendelian Randomization?"
Recorded Talk: http://webapps.sph.harvard.edu/accordentG2/fridayforum-20110923/
Wines: (1) 2004 Faustino V Reserva, Spain (2) 2008 Feudi Primitivo, Italy - Wine Details
Chocolates: Thornton's dark chocolate: (1) 63% cocoa with coffee beans (2) 53% cocoa with blueberries and raspberries
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Date: October 14, 2011
Speaker: Goodarz Danaei, MD ScD - Assistant Professor of Global Health, Harvard School of Public Health
Topic: "Disaster and Success: Global Trends in Metabolic Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Diseases"
Wines: (1) 2009 Owen Roe Abbot's Table, Washington State (2) 2009 Orin Swift The Prisoner, California - Wine Details
Chocolates: (1) Casa Angel dark chocolate with almonds, 73% cocoa, Spain (2) Max Brenner dark chocolate with almonds, 70% cocoa, USA
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Date: November 18, 2011
Speaker: Edward D. Frohlich, MD - Alton Ochsner Distinguished Scientist, Ochsner Clinic Foundation
Topic: "Dietary Sodium Excess is a Pathogenetic Factor Underlying Cardiac and Renal Failure"
Wines: (1) Anwilka 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz (63/37%), Stellenbosch, South Africa (2) Bogle Vineyards 2007 'Phantom' [Petite Sirah, Old Vine Zinfandel, Old Vine Mourvedre]
Chocolates: (1) Meiji Black dark chocolate, Japan
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Date: December 9, 2011
Speaker: Steven Gortmaker, Ph.D. - Professor of the Practice of Health Sociology, Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health
Topic: "The Best Value for Money: Interventions to Reduce Obesity"
Wines: (1) 2007 Flora Springs, Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, CA (2) 2009 Catena, Cabernet Sauvignon, Mendoza, Argentina
Chocolates: (1) Dark chocolate pound bar, 72% cocoa, Trader Joe's
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Date: January 13, 2012
Speaker: Charles Eaton, MD, MS - Professor of Family Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology, Brown University
Topic: "Are Sedentary Behavior and Physical Inactivity the same or separate risk predictors of Coronary Heart Disease: Results from the Women's Health Initiative"
Wines: (1) 2009 Mocali Rosso di Montalcino (2) 2007 Chateau de Chambert Cahors Malbec
Chocolates: (1) Taza dark chocolate, 70% cocoa (2) Taza dark chocolate nibs, 67% cocoa
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Date: February 10, 2012
Speaker: William E. Kraus, MD - Assistant Professor, Departments of Cell Biology and Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine
Topic: "Genomic and Metabolic Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease"
Wines: (1) Chateau Castera Cru Bourgeois (2) Trefethen Double T Napa Red
Chocolates: (1) Green & Black's Dark Chocolates including: regular dark, currant & hazelnut, coffee bean
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Date: March 9, 2012
Speaker: Alice H. Lichtenstein, D.Sc. - Gershoff Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy, Director and Senior Scientist, Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory, Tufts University
Topic: "Biomarkers for Nutrient Intake. What are our Options?"
Wines:
Chocolates:
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Date: April 13, 2012 - Fellows Forum
Speakers and Topics:
- Monica Bertoia "Novel markers of lipoprotein oxidation and risk of peripheral artery disease"
- Deepak Gupta "Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction in African Americans: The ARIC study"
- Marcia Otto "Dietary intake of saturated fat by food source and incident cardiovascular disease: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis"
- Vasileia Varvarigou "Cardiovascular deaths in US police officers: duty specific risks"
Wines:
Chocolates: (1) Ritter Sport Dark Chocolate with Hazelnuts Germany (2) Ghirardelli Intense Dark Sea Salt with Roasted Almonds, USA
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Date: May 11, 2012
Speaker: Frank M. Sacks, M.D. - Professor of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health
Topic: "Apolipoproteins Modulating Risk and Function of Human Lipoproteins"
Wines:
Chocolates: (1) Valrhona Dark Chocolate, France, 71% cocoa (2) Trader Joes’ Fair Trade Organic Dark Chocolate, Belgium 72% cocoa
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