Dr. Wei Perng: Understanding the natural history of cardiovascular health across early-life

Key Takeaways: 

This talk describes cohort-specific findings regarding the natural history of cardiovascular health in children and adolescents, presents objectives of a related ECHO-wide analysis, and provides an overview of pursuits for extramural funding to identify targets for primordial prevention of CVD through optimization of early-life cardiovascular health among U.S. youth.

Speakers:

Wei Perng, PhD MPH
Colorado School of Public Health
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Speaker Bio:

Wei Perng, PhD MPH, is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health and Associate Director of Research Training and Education at the Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes (LEAD) Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. She is a lifecourse and ‘omics epidemiologist interested in the developmental pathways of excess adiposity and cardiometabolic risk among youth.

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