U.S. Ten-Day Seminar on the Epidemiology and Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke

The U.S. Ten-Day Seminar is an in-residence program for physicians, researchers, public health practitioners, nurses and other health care professionals that is designed to provide training in new areas of investigation and application of new methods related to the promotion of cardiovascular health and prevention of heart diseases and stroke, including descriptive epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, tailored interventions, and policy. 

The overall goal of the conference is to enhance the ability of participants to pursue successful careers related to the epidemiology and prevention of heart disease and stroke, and the promotion of cardiovascular health through development of competencies related to grant writing, manuscript development, and clinical and public health practice. A select faculty of epidemiologists, biostatisticians and prevention researchers will use interactive learning techniques; including lectures, small group discussions, and tutorial sessions illustrating basic principles of cardiovascular disease and stroke epidemiology, and prevention, and their applications. There will be extensive group participation. 

• Cheryl A. M. Anderson, PhD, MPH, MS, FAHA, UC San Diego, Seminar Director 
• Mercedes Carnethon, PhD, FAHA, Northwestern University 
• Henry A. Feldman, PhD, Boston Children's Hospital 
• Janet E. Fulton, PhD, FAHA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
• David C. Goff, MD, PhD, FAHA, National Hearth, Blood and Lung Institute
• Annie Green Howard, PhD, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 
• Darwin R. Labarthe, MD, MPH, PhD, FAHA, Northwestern University 
• Cora E. Lewis, MD, MSPH, FACP, FAHA, University of Alabama at Birmingham 
• Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, FAHA, Boston University 
• Fleetwood Loustalot, PhD, FNP, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
• Mahasin Mujahid, PhD, FAHA, UC Berkeley 
• Chiadi Ndumele, MD, PhD, FAHA, John Hopkins University  

To apply, please submit the following documents electronically: 

• Curriculum vitae (CV)
• Personal statement (1-3 pages) stating the basis for interest in the seminar
• A letter of nomination from a sponsor who is well acquainted with the applicant’s experience and interest. The sponsor must be from the applicant’s institution.

U.S. Ten-Day Seminar Application Form 2025

Deadline: March 24, 2025

Participants are required to attend all seminar activities beginning with the orientation on July 21 through program completion on July 30.

Check in: Monday, July 21 
Check out: Thursday, July 31

There is a registration fee which covers all costs for the conference. Those who enroll in the seminar will be expected to also cover associated air or ground transportation costs.

This table includes the estimated costs of lodging, meals and seminar attendance only. This does not include air or ground transportation costs.

Candidates will ordinarily be at the postdoctoral level and at a point in their careers at which the acquired research knowledge and skills will be used in the near term. Candidates at the master level will be considered based on having the experience and scope of responsibility to enable them to make a significant contribution to the promotion of cardiovascular health or the prevention of cardiovascular disease. Such candidates may include professionals engaged in public health practice at the local, state, or federal level as well as research professionals. 

The program/content is designed for a U.S.-based/North American audience therefore a preference is shown to residents of the United States. For information on the International Ten-Day Seminar, contact the international seminar coordinator, Kay-Tee Khaw.

It is the policy of UC San Diego Continuing Medical Education to ensure that the content of accredited continuing education and related materials is accurate, balanced, objective, and scientifically justified. Education must be free of the influence or control of ineligible companies, and protect learners from promotion, marketing and commercial bias. All persons in a position to control the content of accredited continuing education must disclose all financial relationships held with ineligible companies, prior to assuming a role in the activity. Those relationships deemed relevant to the education are mitigated prior to the activity through one of the following strategies, depending on the nature of relationship and the role of the person: 1) divesting the financial relationship, 2) altering the individual’s control over content, and/or 3) validating the planning decisions and/or content through independent peer review. All relevant financial relationships are mitigated prior to the activity and mitigation strategies and necessary steps for implementation are communicated to individuals prior to them assuming their role in the activity. Persons who refuse or fail to disclose are disqualified from participating in the activity. Activities are evaluated by participants and peer reviewers to determine if the content was free of bias and met acceptable scientific standards. This information is considered in future activity planning. All relevant financial relationships and the nature of those relationships are noted below. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

The UC San Diego School of Medicine designates this live activity for a minimum of 38.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The UC San Diego School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

This CME activity meets the requirements under California Assembly Bill 1195, continuing education and cultural linguistic competency.

Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science
University of California San Diego
Email: ustendayseminar@gmail.com 
Telephone: 619-800-3029