Harvard-Oxford Programme in Epidemiology mini symposium
Friday, 21 May 2021, 2pm to 3.30pm
14:00 Welcome and introduction
Albert Hofman, MD, PhD
Stephen B. Kay Family Professor of Public Health and Clinical Epidemiology
Chair, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
14:05 Blood pressure and cardiovascular risk: a population-based perspective
Rory Collins, FRS, FMedSci
British Heart Foundation Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Head of Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
Principal Investigator and Chief Executive, UK Biobank
14:30 Prevalence and determinants of hypertension control among almost 100,000 treated adults in the UK Biobank
Neo Tapela, MD, PhD
Senior Research Fellow, Translational Epidemiology Unit,
Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford
14:40 Discussion
14:45 Sodium and cardiovascular disease: State of the science
Nancy R. Cook, ScD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Senior Biostatistician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
15:10 Sodium intake and cardiovascular risk: a pooled analysis of six cohort studies
Yuan Ma, PhD
Research Associate
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
15:20 Discussion
15:30 End
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