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| JoAnn E. Manson, MD, MPH, DrPH |
JoAnn E. Manson, MD, MPH, DrPH, chief of the Division of Preventive Medicine and the Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women’s Health at Harvard Medical School, was invited to deliver the American Heart Association’s Distinguished Scientist Lecture at the AHA Annual Scientific Sessions last fall in Philadelphia.
Manson’s talk — “How VITAL are Vitamin D and Omega-3s for Heart Health?” — centered on findings from the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL) Study, a large-scale randomized clinical trial investigating whether taking daily dietary supplements of vitamin D3 or omega-3 fatty acids reduces the risk for developing cancer, heart disease or stroke in people who do not have a prior history of these illnesses. Manson is a co-Director of the study, which launched in 2010 and has a cohort of nearly 26,000 men and women across the U.S.
AHA Distinguished Scientist Lecturers are selected from Distinguished Scientist Awardees, a prominent group of AHA scientists and researchers whose work has importantly advanced our understanding of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. The Distinguished Scientist Award was created 16 years ago to recognize members for significant, original and sustained scientific contributions that have advanced the association's mission. Manson was awarded the honor in 2011.
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