List of ParticipantsCO-CHAIRSBarbara Alving, M.D.Acting Director National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services Building 31, Room 5A52, MSC 2486 Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2480 Mirta Roses Periago, M.D. Director Pan American Health Organization World Health Organization 525 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037-289 COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVESBRAZILJorge José Santos Pereira Solla, M.D.State Secretary for Health/Deputy Minister of Health for Brazil Secretaria de Atenção à Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Esplanada dos Ministérios Bloco G, Edf. Sede, 9º andar, sala 900, Cep 70.058-900, Brasília - DF BRAZIL CANADAClarence Clottey, MD, MPHDeputy Director WHO - Collaborating Centre on Non Communicable Disease Policy Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Population and Public Health Branch 120 Colonnade Road, Room A130 6701A - Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9 CANADA CHILEAntonio Infante, M.D.Deputy Minister of Health for Chile Ministerio de Salud Mac-iver nª 541 p-3 Gabinete Subsecretario Santiago CHILE COLOMBIADr. Eduardo Alvarado (invited)Deputy Minister of Health for Colombia MEXICOOscar Velázquez Monroy, M.D.Director General del Centro Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiológica y Control de Enfermedades Secretaría de Salud Benjamín Franklin No. 132, Piso 2 Col. Escandón Mexico, D.F. MEXICO UNITED STATESRADM Kenneth Mortisugu, M.D., M.P.H.Depty Surgeon General Office of the Surgeon General U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 1866 Rockville, MD 20857 PARTNER ORGANIZATIONSCarmen NetworkLucimar Coser Cannon M.D., MPH., Ph.DRegional Advisor Unit on Noncommunicable Diseases Area of Disease Prevention and Control Pan American Health Organization 525 23r St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037-2895 Interamerican Heart FoundationSergio Timerman, M.D., Ph.D.President Inter-American Heart Foundation Director Heart Institute of Sao Paulo (InCor) Resuscitation Dept. and Emergency Medical Training University of Sao Paulo Medical School Rua Para 270/13, Higienopolis São Paulo, SP 01243-020 BRAZIL Interamerican Society of Cardiology (IASC)Jesus Antonio Gonzalez-Hermosillo, MD, FACCSecretary-Treasurer, Interamerican Society of Cardiology Chief of Electrocardiography and Electrophysiology Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia "Ignacio Chavez" Departamento de Electrocardiografia (sotano) Juan Badiano # 1 Tlalpan Mexico DF 14080 MEXICO Interamerican Society of Hypertension (IASH)John E. Hall, Ph.D. (invited)President, Inter-American Society of Hypertension University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216-4505 International Atherosclerosis SocietyDr. Ricardo UauyProfesor Titular Instituto Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos (INTA) Av. Macul 5540, Macul Santiago, CHILE International Society for Heart ResearchWilliam Weglicki, M.D.President American Section International Society for Heart Research George Washington University Medical Center Ross Hall 2300 I Street, N.W., Room 402 Washington, D.C. 20037 CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory HealthBruce McManus, MD, FRCPC, Ph.D.Scientific Director CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health Room 553, Burrad Building St. Paul's Hospital/Providence Health Care 1081 Burrad Street Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 1Y6 CANADA Latin American Society of Nephrology and HypertensionRafael Burgos-Calderon, MDChief Nephrology Section, Department of Medicine School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Coordinator, Renal Health Committee. Latin American Society of Nephrology and Hypertension Home address: ST 1 J-13 Los Frailes Norte, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00966 Regional Center for Border HealthAbel Sanchez, M.D.Health Programs Coordinator Regional Center for Border Health 1896 E. Babbit Lane San Luis, AZ 85349 World Heart FederationMs. Janet VouteChief Executive Officer World Heart Federation 5 Avenue du Mail 1205 Geneva, Switzerland World Hypertension League (WHL)Claude Lenfant, M.D. (invited)President, WHL Past Director National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20892 American Public Health OrganizationStephen Havas, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.Professor Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine Howard Hall, Room 140 B 660 West Redwood Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 PARTICIPANTSMatilde Alvarado, R.N., M.S.N.Coordinator Minority Health Education and Outreach Office of Prevention, Education and Control National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services 31 Center Drive, Building 31 Room 4A-10 Bethesda, MD 20892-2480 Irene Agurto, Ph. D. Sociologist Ginecólogo de Salud Pública Pan American Health Organization World Health Organization 525 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037-289 Beatriz A. Apodaca, MD, MPH, MA. Coordinator Diabetes Binational Project Field Office, US-Mexico Border Pan American Sanitary Bureau 5400 Suncrest Dr., Suite C-4 El Paso, TX 79912 Gloria Patricia Arenas Castillo, MD Subdirectora de Salud Pública Secretaría de Salud de Santander Calle 45 No. 11-52 Bucaramanga, Santander COLOMBIA Hector Balcazar, Ph.D. Assistant Dean and Professor Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences UT School of Public Health at Houston El Paso Regional Campus 1100 N. Stanton, Suite 110 El Paso, TX 79902 Alberto Barceló, MD, MSc Regional Advisor Unit on Noncommunicable Diseases Area of Disease Prevention and Control Pan American Health Organization 525 23rd Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20037-2895 Glen Bennett, M.P.H., C.H.E.S. Coordinator Advanced Technologies Applications in Health Education Programs Office of Prevention, Education, and Control National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 31 Center Drive, Building 31, Room 4A10 Bethesda, MD 20892-2480 Neil Bracht, M.P.H. Professor Emeritus University of Minnesota 1050 Candeleras St. Las Cruces, New Mexico, 88011 Ms. Deshiree Belis Pan American Health Organization World Health Organization 525 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037-289 Ms. Pilar Cano Office Assistant Unit of Noncommunicable Diseases Area of Disease Prevention and Control Pan American Health Organization 525 23rd St., N.W. Washington, DC 20037-2895 Dr. Darlyn Castañedas Director Health Development Ministry of Health Calle 16, Avenida 6 y 8 San José, COSTA RICA James Cleeman, M.D. Coordinator National Cholesterol Education Program National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 31 Center Drive, Building 31 Rm 4A10 Bethesda, MD 20892 Stephen Joel Corber, M.D. Manager Area of Disease Prevention and Control Pan American Health Organization 525 Twenty-third Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037-2895 Carlos J. Crespo, Dr.PH, MS, FACSM Associate Professor Dept. of Social and Preventive Medicine University at Buffalo The State University of New York 270 Farber Hall, Room 277, Bldg. 26 3435 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14214-3000 Darla Danford, M.P.H., D.Sc. NHLBI Nutrition Coordinator Office of Prevention, Education, and Control National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 31 Center Drive, Building 31 Rm 4A10 Bethesda, MD 20892 Ms. Amy Danzig Technical Writer/Editor Office of Prevention, Education, and Control National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 31 Center Drive, Building 31 Rm 4A10 Bethesda, MD 20892 Karen Donato, S.M., R.D. Coordinator Obesity Initiative National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 31 Center Drive, Building 31 Rm 4A10 Bethesda, MD 20892 María Cristina Escobar, M.D. Encargada Programa Salud del Adulto Ministerio de Salud Mac-Iver 541, Piso 4, Santiago CHILE Carissa F. Etienne, M.D., MSc. Assistant Director Pan American Health Organization World Health Organization 525 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037-289 Keith Copelin Ferdinand, M.D., F.A.C.C. Director, Heartbeats Life Center 1201 Poland Avenue New Orleans, LA 70117 Lawrence Friedman, M.D. Acting Deputy Director National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Building 31, Room 5A52, MSC 2490 Miguel Espinoza, M.D., Ginecólogo de Salud Pública Pan American Health Organization World Health Organization 525 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037-289 Robinson Fulwood, Ph.D., M.S.P.H. Senior Manager Public Health Program Development Office of Prevention, Education, and Control National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 31 Center Drive, Building 31 Rm 4A10 Bethesda, MD 20892 Tel: 301-496-1051 Fax: 301-402-1051 E-mail: fulwoodr@nhlbi.nih.gov Joanne Gallivan, M.S., R.D. Director National Diabetes Education Program National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institutes of Health US Department of Health and Human Services 9000 Rockville Pike Bldg 31 Rm 9A04 Bethesda, MD 20892 Ms. Erika García Pan American Health Organization World Health Organization 525 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037-289 Virginia E. Gidi, M.P.H. International Health Officer for the Americas Office of Global Health Affairs Office of the Secretary 5600 Fishers Lane Rm. 18-74 Rockville, MD 20857 Aida Giachello, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Director Midwest Latino Health Research, Training, and Policy Center (MC 625) University of Illinois at Chicago Jane Addams College of Social Work 1640 West Roosevelt Road, Suite 636 IIDD Chicago, ILL 60608-6906 Vivian Green, Ph.D. Special Assistant to the Secretary of Health, Nutrition Area Puerto Rico Department of Health Oficina de los Ayudantes del Secretario P.O. Box 70184 San Juan, P. R. 00936-8184 Ruth Johnsson Hegyeli, M.D. Associate Director for International Programs National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services 31 Center Drive, MSC 2490 Bethesda, MD 20892-2490 Sharon Hrynkow, Ph.D. Deputy Director Fogarty International Center National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Building 31, B2/C39 Bethesda, MD 20892 Elmer Huerta, M.D., M.P.H. Washington Cancer Institute Washington Hospital Center 110 Irving Street, N.W. Room C1219 Washington, D.C. 20010 Carl E. Hunt, MD Director National Center on Sleep Disorders Research National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 6022 Bethesda, MD 20892-7993 Norman Hymowitz, Ph.D. Department of Psychiatry New Jersey Medical School Behavioral Health Science Bldg. Floor F, Room 1510 183 South Orange Avenue Newark, NJ 07101 Enrique R. Jacoby, M.D., M.P.H. Regional Advisor Unit on Nutrition Area of Family and Community Health Pan American Health Organization 525 23r St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037-2895 James Kiley, Ph..D. Director Division of Lung Diseases National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health US Department of Health and Human Services RKL2, Room 10018 6701 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20817 Chitra Krishnamurti, Ph.D. Scientific Review Administrator DEA-Review Branch National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health US Department of Health and Human Services Two Rockledge Center, Room 7206 6701 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20892-7924 Ricardo López Santi, M.D. Director Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Program Fundación Bioquímica Argentina Calle 19 #2656 Entre 505 y 506 Gonnet (1897) ARGENTINA Fax: 54-221-4845735 E-mail: lopezsan@way.com.ar Ms. Silvana Luciani Project Manager. Pan American Health Organization World Health Organization 525 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037-289 Tel: 202- 974 3572 Shanthi Mendis, MD, FRCP, FACC Coordinator Cardiovascular Diseases World Health Organization Ave Appia 20, Room 4034 1211 Geneva 27 SWITZERLAND Helena O. Mishoe, Ph.D., MPH Director Office of Minority Health Affairs National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health US Department of Health and Human Services Two Rockledge Center 6701 Rockledge Drive Room 8188 Gregory J. Morosco, Ph.D., M.P.H. Associate Director for Prevention, Education, and Control National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 31 Center Drive MSC 2480 Bethesda, Maryland 20892-2480 Lindsay Newcomb, MPH Technical Officer Ginecólogo de Salud Pública Pan American Health Organization World Health Organization 525 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037-289 Rachel A. Nugent, Ph.D. Program Director, Health and Economics Fogarty International Center National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Building 31, B2/C39 Bethesda, MD 20892 Gloria Ortiz International Program Officer National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services 31 Center Drive, Building 31 Room 4A-10 Bethesda, MD 20892-2480 Cristina Rabadan-Diehl, Ph.D. Health Scientist Administrator Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases Vascular Biology Research Program National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health US Department of Health and Human Services RLK2, Room 10186 6701 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20892-7940 Sylvia Robles, M.D. Chief Unit on Noncommunicable Diseases Area of Disease Prevention and Control Pan American Health Organization 525 23r St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037-2895 Richard J. Schuster,MD,MMM Boonshoft Chair and Director Health Systems Management Wright State University 3139 Research Blvd. Kettering, Ohio 45420 Paul D. Sorlie, Ph.D. Leader Analytical Resources Scientific Research Group Epidemiology and Biometry Program Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7934 Bethesda, MD 20892 Allen M. Spiegel, M.D. Director National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institutes of Health US Department of Health and Human Services Bldg. 31, Rm. 9A/52 Bethesda, MD 20892 Ann Taubenheim, Ph.D., R.N. Coordinator, NHLBI Women's Heart Health Education Initiative National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services 31 Center Drive, Building 31 Rm 4A10 Bethesda, MD 20892 Dr. Ricardo Uauy Senior Professor Instituto Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos Av. Macul 5540, Macul Santiago, CHILE Jamie Varghese, R.N., C.C.V.N., Ph.D. Heart Research Program Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health US Department of Health and Human Services 6701 Rockledge Dr. Room 9204 Bethesda, MD 20892-7940 Graciela C. Villavicencio Rosas, M.D. SEREMI Región VIII Ministry of Health, Chile Caupolicán N° 518 oficina 510 Concepción, CHILE Gail Weinmann, MD Director, Airways Biology and Disease Program National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Institutes of Health US Department of Health and Human Services 6701 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20892 |
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