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Contact Information: Georgia Prevention Institute HS-1640 Medical College of Georgia Augusta, GA 30912-3710 Phone: (706) 721-4534 FAX: (706) 721-7150 |
Research Topics
- Childhood biobehavioral antecedents of “adult” diseases
- Lifestyle interventions to promote cardiovascular, metabolic and
skeletal health starting in childhood
- The influence of impaired stress-induced pressure natriuresis in the
development of cardiovascular disease
- Methodological issues regarding diet, exercise, body composition and
non-invasive evaluation of cardiac structure and function assessment in
children
- Environmental factors such as stress, exercise, body composition and
diet
- Neurohormonal, biochemical and cellular mechanisms related to
lifestyle behaviors and coronary artery disease, essential hypertension
and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus risk factors.
- Genetic factors underlying coronary artery disease or essential
hypertension in children of different ethnic groups
- Measurement of various physiological and lifestyle factors
- Diastolic function in adults and youth
- Smoking prevention and cessation