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