The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute is hosting the virtual workshop “Developmental Origins of Hypertension: Life-Course and Intergenerational Opportunities for Prevention” on December 1–2, 2026. This workshop is organized in collaboration with the Office of Research on Women’s Health, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the Office of the Director’s Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes. Xiaobin Wang, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.D. (Zanvyl Krieger Professor, Director, Center on the Early Life Origins of Disease, Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and School of Medicine) and Kent Thornburg, M.S., Ph.D., FAPS (Emeritus Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Former Director, Center for Developmental Health and M. Lowell Edwards Chair of Cardiovascular Research, Oregon Health & Science University) are the workshop co-chairs.
Registration for this workshop is free and required to attend.
