Dr. Nathan D Wong is a cardiovascular epidemiologist, specialist in preventive cardiology, and Professor and Director, Heart Disease Prevention Program, Division of Cardiology at the University of California, Irvine with joint appointments in epidemiology at UC Irvine and UCLA. He holds MPH and PhD degrees in epidemiology from Yale University and is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and National Lipid Association (NLA) and a master of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology (ASPC). He is a past president of the ASPC, Pacific Lipid Association chapter of the NLA, and InterAmerican Heart Foundation. His research interests include subclinical atherosclerosis and the epidemiology and management of dyslipidemia, diabetes, and obesity in relation to cardiovascular disease. He has been an investigator with the Framingham Heart Study, Women’s Health Initiative, and Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. He has authored over 400 papers and co-edited 7 textbooks and is on the editorial board of several cardiology- and diabetes-related journals, including being the co-editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, guest editor-in-chief of JACC Asia, and cardiovascular medicine editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Medicine. He is a recipient of the ASPC Joseph Stokes Award for Lifetime Achievement in Preventive Cardiology and the Lifetime Achievement Award in Clinical Research from the UC Irvine School of Medicine.