Welcome To EPICORE
Viola Vaccarino, MD, PhD, Director
The Emory Program in Cardiovascular Outcomes Research and Epidemiology ("EPICORE") is a multidisciplinary research group concentrating on clinical and population epidemiology, outcomes research, clinical trials and translational research in cardiovascular diseases and related disciplines.
Main areas of interest include novel biomarkers, subclinical cardiovascular disease, women's health, diabetes and metabolic syndrome, genetic epidemiology, twin studies, cardiovascular outcomes research, psychosocial factors and the effect of mind-body interactions on health.
Funding for research comes primarily from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association and philanthropic foundations. In collaboration with Emory Heart Center Information Services, EPICORE maintains, enhances, and utilizes as an investigative resource the Emory Cardiac Database, one of the nation's original and largest computerized cardiovascular databases.
EPICORE is a unit of the Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology. Investigators are multidisciplinary, from the Emory University School of Medicine, the Rollins School of Public Health, the Emory University School of Nursing, Emory University Hospital, Crawford W. Long Hospital of Emory University, Grady Memorial Hospital, the Emory Clinic, the Atlanta Veterans' Administration Medical Center, and the Morehouse College School of Medicine. Investigators collaborate with, contribute to, and utilize the intellectual and material resources of EPICORE.
