1. Stanley S Franklin is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California (CA, USA) and Investigator with the Framingham Heart Study. His main research interest is the epidemiology of hypertension in the elderly, with more than 190 peer-reviewed original articles and chapters. The European Society for Artery Research has honored him with their 2013 Lifetime Research Achievement Award.
2. Nathan D Wong Nathan D Wong is Professor and Director of the Heart Disease Prevention Program, Division of Cardiology at the University of California. He is Immediate Past President of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association. He received his PhD and MPH degrees in epidemiology from Yale University (CT, USA), and has authored or coauthored over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, and coedited four textbooks.