Dr. Eva Lonn, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACC is a Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, McMaster University, Medical Director, Heart Failure Program and Cardiac Health and Rehabilitation Program at Hamilton Health Sciences, and Senior Scientist, Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Her main research interests are in clinical trials in cardiovascular prevention, in heart failure, and in ultrasound imaging in atherosclerosis. She is the recipient of numerous peer reviewed grants and industry contracts and has led several large international clinical trials in cardiovascular prevention and in atherosclerosis. She authored or co-authored over 320 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 9 book chapters and has been an invited speaker at numerous national and international meetings.