Dr. Wei Chen is a genetic epidemiologist of cardiovascular disease and has been working with the Bogalusa Heart Study as a senior investigator for 20 years. He has a broad background and experience in epidemiology, genetics and epigenetics of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and hypertension, fetal and childhood origins of chronic diseases, epidemiologic methodology, and longitudinal analysis models. As principal investigator, he has been awarded 12 NIH and American Heart Association-funded research projects in the above research areas. Dr.

Chung-Shiuan Chen is a biostatistician serving as a data manager for several studies. She performs data quality control, prepares analytical datasets, and analyzes data in the focus of cardiovascular diseases. She works with other study groups by providing summary data and also assists junior faculty by providing suggestions regarding the statistical methods Computer Packages for Epidemiology, which focuses on both data management and data analysis using SAS and Stata.