Dr Justin Zachariah is an Associate Professor in Pediatric Cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital. He is an NHLBI R01 funded clinician-scientist in prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) by addressing cholesterol and blood pressure risks in children and vascular medicine. Dr. Zachariah’s responsibilities include Texas Children’s Hospital Heart Center Co-Chair of Research Operations and Director of Research for the Pediatric Cardiology Division. He was privileged to be the 1st Pediatric Cardiology trained research fellow in a unique collaboration between Framingham Heart Study and Boston Children’s Hospital, where he was trained in biophysical and biochemical marker assessment and analysis including circulating biomarkers of ASCVD, analysis of arterial stiffness, and ASCVD epidemiology. He leveraged these experiences and a Master’s in Public Health from Harvard School of Public Health to publish manuscripts about primordial and primary ASCVD prevention with tools ranging from epidemiology, cost effectiveness, noninvasive vascular testing, clinical outcomes, translational work in biochemical and biophysical biomarkers, and ‘-omic’ platforms. Multiple published projects prove expertise in genetic epidemiology in Mendelian randomization, arterial stiffness analysis, circulating biomarker analysis, pediatric dyslipidemia, and hypertension. His service commitments have included past chair and member of the Young Hearts Cardiovascular Disease Prevention subcommittee as it transitioned focus to a more holistic redefinition of ASCVD prevention, recognized invited expert on ASCVD writing statements, as well as social determinants of health and award winning innovations in provider electronic decision support tools.