Elaine Urbina, MD, FACC, FAHA

“She looks like a cardiologist who was the first female to win the senior science award as a high school senior in the 1970s and is now a grant-funded physician scientist.”

“Mentorship for WIC is critical because the career path of a women may have a different shape than a man’s (due to family obligations) but with the right support, excellent women can end up at the top where they belong.”

Elaine Urbina is Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) and Director of Preventive Cardiology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She began her research career with the Bogalusa Heart Study in 1991 where she initiated non-invasive CV imaging studies on young adults. In 2003 she moved to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital to extend this research to adolescents with obesity-related CV risk factors. She has been continuously funded by NIH and/or AHA since 1994. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association and past chair of the Atherosclerosis, Hypertension and Obesity in Youth committee of the CV Disease in the Young council of AHA She is also president of the International Pediatric HTN Association and the North American Artery Association. https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/cores/cardio-imaging/