Dr. Mosca’s area of clinical expertise is preventive cardiology with an emphasis on the management of lipid disorders. Her research focuses on novel methods for the early detection and prevention of cardiovascular disease. She is Principal Investigator of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded study to test the effectiveness of a family heart health screening and educational intervention. She currently holds an NIH Mid-Career Investigator Development Award in Applied Preventive Cardiology Research.
Dr. Mosca is Past President of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology, Past Chair of the American Heart Association (AHA) Council on Epidemiology and Prevention and served on the National Board of Directors. She currently chairs the AHA Expert Panel for the Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women, and serves on the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Women's Health Research. Dr. Mosca recently co-chaired the NIH Strategic Planning Committee on Coronary Heart Disease and the NIH Task Force on Research in Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases. She was the recipient of the 2004 Women's Day Red Dress Award, the Upstate Medical University Outstanding Young Alumni Award, and the American Medical Women's Association 2007 Women in Science Award. She has participated in several national news programs and documentaries and is an invited lecturer at many national and international scientific programs. Dr. Mosca serves on the editorial boards for Preventive Cardiology and Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, and is a peer reviewer for several journals including The New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association. She has authored more than 200 scientific publications. Dr. Mosca has 2 sons, is the wife of a pediatric cardiac surgeon, is a competitive triathlete, and Hawaii Ironman finisher.
For more information about Dr. Mosca's work, please visit the
Preventive Cardiology Program website
Columbia University Medical Center
Copyright © 2009 Dr. Lori Mosca. Updated 02/23/2009
