Welcome to the website of the International Society of Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention (ISCEP). ISCEP was created in 1966 with a mission to increase the capacity and supportfor epidemiological and prevention research to combat cardiovascular diseases worldwide. Over its more than 50 years of existence ISCEP has been at the forefront of the fight against CVD. It has held over 50 annual Ten-Day Seminars on Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention providing introductory and advanced training in CVD epidemiology and prevention to close to 2000 fellows from over 100 countries. Held in a different country each year, these seminars have trained physicians and scientists, many ofwhom have become national and international leaders in the field and who have led some of the most important research and prevention efforts in CVD epidemiology and prevention over the past several decades.