There are multiple factors predisposing an individual to CVDs. Trends ascertain a shift towards a younger age for getting affected by CVDs. However, environmental etiology of CVDs has been least studied, and a few Meta-Analyses reveal their independent association with untimely cardiac morbidity and mortality. The aim of this webinar is to explore and summarize existing literature in the field and build on it through prospective ideas for research especially in the Indian context. We shall get acquainted with the omics terminology and explore the concept of envirome, pollutome and interome that can affect heart. The role of built environment and sociomics, shall also be discussed. Environment-Wide Association Studies (EWAS) will be a breakthrough in cardiology research, and the consequent possibility of reversibility of cardiovascular ailments will be discussed in detail.

Purva Shoor has obtained her MD community medicine from Karnataka, India and post graduate diploma in environmental and occupational health from IGNOU, India. Presently she is teaching the subject for the past 10 years in India. She has authored and edited books titled Preventive Cardiology-A community medicine perspective- first and second ed published in 2023, and 2025 respectively and Environmental Cardiology- A community medicine perspective published in 2024. She has been able to conduct 16 original research out of which one is on HTN and T2DM while one ongoing longitudinal research would reveal the impact of air pollution on fluctuations of pulse, B.P among hypertensives. She is a precision sciences enthusiast and would look forward to furthering her prospective research in the field as the best way to treat communities by precision public health.