Prof Mensah is Director, Center for Translation Research & Implementation Science at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, a part of the US National Institutes of Health. He leads an effort to advance translational research and implementation science to address gaps in prevention and treatment of heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders. His goal is to maximize population health impact of advances in basic, clinical, and population science research. Prof Mensah is an honors graduate of Harvard University. He obtained his medical degree from Washington University and trained in Medicine and Cardiology at Cornell. His professional experience includes nearly 25 years of public health service, direct patient care, teaching, and research at Cornell, Vanderbilt, and Medical College of Georgia. He is a Visiting Full Professor at University of Cape Town. He has been admitted to fellowships at AHA, ACC, and ESC. He is an Honorary Fellow of the College of Physicians of South Africa.