Dr. David Goff Jr. is director of the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences in the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health. Prior to joining the NHLBI, he served as dean and professor of epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health and as chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention at the Wake Forest School of Medicine. He received a medical degree from the University of North Carolina and a doctorate in epidemiology from the University of Texas-Houston School of Public Health. He trained in internal medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He is an elected member of the American Epidemiological Society and a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American Heart Association. He has served as a member of the board of directors for the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, president of the board of directors for the Denver Metro Division of the American Heart Association, chair of the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention for the American Heart Association and chair of the Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research for the American Heart Association.