Gregory A. Roth, MD, MPH, is Professor of Medicine-Cardiology, Health Metric Science and Global Health and Director of the Program in Cardiovascular Health Metrics at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Roth’s research focuses on global cardiovascular health surveillance, population health, and quality of care and outcomes for cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure, coronary heart disease, stroke and atrial fibrillation. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others. Dr. Roth earned his bachelor’s degree and MD from Brown University and his MPH from the University of Washington, and is an attending physician for cardiology and echocardiography at Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, USA.