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Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology & Prevention Mentors

Norrina Allen, PhD

Norrina Allen, PhD


Director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) - Center for Epidemiology and Population Health Quentin D. Young Professor of Health Policy Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology) and Pediatrics

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: CVD over the lifecourse; disparities in quality of care and outcomes; cognitive functioning; health services research 

Lauren B Beach, PhD, JD

Lauren B Beach, PhD, JD


Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Health disparities by sexual orientation and gender identity; clinical informatics; diabetes; molecular markers of disease 

Mercedes Carnethon, PhD

Mercedes Carnethon, PhD


Vice Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine
Chief of Epidemiology in the Department of Preventive Medicine
Mary Harris Thompson Professor
Professor of Preventive Medicine

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Complications of diabetes; sleep; racial/ethnic disparities in metabolic and CVD; epidemiologic methodology 

Diana A Chirinos, PhD

Diana A Chirinos, PhD


Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Psychological stress; heart failure; bereavement; sleep; health disparities 

Marilyn Cornelis, PhD

Marilyn Cornelis, PhD


Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine (Nutrition)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Nutrition; genetics, high-throughput omic-technologies; biological underpinnings of disease 

Matthew M Davis, MD, MAPP

Matthew M Davis, MD, MAPP


Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Chief of Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care in the Department of Pediatrics
Founders’ Board Centennial Professor
Professor of Pediatrics (Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care), Medical Social Sciences, Medicine (General Internal Medicine) and Preventive Medicine

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Health policy implications of research; primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in youth and young adults 

Matthew Feinstein, MD

Matthew Feinstein, MD


Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Pathology and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Immune function; human immunodeficiency virus; translational research; heart failure 

Philip Greenland, MD

Philip Greenland, MD


Harry W. Dingman Professor of Cardiology
Professor of Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology) and Medicine (Cardiology)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Subclinical measures of CVD; personalized medicine; CVD epidemiology across the lifecourse 

Nia J Heard-Garris, MD, MSc

Nia J Heard-Garris, MD, MSc


Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Advanced General Pediatrics and Primary Care)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Child and adolescent health; structural racism and health; cardiovascular disease prevention; positive psychology interventions 

Lifang Hou, MD, PhD

Lifang Hou, MD, PhD


Director, Robert J. Havey, MD Institute for Global Health - Center for Global Oncology
Chief of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention in the Department of Preventive Medicine
Professor of Preventive Medicine (Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention) and Pediatrics

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Biological mechanisms of environmental risk factors, epigenetics, genetics, cancer

Tamara Isakova, MD, MMSc

Tamara Isakova, MD, MMSc


Director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) - Center for Translational Metabolism and Health
Margaret Gray Morton Professor of Medicine
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology and Hypertension)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Chronic kidney disease; bone mineral metabolism; biomarkers of CKD

Ravi Kalhan, MD, MS

Ravi Kalhan, MD, MS


Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care) and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Chronic lung disease; CVD and pulmonary health; epidemiology of lung diseases in the population 

Namratha R Kandula, MD, MPH

Namratha R Kandula, MD, MPH


Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine) and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Disparities in cardiovascular disease; community engaged research methodologies; diabetes 

Kiarri Kershaw, PhD, MPH

Kiarri Kershaw, PhD, MPH


Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Social and neighborhood determinants of CVD; obesity; racial/ethnic health disparities

Sadiya S Khan, MD, MSc

Sadiya S Khan, MD, MSc


Magerstadt Professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Heart failure; women’s health and reproductive factors; cardio-pulmonary disease; obesity  

Abel N Kho, MD

Abel N Kho, MD


Director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) - Center for Health Information Partnerships
Director, Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine) and Preventive Medicine (Health and Biomedical Informatics)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Biomedical informatics and the application of electronic health resources for the conduct of clinical, translational and patient-centered research. 

Kristen L Knutson, PhD

Kristen L Knutson, PhD


Associate Professor of Neurology (Sleep Medicine) and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Sleep and circadian medicine; health disparities; global health; glucose disorders

Tara Lagu, MD, MPH

Tara Lagu, MD, MPH


Director, Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM) - Center for Health Services & Outcomes Research
Professor of Medicine (Hospital Medicine) and Medical Social Sciences

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Heath services research; implementation science; heart failure; health disparities in populations with disability 

Jeffrey A Linder, MD, MPH, FACP

Jeffrey A Linder, MD, MPH, FACP


Chief of General Internal Medicine in the Department of Medicine
Michael A. Gertz Professor of Medicine
Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Electronic health records and clinical decision support in primary care; behavior change 

Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM

Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM


Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine
Eileen M. Foell Professor
Professor of Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology), Medicine (Cardiology) and Pediatrics

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Lifetime risk estimation; hypertension and cardiovascular disease; strategies for defining cardiovascular health across the lifecourse in the population. 

Mary McDermott, MD

Mary McDermott, MD


Jeremiah Stamler Professor
Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine) and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Peripheral arterial disease; disability; inflammation; exercise trials and treatment; interventions 

Elizabeth M McNally, MD, PhD

Elizabeth M McNally, MD, PhD


Director, Center for Genetic Medicine
Elizabeth J. Ward Professor of Genetic Medicine
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Genetic variation in CVD risk in human and animal models 

Amanda Marma Perak, MD, MS

Amanda Marma Perak, MD, MS


Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Child and adolescent health; microbiome; cardiovascular prevention; health disparities 

Laura Rasmussen-Torvik, PhD, MPH

Laura Rasmussen-Torvik, PhD, MPH


Chief of Epidemiology in the Department of Preventive Medicine
Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Genetics of CVD, Diabetes, and Obesity; GWAS studies; translation of GWAS into clinical care 

Nilay S Shah, MD, MPH

Nilay S Shah, MD, MPH


Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Heart failure; Health disparities; immigration and health outcomes 

Sanjiv Shah, MD

Sanjiv Shah, MD


Director, Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine - Center for Deep Phenotyping and Precision Therapeutics
Neil J. Stone, MD, Professor
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Echocardiography, cardiovascular physiology, heart failure, pulmonary hypertension

Juned Siddique, DrPH

Juned Siddique, DrPH


Professor of Preventive Medicine (Biostatistics) and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Biostatistics; measurement error correction methodology for the assessment of diet and physical activity in cohort studies. 

John T Wilkins, MD

John T Wilkins, MD


Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)/Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Clinical cardiology; lipid disorders; proteomics; lifetime risks of cardiovascular disease

Clyde W Yancy, MD, MSc

Clyde W Yancy, MD, MSc


Vice Dean for Diversity and Inclusion
Chief of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine
Magerstadt Professor
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Medical Social Sciences

Research Interests/involvement in the Training Program: Heart failure, comparative effectiveness research, mentoring and career counseling

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