Faculty

Susan R Heckbert

Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology

206-221-7775

Education

MD Case Western Reserve University, 1981
PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1990

Contact

206-221-7775

Cardiovascular Health Research Unit
Box 358085
1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1360
Seattle, WA 98101
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Research Areas

Research Interests

Dr. Heckbert's main research interests are in clinical epidemiology, with emphasis on cardiovascular disease. Her research focuses on cardiac arrhythmias, aging, alterations in brain structure and function, medication effects and drug safety, and genetic associations with cardiovascular disease.

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Association of Air Pollution Exposure and Risk of Incident Atrial Fibrillation: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
(2026 Oct 16)
Heart Rhythm
Cannon EJ, Kaufman JD, Austin TR, Misialek JR, Heckbert SR, Jacobs DR Jr, Lutsey PL
Long-term ambient air pollution is not associated with circulating soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor.
(2026 Oct)
Environ Epidemiol 10(5): e532
Ghazzal BZ, Ismail A, Huang Y, Gassett A, Farhat T, Elangovan R, Blakely P, Heckbert SR, Kaufman JD, Hayek SS
Cardio-metabolic biomarkers including circulating ketone bodies and risk of incident atrial fibrillation in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA).
(2026 Sep 30)
Prog Cardiovasc Dis
Chevli PA, McParland J, Masrouri S, Gokul K, Connelly MA, DeFilippi CR, Bradford N, Raina A, Heckbert SR, Szklo M, Suzuki T, Shapiro MD, Bhave PD
Deep Learning-derived Bone Mineral Density and Longitudinal White Matter Microstructure and Cognitive Decline: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
(2026 Sep)
Radiology 320(3): e260656
Momtazmanesh S, Hathaway QA, Bancks MP, Bluemke DA, Barr RG, Post WS, Habes M, Nasrallah I, Heckbert SR, Bryan RN, Luchsinger JA, Wan M, Budoff M, Lima JAC, Hughes TM, Davatzikos C, Demehri S
Deep learning prediction of left atrial structure and function from 12-lead electrocardiograms.
(2026 Jul 31)
Nat Commun 17(1):
Brody JA, Yogeswaran V, Wiggins KL, Sitlani CM, Bis JC, Chen LY, Heckbert SR, Lima JAC, Longstreth WT Jr, Psaty BM, Soliman EZ, Tison GH, Ye T, Shojaie A, Floyd JS
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