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)

Comparative Analysis of AI-based Quantification vs. Visual Rating of Enlarged Perivascular Spaces in the MESA Cohort.
(2025 Dec 15)
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
Torres MF, Charisis S, Rashid T, Brandigampala SR, Hiatt KD, Ware JB, Whitlow CT, Nasrallah IM, Romero JR, Tanley JE, Seshadri S, Hohman TJ, Heckbert SR, Davatzikos C, Hughes TM, Habes M
Deep Learning Prediction of Left Atrial Structure and Function from 12-lead Electrocardiograms.
(2025 Sep 30)
medRxiv
Brody JA, Yogeswaran V, Wiggins KL, Sitlani CM, Bis JC, Chen LY, Heckbert SR, Lima JAC, Longstreth WT, Soliman EZ, Tison GH, Ye T, Psaty BM, Shojaie A, Floyd JS
Subclinical vascular risk composites and dementia imaging biomarkers 17-20 years later in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
(2025)
Cereb Circ Cogn Behav 9(): 100406
Rudolph MD, Tanley J, Ding J, Sai KKS, Chen H, Hayden KM, Liu Y, Bryan RN, Nasrallah IM, Dolui S, Habes M, Luchsinger JA, Koeppe RA, Heckbert SR, Craft S, Lockhart SN, Hughes TM
Demographic and cardiovascular risk factors associated with blood flow characteristics of the left atrium and left atrial appendage.
(2025 Oct 30)
Eur Radiol
Pradella M, Baraboo JJ, Chu SH, Maroun A, Hwang JM, Collins MA, DiCarlo AL, Weiss EK, Zhao L, Passman R, Heckbert SR, Greenland P, Markl M
Subclinical vascular burden in relation to cognitive decline and impairment: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
(2025 Oct)
Alzheimers Dement 21(10): e70866
Tanley J, Jaeger BC, Chen H, Rudolph MD, Hayden KM, Luchsinger JA, Ding J, Liu Y, Bertoni AG, Heckbert SR, Sachs BC, Rascovsky K, Li C, Post WS, Szklo M, Hughes TM
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