Faculty

James Floyd

Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Medicine - General Internal Medicine

206-221-7775

Education

MD Medicine (MD), Duke University, 2005
BS Chemistry, Duke University, 2000
MS Epidemiology, University of Washington, 2011

Contact

206-221-7775

Cardiovascular Health Research Unit
1730 Minor Ave, Suite 1360
Seattle, WA 98101

Research Interests

Cardiovascular epidemiology
Drug safety
Pharmacogenomics
Methods for using electronic health data in epidemiologic studies
Treatment of type 2 diabetes
Atrial fibrillation
Coronary heart disease
Proteomics

Recent Publications (PubMed)

A large-scale genome-wide study of gene-sleep duration interactions for blood pressure in 811,405 individuals from diverse populations.
(2025 Apr 4)
Mol Psychiatry
Nagarajan P, Winkler TW, Bentley AR, Miller CL, Kraja AT, Schwander K, Lee S, Wang W, Brown MR, Morrison JL, Giri A, O'Connell JR, Bartz TM, de Las Fuentes L, Gudmundsdottir V, Guo X, Harris SE, Huang Z, Kals M, Kho M, Lefevre C, Luan J, Lyytikäinen LP, Mangino M, Milaneschi Y, Palmer ND, Rao V, Rauramaa R, Shen B, Stadler S, Sun Q, Tang J, Thériault S, van der Graaf A, van der Most PJ, Wang Y, Weiss S, Westerman KE, Yang Q, Yasuharu T, Zhao W, Zhu W, Altschul D, Ansari MAY, Anugu P, Argoty-Pantoja AD, Arzt M, Aschard H, Attia JR, Bazzanno L, Breyer MA, Brody JA, Cade BE, Chen HH, Chen YI, Chen Z, de Vries PS, Dimitrov LM, Do A, Du J, Dupont CT, Edwards TL, Evans MK, Faquih T, Felix SB, Fisher-Hoch SP, Floyd JS, Graff M, Gu C, Gu D, Hairston KG, Hanley AJ, Heid IM, Heikkinen S, Highland HM, Hood MM, Kähönen M, Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Kawaguchi T, Kazuya S, Kelly TN, Komulainen P, Levy D, Lin HJ, Liu PY, Marques-Vidal P, McCormick JB, Mei H, Meigs JB, Menni C, Nam K, Nolte IM, Pacheco NL, Petty LE, Polikowsky HG, Province MA, Psaty BM, Raffield LM, Raitakari OT, Rich SS, Riha RL, Risch L, Risch M, Ruiz-Narvaez EA, Scott RJ, Sitlani CM, Smith JA, Sofer T, Teder-Laving M, Völker U, Vollenweider P, Wang G, Willems van Dijk K, Wilson OD, Xia R, Yao J, Young KL, Zhang R, Zhu X, Below JE, Böger CA, Conen D, Cox SR, Dörr M, Feitosa MF, Fox ER, Franceschini N, Gharib SA, Gudnason V, Harlow SD, He J, Holliday EG, Kutalik Z, Lakka TA, Lawlor DA, Lee S, Lehtimäki T, Li C, Liu CT, Mägi R, Matsuda F, Morrison AC, Penninx BW, Peyser PA, Rotter JI, Snieder H, Spector TD, Wagenknecht LE, Wareham NJ, Zonderman AB, North KE, Fornage M, Million Veteran Program, Hung AM, Manning AK, Gauderman J, Chen H, Munroe PB, Rao DC, van Heemst D, Redline S, Noordam R, Wang H

Cross-Ancestry Comparison of Aptamer and Antibody Proteomics Measures.
(2025 Feb 13)
Res Sq
Nicholas JC, Katz DH, Tahir UA, Debban CL, Aguet F, Blackwell T, Bowler RP, Broadaway KA, Chen J, Clish CB, Coresh J, Cornell E, Cruz DE, Deo R, Doyle MF, Durda P, Ekunwe L, Floyd JS, Gill D, Guo X, Hoogeveen RC, Johnson C, Lange LA, Li Y, Manning A, Meigs JB, Mi MY, Mychaleckyj JC, Olson NC, Pratte KA, Psaty BM, Reiner AP, Ruan P, Sevilla-Gonzalez M, Shah AM, Sun Q, Tracy RP, Wen J, Wood AC, Wilson JG, Young KL, Yu B, Rooney MR, Manichaikul A, Dubin R, Mohlke KL, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Ganz P, Gerszten RE, Taylor KD, Raffield LM

Unveiling the Genetic Landscape of Coronary Artery Disease Through Common and Rare Structural Variants.
(2025 Feb 18)
J Am Heart Assoc 14(4): e036499
Iyer KR, Clarke SL, Guarischi-Sousa R, Gjoni K, Heath AS, Young EP, Stitziel NO, Laurie C, Broome JG, Khan AT, Lewis JP, Xu H, Montasser ME, Ashley KE, Hasbani NR, Boerwinkle E, Morrison AC, Chami N, Do R, Rocheleau G, Lloyd-Jones DM, Lemaitre RN, Bis JC, Floyd JS, Kinney GL, Bowden DW, Palmer ND, Benjamin EJ, Nayor M, Yanek LR, Kral BG, Becker LC, Kardia SLR, Smith JA, Bielak LF, Norwood AF, Min YI, Carson AP, Post WS, Rich SS, Herrington D, Guo X, Taylor KD, Manson JE, Franceschini N, Pollard KS, Mitchell BD, Loos RJF, Fornage M, Hou L, Psaty BM, Young KA, Regan EA, Freedman BI, Vasan RS, Levy D, Mathias RA, Peyser PA, Raffield LM, Kooperberg C, Reiner AP, Rotter JI, Jun G, de Vries PS, Assimes TL

Classifying COVID-19 hospitalizations in epidemiology cohort studies: The C4R study.
(2025)
PLoS One 20(2): e0316198
Oelsner EC, Krishnaswamy A, Rustamov R, Balte PP, Ali T, Allen NB, Andrews HF, Anugu P, Arynchyn A, Bateman LA, Cai J, Chang H, Chen L, Elkind MSV, Floyd JS, Gabriel KP, Gharib SA, Gutierrez JD, Stukovsky KH, Howard VJ, Isasi CR, Jager L, Jin L, Judd SE, Kanaya AM, Kandula NR, Kelly MR, Khan SS, Kucharska-Newton A, Lee JS, Levitan EB, Lewis CE, Make BJ, Malloy K, Manly JJ, Mauger D, Min YI, Murabito JM, Murphy CG, Norwood AF, O'Connor GT, Ortega VE, Patel AA, Pirzada A, Regan EA, Ring KB, Rosamond WD, Schwartz DA, Shikany JM, Sotres-Alvarez D, Tarlton C, Tse J, Meneses EMU, Vankineni M, Wenzel SE, Woodruff PG, Xanthakis V, Yang JH, Zakai NA, Zhang Y, Post WS

Sugar-sweetened beverage intake, gut microbiota, circulating metabolites, and diabetes risk in Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos.
(2025 Mar 4)
Cell Metab 37(3): 578-591.e4
Zhang Y, Luo K, Peters BA, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, Moon JY, Wang Y, Daviglus ML, Van Horn L, McClain AC, Cordero C, Floyd JS, Yu B, Walker RW, Burk RD, Kaplan RC, Qi Q

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