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)

Design of MOSAAIC (Multi-Ethnic Observational Study in American Asian and Pacific Islander Communities).
(2026 Apr 16)
JACC Asia
Ahn J, Ahsan H, Anderson GL, Aschebrook-Kilfoy B, Beery D, Carrick W, Celedón JC, Chan KCG, Chen Y, Ðoàn LN, Fang CY, Floyd JS, Hayes RB, Henderson V, Hong Y, Hsing AW, Hsu L, Hu FB, Jin JL, John EM, Kanaya AM, Kaplan RC, Kibriya MG, Kim K, Kushida C, Lampe JW, Li S, Lu Y, Ma GX, Mau MKLM, Maunakea AK, Mendoza JA, Neuhouser ML, Newman JD, Odden MC, Palaniappan L, Park SL, Randal F, Rhew IC, Santos S, Soliman EZ, Thyagarajan B, Hsin-Chun Tsai J, VoPham T, Wang P, Wion E, Yan Y, Yi SS, Zhu L, MOSAAIC Investigators

Plant-based dietary patterns are associated with slower epigenetic aging.
(2026 Mar 20)
Aging (Albany NY) 18(1): 138-158
Kim H, Castellani CA, Ma J, Wood AC, Ting A, Grams ME, Yu B, Ruggles K, Floyd JS, Arking DE, Rebholz CM

CARDIAC-FM: A Multimodal Foundation Model for Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Using ECG and Cardiac MRI.
(2026 Mar 18)
medRxiv
Li F, Li S, Qian Y, Chen B, Brody JA, Yogeswaran V, Wiggins KL, Sitlani CM, Bis JC, Shojaie A, Longstreth WT Jr, Psaty BM, Tison GH, Du S, Floyd JS, Ye T

Plasma Proteins Associated With Psychosocial Factors and Heart Disease: The Jackson Heart Study.
(2026 Mar 26)
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
O'Brien SN, Gillman MG, Green MD, Cruz DE, Floyd JS, Hankinson S, Katz DH, Liu X, Odden MC, Psaty BM, Reiner AP, Rotter JII, Rich SSS, Gerszten RE, Shah A, Sims M, Tahir UA, Tinker LF, Wood AC, Yu B, Zannas AS, Raffield L, Glover L

Proteomic pathways mediating low socioeconomic status and cardiovascular events in older adults in CHS and ARIC.
(2026 Mar 13)
Atherosclerosis 415(): 120705
Odden MC, Liu X, Shah AM, Yang Y, Lamberson V, Brody JA, Sitlani CM, Huber M, Kalani R, Shojaie A, Raffield LM, Glover L, Palta P, Kucharska-Newton AM, Psaty BM, Floyd JS

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