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)

Role of Plasma Proteins in the Association Between Socioeconomic Status and Cardiovascular Disease Events: Results From Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine Cohorts.
(2026 Oct 23)
J Am Heart Assoc
Glover LM, Gillman MG, Green MD, O'Brien SN, Casanova R, Floyd JS, Kooperberg C, Odden MC, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Shah A, Tindle HA, Wood AC, Gerszten R, Reiner A, Garcia L, Cai Y, Akinyemiju T, O'Brien EC, Sims M, Raffield LM

Where you draw the line: ancestry-specific adiposity thresholds determine measured Asian representation in obesity trials.
(2026 Oct 21)
Eur J Prev Cardiol
Yang E, Mellacheruvu P, Du LY, Floyd J, Kim DS

Associations of Plant- and Animal-Sourced Ultra-Processed Foods and Incident CKD in the Cardiovascular Health Study.
(2026 Sep 2)
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol
Hill CM, Feinberg A, Rebholz CM, Lemaitre R, Fretts AM, Wiggins KL, Sotoodehnia N, Floyd JS, Lidgard B, Bansal N, Psaty BM, Kim H

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

Large-scale proteomics to identify novel biomarkers linking social determinants of health to heart failure risk.
(2026 Aug 21)
Sci Adv 12(34): eaec5063
Ramonfaur D, Zierath R, Yang Y, Lamberson V, Claggett B, Powell-Wiley TM, Leonard T, Kucharska-Newton A, Walker KA, Chang PP, Bhavsar N, Bey G, Butler K, Ndumele C, Coresh J, Yu B, Floyd JS, Odden MC, Shah AM

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