Faculty

Susan R Heckbert

Professor, 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 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)

Total and Structural Carotid Artery Stiffness Are Associated With Cognitive Decline and Structural Brain Abnormalities Related to Alzheimer Disease and Alzheimer Disease-Related Dementias Pathology: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
(2025 May 6)
J Am Heart Assoc 14(9): e039925
Williams JR, DeConne TM, Pewowaruk R, Korcarz C, Tanley J, Carlsson C, Heckbert SR, Habes M, Nasrallah I, Lockhart SN, Luchsinger JA, Ding J, Hayden KM, Hughes TM, Gepner AD

Mapping the Relationships Between Structural Brain MRI Characteristics and Sleep EEG Patterns: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
(2025 Apr 17)
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Kozhemiako N, Heckbert SR, Castro-Diehl C, Paquet CB, Bertisch SM, Habes M, Fohner AE, Bryan RN, Nasrallah I, Hughes TM, Redline S, Purcell SM

Whole genome sequencing analysis of body mass index identifies novel African ancestry-specific risk allele.
(2025 Apr 11)
Nat Commun 16(1): 3470
Zhang X, Brody JA, Graff M, Highland HM, Chami N, Xu H, Wang Z, Ferrier KR, Chittoor G, Josyula NS, Meyer M, Gupta S, Li X, Li Z, Allison MA, Becker DM, Bielak LF, Bis JC, Boorgula MP, Bowden DW, Broome JG, Buth EJ, Carlson CS, Chang KM, Chavan S, Chiu YF, Chuang LM, Conomos MP, DeMeo DL, Du M, Duggirala R, Eng C, Fohner AE, Freedman BI, Garrett ME, Guo X, Haiman C, Heavner BD, Hidalgo B, Hixson JE, Ho YL, Hobbs BD, Hu D, Hui Q, Hwu CM, Jackson RD, Jain D, Kalyani RR, Kardia SLR, Kelly TN, Lange EM, LeNoir M, Li C, Le Marchand L, McDonald MN, McHugh CP, Morrison AC, Naseri T, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, O'Connell J, O'Donnell CJ, Palmer ND, Pankow JS, Perry JA, Peters U, Preuss MH, Rao DC, Regan EA, Reupena SM, Roden DM, Rodriguez-Santana J, Sitlani CM, Smith JA, Tiwari HK, Vasan RS, Wang Z, Weeks DE, Wessel J, Wiggins KL, Wilkens LR, Wilson PWF, Yanek LR, Yoneda ZT, Zhao W, Zöllner S, Arnett DK, Ashley-Koch AE, Barnes KC, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Burchard EG, Carson AP, Chasman DI, Ida Chen YD, Curran JE, Fornage M, Gordeuk VR, He J, Heckbert SR, Hou L, Irvin MR, Kooperberg C, Minster RL, Mitchell BD, Nouraie M, Psaty BM, Raffield LM, Reiner AP, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Benjamin Shoemaker M, Smith NL, Taylor KD, Telen MJ, Weiss ST, Zhang Y, Heard-Costa N, Sun YV, Lin X, Cupples LA, Lange LA, Liu CT, Loos RJF, North KE, Justice AE

Carotid artery stiffness mechanisms, heart failure events, and atrial fibrillation in MESA: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
(2025 Apr 1)
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 328(4): H1019-H1025
Pewowaruk R, Korcarz CE, Bluemke DA, Hamdan MH, Heckbert SR, Lima JAC, Tedla Y, Gepner AD

Endocrine therapy and risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors.
(2025 Mar 11)
J Natl Cancer Inst
Huang Y, Kwan ML, Heckbert SR, Smith NL, Othus M, Laurent CA, Roh JM, Rillamas-Sun E, Lee VS, Kolevska T, Cheng RK, Irribarren C, Nguyen-Huynh M, Hershman DL, Kushi LH, Greenlee H

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