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)

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
P-Wave Indices and the Risks of Incident Atrial Fibrillation and Ischemic Stroke in Black Adults: The Jackson Heart Study.
(2025 Oct 24)
J Am Heart Assoc
Yogeswaran V, Wiggins KL, Sitlani CM, Heckbert SR, Kamel H, Benjamin EJ, Kassahun-Yimer W, Kalani R, Soliman EZ, Carson AP, Floyd JS
Carotid and regional arterial stiffness and dementia-related imaging biomarkers in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
(2025 Oct)
Alzheimers Dement 21(10): e70688
Emrani S, Tanley J, Schaich CL, Shah S, Bertoni AG, Korcarz C, Heckbert SR, Habes M, Lockhart SN, Chirinos JA, Ding J, Stein JH, Gepner AD, Bryan RN, Nasrallah IM, Luchsinger JA, Hayden KM, Liu Y, Hughes TM
Association of quantitative susceptibility mapping signal in gray matter with clinical characteristics and aging-related MRI markers: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
(2025 Sep 22)
Neuroimage Clin 48(): 103884
Heckbert SR, Jensen PN, Rashid T, Wang DH, Sitlani CM, Franklin CG, Mojtabai M, Navas-Acien A, Charisis S, Bertoni A, Longstreth WT Jr, Bryan RN, Nasrallah IM, Habes M
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