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)

Plasma and neuroimaging biomarkers of small vessel disease and Alzheimer's disease in a diverse cohort: MESA.
(2026 Feb)
Alzheimers Dement 22(2): e71131
Lockhart SN, Sutphen CL, Tanley J, Gonzalez-Ortiz F, Kac PR, Habes M, Heckbert SR, Ashton NJ, Mielke MM, Koeppe R, Rudolph MD, Sai KKS, Whitlow CT, Hiatt KD, Craft S, Register TC, Hayden KM, Rapp SR, Sachs BC, Zetterberg H, Blennow K, Karikari TK, Hughes TM
Association of self-rated health and risk of incident atrial fibrillation: Findings from three cohorts.
(2026 Feb)
Am J Prev Cardiol 25(): 101378
Garg PK, Alam A, Bhatia HS, Horn J, Malmo V, Loennechen JP, Mu S, Foraker R, Selvin E, Janszky I, Heckbert SR, Alonso A
Comparative Analysis of AI-based Quantification vs. Visual Rating of Enlarged Perivascular Spaces in the MESA Cohort.
(2025 Dec 15)
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
Torres MF, Charisis S, Rashid T, Brandigampala SR, Hiatt KD, Ware JB, Whitlow CT, Nasrallah IM, Romero JR, Tanley JE, Seshadri S, Hohman TJ, Heckbert SR, Davatzikos C, Hughes TM, Habes M
Deep Learning Prediction of Left Atrial Structure and Function from 12-lead Electrocardiograms.
(2025 Sep 30)
medRxiv
Brody JA, Yogeswaran V, Wiggins KL, Sitlani CM, Bis JC, Chen LY, Heckbert SR, Lima JAC, Longstreth WT, Soliman EZ, Tison GH, Ye T, Psaty BM, Shojaie A, Floyd JS
Subclinical vascular risk composites and dementia imaging biomarkers 17-20 years later in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
(2025)
Cereb Circ Cogn Behav 9(): 100406
Rudolph MD, Tanley J, Ding J, Sai KKS, Chen H, Hayden KM, Liu Y, Bryan RN, Nasrallah IM, Dolui S, Habes M, Luchsinger JA, Koeppe RA, Heckbert SR, Craft S, Lockhart SN, Hughes TM
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