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)

Duration of aromatase inhibitor use and long-term cardiovascular risk in breast cancer survivors.
(2025 Jan 28)
JNCI Cancer Spectr
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

Proteomic signature of HIV-associated subclinical left atrial remodeling and incident heart failure.
(2025 Jan 12)
Nat Commun 16(1): 610
Peterson TE, Hahn VS, Moaddel R, Zhu M, Haberlen SA, Palella FJ, Plankey M, Bader JS, Lima JAC, Gerszten RE, Rotter JI, Rich SS, Heckbert SR, Kirk GD, Piggott DA, Ferrucci L, Margolick JB, Brown TT, Wu KC, Post WS

The impact of common and rare genetic variants on bradyarrhythmia development.
(2025 Jan)
Nat Genet 57(1): 53-64
Weng LC, Rämö JT, Jurgens SJ, Khurshid S, Chaffin M, Hall AW, Morrill VN, Wang X, Nauffal V, Sun YV, Beer D, Lee S, Nadkarni GN, Duong T, Wang B, Czuba T, Austin TR, Yoneda ZT, Friedman DJ, Clayton A, Hyman MC, Judy RL, Skanes AC, Orland KM, Treu TM, Oetjens MT, Alonso A, Soliman EZ, Lin H, Lunetta KL, van der Pals J, Issa TZ, Nafissi NA, May HT, Leong-Sit P, Roselli C, Choi SH, FinnGen, Million Veteran Program, Regeneron Genetics Center, Khan HR, Knight S, Karlsson Linnér R, Bezzina CR, Ripatti S, Heckbert SR, Gaziano JM, Loos RJF, Psaty BM, Smith JG, Benjamin EJ, Arking DE, Rader DJ, Shah SH, Roden DM, Damrauer SM, Eckhardt LL, Roberts JD, Cutler MJ, Shoemaker MB, Haggerty CM, Cho K, Palotie A, Wilson PWF, Ellinor PT, Lubitz SA

Statin use after cancer diagnosis and survival among patients with cancer.
(2024 Dec 25)
Cancer Causes Control
Guo H, Malone KE, Heckbert SR, Li CI

Cumulative HIV viral load and lower CD4 cell count are associated with incident venous thromboembolism in people with HIV.
(2024 Dec 18)
AIDS
Ruderman SA, Nance RM, Crane HM, Cachay E, Kitahata MM, Napravnik S, Whitney BM, Heckbert SR, Attia EF, Longenecker CT, Hoffmann AP, Budoff MJ, Ma J, Christopoulos K, Hunt PW, Moore RD, Keruly JC, Burkholder G, Bamford L, Willig AL, Chander G, Saag MS, Drumright LN, Feinstein MJ, Crothers K, Delaney JA

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