Professor, Epidemiology
Adjunct Professor, Pharmacy
Affiliate Investigator, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Education
MD Case Western Reserve University, 1981PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1990
Contact Info
Box 358085
1730 Minor Avenue, Suite 1360
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-221-7775
heckbert@uw.edu
http://depts.washington.edu/chru/
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.
Teaching Interests
Dr. Heckbert currently co-teaches EPI 533 joint with PHARM 533 "Pharmacoepidemiology" offered during Spring Quarter in even-numbered years.
Publications
In The News
SPH researchers take part in largest-ever genetic study of stroke
UW School of Public Health News, 04/02/2018
Eating Fatty Fish Linked to Reduced Risk of Death
American Journal of Epidemiology, 02/03/2014
Study: Diabetes self-care may be as good with depression as without it
KING5, 06/09/2010
