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 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)

Colocalization of eQTLs With Type 2 Diabetes and Glycemic Traits Using Whole-Genome Sequences in Diverse Populations From the NHLBI Trans-Omics in Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program.
(2026 Jun 11)
Diabetes
Wang N, DiCorpo DA, Zhang Y, Kleinbrink E, Arnett DK, Barnard J, Blangero J, Bowden DW, Carson AP, Chen YI, Chung MK, Curran JE, Darbar D, Duggirala R, Ellinor PT, Fatkin D, Fornage M, Heard-Costa N, He J, Hou L, Kardia SLR, Kooperberg C, Loos RJF, McManus DD, Mitchell BD, Minster RL, North KE, Psaty BM, Raffield LM, Redline S, Rich SS, Roden D, Rotter JI, Shoemaker MB, Smith JD, Van Wagoner DR, Aguet F, Ardlie K, Bis JC, Brody JA, Cade BE, Clish CB, de Vries PS, Floyd JS, Freedman BI, Gabriel S, Gerzsten RE, Goodarzi MO, Gu C, Guo X, Gupta N, Heckbert SR, Hsu S, Hung YJ, Kalyani RR, Kelly TN, Kinney GL, Li C, Liu S, Liu Y, Lloyd-Jones DM, Manson JE, Mathias RA, Mercader JM, Morrison AC, Naseri T, Onengut S, Palmer ND, Peyser PA, Qi Q, Raghavan S, Reiner AP, Rooney MR, Sevilla-Gonzalez M, Sarnowski C, Smith JD, Smith JA, Spartano NL, Tahir U, Taylor KD, Tobias DK, Tracy RP, Viali S, Wang H, Wood AC, Yanek LR, Zhao W, Zheng Y, Dupuis J, Liu CT, Sladek R, Wessel J, Meigs JB, Manning AK, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium:

Associations of serum neurofilament light chain concentration with able life and healthy life in older adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study.
(2026 Jun 3)
Arch Gerontol Geriatr 150(): 106320
Hsieh JY, Longstreth WT Jr, Diehr PH, Sitlani CM, Odden MC, Mukamal KJ, Djousse L, Heckbert SR

Mixtures of key components of the external exposome in association with MRI biomarkers of brain structure: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
(2026 May)
Alzheimers Dement 22(5): e71459
Reimer CJ, Jenson TE, Tripodis Y, Shiba K, James P, Kirwa K, Heckbert SR, Hirsch JA, Besser L, Hughes T, Kaufman JD, Coull BA, Pescador Jimenez M

Rare coding variant architecture and gene discovery from 130,000 sequenced cases of atrial fibrillation.
(2026 May 4)
Res Sq
Jurgens SJ, Enzan N, Dinsmore IR, Choi SH, Luo J, Lipov A, Hartle C, Wang X, Marston NA, Weng LC, Melloni GE, Chalazan B, Gray MP, Pirruccello JP, Diaz A, Chaffin MD, Ornelas-Loredo A, Tang O, Darbar FA, Kany S, Chen Y, von Falkenhausen AS, Morrison AC, Natale A, Tveit A, Geelhoed B, Cade B, Van Wagoner DR, Haase D, Soliman EZ, Davogustto GE, Calkins H, Anderson JL, Brody JA, Barnard J, Hokanson JE, Smith JD, Bis JC, Young K, Johnson LS, Long L, Risch L, Gula LJ, Kwee LC, Kühne M, Preuss M, Gupta N, Nafissi NA, Smith NL, Nilsson PM, van der Harst P, Wells QS, Judy RL, Schnabel RB, Johnson R, Smit RA, Gabriel S, Knight S, Furukawa T, Min YI, Yoneda ZT, Laksman ZW, Alonso A, Psaty BM, Albert CM, Arking DE, Roden DM, Chasman DI, Rader DJ, Conen D, McManus DD, Fatkin D, Boerwinkle E, Marcus GM, Christophersen IE, Smith JG, Roberts JD, Raffield LM, Shoemaker MB, Cho MH, Cutler MJ, Chung MK, Olesen MS, Sinner MF, Sotoodehnia N, Kirchhof P, Loos RJ, Nazarian S, Mohanty S, Damrauer SM, Kaab S, Heckbert SR, Redline S, Shah SH, Tanaka T, Ebana Y, Regeneron Genetics Center, NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, Lubitz SA, Lunetta KL, Benjamin EJ, Rienstra M, Figtree GA, Darbar D, Bezzina CR, Ruff CT, Sabatine MS, Mirshahi T, Ellinor PT

Mitral annular calcification, coronary artery calcification, and risk of incident atrial fibrillation in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA).
(2026 May 4)
J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr
Chevli PA, Masrouri S, Razavi AC, Yeboah J, Bradford N, Soliman EZ, Heckbert SR, Suzuki T, Shapiro MD, Bhave PD

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