Faculty

Susan Heckbert

Professor, Epidemiology
Adjunct Professor, Pharmacy

206-221-7775
heckbert@uw.edu

Education

MD Case Western Reserve University, 1981
PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1990

Contact

206-221-7775
heckbert@uw.edu

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)

Carotid Artery Stiffness Mechanisms Are Associated With End Organ Damage and All-Cause Mortality: MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis).
(2023 Mar 28)
J Am Heart Assoc
Pewowaruk R, Korcarz C, De Boer I, Kestenbaum B, Heckbert SR, Tedla YG, Gepner AD

Whole Genome Analysis of Venous Thromboembolism: the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine Program.
(2023 Mar 24)
Circ Genom Precis Med
Seyerle AA, Laurie CA, Coombes BJ, Jain D, Conomos MP, Brody J, Chen MH, Gogarten SM, Beutel KM, Gupta N, Heckbert SR, Jackson RD, Johnson AD, Ko D, Manson JE, McKnight B, Metcalf GA, Morrison AC, Reiner AP, Sofer T, Tang W, Wiggins KL, Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine Program, Boerwinkle E, Andrade M, Gabriel SB, Gibbs RA, Laurie CC, Psaty BM, Vasan RS, Rice K, Kooperberg C, Pankow JS, Smith NL, Pankratz N

Association of Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number With Brain MRI Markers and Cognitive Function: A Meta-analysis of Community-Based Cohorts.
(2023 Mar 16)
Neurology
Zhang Y, Liu X, Wiggins KL, Kurniansyah N, Guo X, Rodrigue AL, Zhao W, Yanek LR, Ratliff SM, Pitsillides A, Aguirre Patiño JS, Sofer T, Arking DE, Austin TR, Beiser AS, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Bressler J, Curran JE, Hou L, Hughes TM, Kardia SL, Launer L, Levy D, Mosley TH, Nasrallah IM, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Seshadri S, Tarraf W, González KA, Ramachandran V, Yaffe K, Nyquist PA, Psaty BM, DeCarli CS, Smith JA, Glahn DC, González HM, Bis JC, Fornage M, Heckbert SR, Fitzpatrick AL, Liu C, Satizabal CL

Genetic architecture of spatial electrical biomarkers for cardiac arrhythmia and relationship with cardiovascular disease.
(2023 Mar 14)
Nat Commun 14(1): 1411
Young WJ, Haessler J, Benjamins JW, Repetto L, Yao J, Isaacs A, Harper AR, Ramirez J, Garnier S, van Duijvenboden S, Baldassari AR, Concas MP, Duong T, Foco L, Isaksen JL, Mei H, Noordam R, Nursyifa C, Richmond A, Santolalla ML, Sitlani CM, Soroush N, Thériault S, Trompet S, Aeschbacher S, Ahmadizar F, Alonso A, Brody JA, Campbell A, Correa A, Darbar D, De Luca A, Deleuze JF, Ellervik C, Fuchsberger C, Goel A, Grace C, Guo X, Hansen T, Heckbert SR, Jackson RD, Kors JA, Lima-Costa MF, Linneberg A, Macfarlane PW, Morrison AC, Navarro P, Porteous DJ, Pramstaller PP, Reiner AP, Risch L, Schotten U, Shen X, Sinagra G, Soliman EZ, Stoll M, Tarazona-Santos E, Tinker A, Trajanoska K, Villard E, Warren HR, Whitsel EA, Wiggins KL, Arking DE, Avery CL, Conen D, Girotto G, Grarup N, Hayward C, Jukema JW, Mook-Kanamori DO, Olesen MS, Padmanabhan S, Psaty BM, Pattaro C, Ribeiro ALP, Rotter JI, Stricker BH, van der Harst P, van Duijn CM, Verweij N, Wilson JG, Orini M, Charron P, Watkins H, Kooperberg C, Lin HJ, Wilson JF, Kanters JK, Sotoodehnia N, Mifsud B, Lambiase PD, Tereshchenko LG, Munroe PB

Risk factor associations with individual myocardial infarction subtypes and acute non-ischemic myocardial injury in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA): Design and rationale.
(2023 Mar 2)
Am Heart J
DeFilippis AP, Lidani KCF, Nam Y, Trainor PJ, Johnson WC, Heckbert SR, McClelland RL, Blaha MJ, Nasir K

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