Education
PhD Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1999
MS Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1997
BA Political Science, Brown University, 1993
Contact
206-667-6913
robert.kaplan@einsteinmed.edu
1100 Fairview Ave N
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Arnold Building, Public Health Sciences Division
Seattle, WA 98109
Research Areas
Research Interests
Dr. Kaplan's research interests include: epidemiology of cardiometabolic diseases (coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes); non-communicable diseases and aging-related outcomes among adults with longstanding HIV infection; health of Hispanic/Latino populations; health disparities; lifestyle factors including smoking, physical activity and sedentary behavior; and influence of human microbiome and metabolome on cardiometabolic diseases.
Dr. Kaplan is affiliated with population based epidemiology cohort projects including Hispanic Community Health Study – Study of Latinos (HCHS-SOL); Women’s Interagency HIV Study and Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (WIHS/MACS); Cardiovascular Health Study; Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program; Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium.
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