FHS PI and Director, Vasan Ramachandran, M.D., named AHA’s 2021 Distinguished Scientist in General Preventive Medicine

Framingham Heart Study Principal Investigator and Director,
Vasan S. Ramachandran, M.D., named the American Heart Association’s 2021 Distinguished Scientist in General Preventive Medicine

Per the American Heart Association (AHA) —  Dr. Ramachandran was selected for this honor because of the impact of his work on clinical practice in cardiovascular health, significant contributions to the genetic and non-genetic epidemiology of high blood pressure and heart failure, implementation of population-based vascular testing, echocardiography and exercise testing at scale in community-based programs.

Dr. Ramachandran joined FHS in 1993 as a research fellow. He has been at Boston University School of Medicine since 1998, has been a professor of medicine since 2006 and was appointed professor of epidemiology at Boston University’s School of Public Health in 2013.

Dr. Ramachandran has mentored more than 70 clinical investigators and authored over 900 original articles in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals, with nearly 177,000 citations.

Read More from the AHA Newsroom: https://newsroom.heart.org/news/vasan-s-ramachandran-m-d-named-the-american-heart-associations-2021-distinguished-scientist-in-general-preventive-medicine

Read More from the AHA Scientific Sessions: https://professional.heart.org/en/meetings/scientific-sessions/awards