The success of the Study and the important scientific results depend on three key elements: the vision and scientific rigor of the Research Investigators, the meticulous work of the Research Staff, and most of all, on the extraordinary generosity of the Research Participants. Thank you for your devotion these last 70 years.
A view of Downtown Framingham in the 1950’s. Over half of the adult residents were enrolled the FHS in 1948.
An early office of the FHS near the Framingham Union Hospital.
The dedication ceremony on April 10, 2008 of a street marker in honor of the FHS 60th anniversary.
Operations Director, Greta Lee, shows original Framingham Heart Study logo design.
Former Associate Director Dr. Kannel, measuring heart size
Research staff, Meme and Zoe, with participant in Research Examination Center.
CT scan in the Framingham Heart Study Research Exam Center.
FHS Participants assembled for 50th anniversary celebration of FHS at Memorial Hall.
Three generations of FHS participants
Flag Day in Framingham, MA
FHS Heart Statue
Research staff using technology to collect and store data in real time.
Three early leaders celebrating the 50th year of FHS; Wm. Castelli, Thom. R. Dawber and Wm. B. Kannel
A multi-generational FHS family – Coldwell photo courtesy of MetroWest Daily News 9/9/20 01
Lorna Lyell using a huge rolling card file to find contact information for members of the Original Cohort
Lab technician Zoe Schneider, a National Institutes of Health PostBac student, works at the Framingham Heart Study Clinic. Source: Daily News and Wicked Local Staff: Walker, John. Metro West Daily News, 7 Oct. 2018.
FHS Display during 1950s Exhibit
Three generations of FHS participants from the Galvani family 1998
Physical activity station in the research center
Framingham Heart study staff completing measures with a participant.
Echo sonographer Ewa Osypiuk with a participant – July 2003
David Satcher, MD, US Secretary of Health and Human Services at FHS 50th Celebration, 1998
Article in Framingham News on 10-11-49 to note the completion of FHS Year 1.
FHS Exhibit in 1950s
Framingham News 1948
One of several street markers dedicated on April 10, 2008 in Framingham in honor of the 60th anniversary of FHS
FibroScan technician Christopher McDonough shows third-generation patient Jeff Foster where the Framingham participants are from on a map. Source: Daily News and Wicked Local Staff: Walker, John. Metro West Daily News, 7 Oct. 2018.
A multi-generational family of FHS participants
Staff members abstracting FHS data from microfiche film
Framingham Heart study staff in the clinic.
Participants in the Framingham Heart Study, Helen Vaughan, 91, her daughter Marriance Moran, and Joe Anghinetti, 102, meet with Dr. Elias Zerhousi, director of the National Institutes of Health during a meeting of participants and medical professionals involved in the heart study in 2007. Source: AP File Photo. 2007. Metro West Daily News, 7 Oct. 2018.
FHS doctors and staff making measurements for X-rays for research data.
NHLBI – FHS doctors: Wm. Castelli, Claude Lenfant and Daniel Levy
Staff members abstracting FHS data from microfiche film
Dr. William B. Kannel on phone at FHS.
FHS staff Norma Busconi Stillwell doing EKG on participant
