Robert Curtis Ellison, MD, MS
Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Medicine
Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology

MD, Medical University of South Carolina
MS, Harvard University
BS, Davidson College



R. Curtis Ellison, M.D., has been Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine since 1989, and is the former Chief of the Evans Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology. He holds degrees from Davidson College, the Medical University of South Carolina, and Harvard School of Public Health. With training in internal medicine, cardiology, and epidemiology, Dr. Ellison serves as a senior investigator in The Framingham Study, and is the principal investigator of a number of research studies on the interaction of genetic and environmental factors in determining familial risk of hypertension and heart disease.

In July, 1994, Dr. Ellison established and became the Director of the Institute on Lifestyle and Health at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. The Institute focuses research on various aspects of lifestyle, especially diet, exercise, and the moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages, habits that relate to the risk of heart disease, cancer, and other chronic diseases.

Dr. Ellison is best known to the lay public for his research on what is known as the "French Paradox". This refers to the fact that the French have a high-fat diet and other risk factors, yet have very low rates of coronary heart disease. Dr. Ellison and Dr. Serge Renaud of Lyon, France, were the key scientists who were a part of the program on the "French Paradox" that appeared on the American television program, 60 Minutes, in November, 1991. In the early 1990's Dr. Ellison worked with the Oldways Foundation, Harvard School of Public Health, and the European office of the World Health Organization in the development of the "Mediterranean Diet Pyramid", a set of dietary guidelines for Americans.

Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Epidemiology


Investigator
Framingham Heart Study


Boston Medical Center




Net Lifetime Health Effects of Alcohol Use and Abuse
05/16/2003 - 04/30/2009 (PI)
NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
5 R01 AA13304 05

GENCAC - Framingham Field Center
09/17/2001 - 08/31/2007 (PI)
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5 U01 HL67896 04

Genetic Factors and Cardiovascular Disease
05/01/2002 - 04/30/2007 (Dept Sponsor)
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
1 K01 HL70444 01

The Family Blood Pressure Program (HyperGEN Network)
09/30/2005 - 08/31/2006 (Co-PI)
University of Utah NIH NHLBI

FHS: Molecular Genetics & Genetic Epidemiology
09/04/2001 - 08/31/2005 (PI)
Washington University NIH NHLBI

HyperGen- Boston University / Framingham Field Center
09/05/1995 - 06/30/2005 (PI)
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5 U01 HL54497 10

Food and Exercise Habits in Framingham Study Descendants
05/30/1996 - 04/30/2001 (PI)
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5 R01 HL35653 16



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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2007 Net Lifetime Health Effects of Alcohol Use &Abuse 5R01AA013304-05 7
2006 Net Lifetime Health Effects of Alcohol Use &Abuse 5R01AA013304-04 7
2005 Net Lifetime Health Effects of Alcohol Use &Abuse 5R01AA013304-03 7
2004 Net Lifetime Health Effects of Alcohol Use &Abuse 5R01AA013304-02 7
2004 GENCAC - Framingham Field Center 5U01HL067896-04 31
2004 HYPERGEN-BOSTON UNIVERSITY/FRAMINGHAM FIELD CENTER 5U01HL054497-10 49
2003 Net Lifetime Health Effects of Alcohol Use &Abuse 1R01AA013304-01A1 7
2003 GENCAC - Framingham Field Center 5U01HL067896-03 31
2003 HYPERGEN-BOSTON UNIVERSITY/FRAMINGHAM FIELD CENTER 5U01HL054497-09 49
2002 GENCAC - Framingham Field Center 5U01HL067896-02 31
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  1. Neisius U, Zhou G, Ward RE, Ellison RC, Gaziano JM, Djoussé L. Dairy product consumption and calcified atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries: The NHLBI Family Heart Study. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2022 Jun; 49:517-521.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35623860; PMCID: PMC9142774; DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2022.02.112;
     
  2. Yiannakou I, Singer MR, Jacques PF, Xanthakis V, Ellison RC, Moore LL. Adherence to a Mediterranean-Style Dietary Pattern and Cancer Risk in a Prospective Cohort Study. Nutrients. 2021 Nov 13; 13(11).View Related Profiles. PMID: 34836319; PMCID: PMC8622098; DOI: 10.3390/nu13114064;
     
  3. Mustafa J, Ellison RC, Singer MR, Bradlee ML, Kalesan B, Holick MF, Moore LL. Dietary Protein and Preservation of Physical Functioning Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults in the Framingham Offspring Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2018 07 01; 187(7):1411-1419.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29590270; PMCID: PMC7427817; DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwy014;
     
  4. Patel YR, Gadiraju TV, Ellison RC, Hunt SC, Carr JJ, Heiss G, Arnett DK, Pankow JS, Gaziano JM, Djoussé L. Coffee consumption and calcified atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries: The NHLBI Family Heart Study. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2017 Feb; 17:18-21.View Related Profiles. PMID: 28361742; PMCID: PMC5501720; DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2016.12.003;
     
  5. Barrett-Connor E, de Gaetano G, Djoussé L, Ellison RC, Estruch R, Finkel H, Goldfinger T, Keil U, Lanzmann-Petithory D, Mattivi F, Skovenborg E, Stockley C, Svilaas A, Teissedre PL, Thelle DS, Ursini F, Waterhouse AL. Comments on Moderate Alcohol Consumption and Mortality. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2016 09; 77(5):834-6. PMID: 27588543
     
  6. Ferreira P, Ellison RC. [Not Available]. Rev Med Suisse. 2016 May 11; 12(518):956. PMID: 27352594
     
  7. Imran TF, Patel Y, Ellison RC, Carr JJ, Arnett DK, Pankow JS, Heiss G, Hunt SC, Gaziano JM, Djoussé L. Walking and Calcified Atherosclerotic Plaque in the Coronary Arteries: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2016 Jun; 36(6):1272-7.View Related Profiles. PMID: 27102966; PMCID: PMC4882221; DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.116.307284;
     
  8. Ebert ST, Ellison RC. [Association of alcohol consumption with the risk of death from colorectal cancer]. Rev Med Suisse. 2015 Oct 28; 11(492):2041. PMID: 26672188
     
  9. Berdoz D, Ellison RC. [Association between alcohol consumption and risk of different types of breast cancer]. Rev Med Suisse. 2015 Sep 9; 11(485):1677. PMID: 26541003
     
  10. Jaton L, Ellison RC. [Episodic excessive alcohol consumption significantly increases the risk of mortality]. Rev Med Suisse. 2015 May 27; 11(476):1213. PMID: 26182645
     
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