Vanessa Xanthakis, PhD
Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Medicine
Dept of Medicine
Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology

PhD, Boston University School of Public Health
MS, University of Athens




Dr. Vanessa Xanthakis is a biostatistician with training in applied mathematics and statistics, and have a strong commitment to clinical epidemiological research. Presently, she is an Assistant Professor in the Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology in the Department of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine and in the Biostatistics Department at Boston University School of Public Health. At the Framingham Heart Study, she is a junior investigator and serve as the biostatistician on several investigations. For the last 8 years, Dr. Vanessa had focused her research on

A) the epidemiology of cardiac remodeling and subclinical disease, including identifying cardiovascular disease risk factors;

B) population-based vascular testing and echocardiography, including identifying biological, environmental, and genetic determinants (correlates) of cardiac structure and function;

C) epidemiology of novel biomarkers including but not limited to natriuretic peptides, adipokines, and vascular growth factors;

D) cardiovascular risk prediction using biomarkers and assessing their incremental prognostic utility (focus of her PhD thesis);

E) epidemiology of heart failure and its precursors; and

F) ideal cardiovascular health and its impact on cardiovascular disease and its precursors.

Assistant Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Biostatistics


Investigator
Framingham Heart Study


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Boston University
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research




Provider Agreement for Vanessa Xanthakis
12/14/2015 - 06/30/2016 (PI)
American Heart Association


Screening for Left Ventricular Dysfunction/Hypertrophy with Novel Biomarkers to Prevent Heart Failure
01/01/2013 - 12/31/2015 (PI)
American Heart Association


Plasma Nitrate: Clinical Correlates and Prognostic Significance
01/01/2012 - 12/31/2014 (PI)
University of Erlangen Nuremberg


Plasma Nitrate: Clinical Correlates and Prognostic Significance
01/01/2012 - 12/31/2012 (PI)
University of Erlangen Nuremberg




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  1. Castro-Diehl C, Song RJ, Sawyer DB, Wollert KC, Mitchell GF, Cheng S, Vasan RS, Xanthakis V. Circulating growth factors and cardiac remodeling in the community: The Framingham Heart Study. Int J Cardiol. 2021 Jan 07. PMID: 33422565
     
  2. von Jeinsen B, Vasan RS, McManus DD, Mitchell GF, Cheng S, Xanthakis V. Joint influences of obesity, diabetes, and hypertension on indices of ventricular remodeling: Findings from the community-based Framingham Heart Study. PLoS One. 2020; 15(12):e0243199. PMID: 33301464
     
  3. Vasan RS, Zachariah JP, Xanthakis V. Life Course Developmental Approach to Cardiovascular Health and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Opportunities and Unanswered Questions. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020 Dec 08; 76(23):2708-2711.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33272364
     
  4. Walker ME, Xanthakis V, Peterson LR, Duncan MS, Lee J, Ma J, Bigornia S, Moore LL, Quatromoni PA, Vasan RS, Jacques PF. Dietary Patterns, Ceramide Ratios, and Risk of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: The Framingham Offspring Study. J Nutr. 2020 11 19; 150(11):2994-3004.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32939554
     
  5. Tun B, Ehrbar R, Short M, Cheng S, Vasan RS, Xanthakis V. Association of Exhaled Carbon Monoxide With Ideal Cardiovascular Health, Circulating Biomarkers, and Incidence of Heart Failure in the Framingham Offspring Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Nov 03; 9(21):e016762. PMID: 33100134
     
  6. Khera R, Pandey A, Ayers CR, Carnethon MR, Greenland P, Ndumele CE, Nambi V, Seliger SL, Chaves PHM, Safford MM, Cushman M, Xanthakis V, Vasan RS, Mentz RJ, Correa A, Lloyd-Jones DM, Berry JD, de Lemos JA, Neeland IJ. Performance of the Pooled Cohort Equations to Estimate Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk by Body Mass Index. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 10 01; 3(10):e2023242.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33119108
     
  7. Lieb W, Song RJ, Vasan RS, Xanthakis V. Premature Parental Cardiovascular Disease and Subclinical Disease Burden in the Offspring. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 09 15; 9(18):e015406. PMID: 32896212
     
  8. Peloso GM, Beiser AS, Satizabal CL, Xanthakis V, Vasan RS, Pase MP, Destefano AL, Seshadri S. Cardiovascular health, genetic risk, and risk of dementia in the Framingham Heart Study. Neurology. 2020 09 08; 95(10):e1341-e1350.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32690788
     
  9. Schwedhelm E, Song RJ, Vasan RS, van den Heuvel ER, Hannemann J, Xanthakis V, Böger R. Association of Lower Plasma Homoarginine Concentrations with Greater Risk of All-Cause Mortality in the Community: The Framingham Offspring Study. J Clin Med. 2020 Jun 26; 9(6).View Related Profiles. PMID: 32604958
     
  10. Raunsø J, Song RJ, Vasan RS, Bourdillon MT, Nørager B, Torp-Pedersen C, Gislason GH, Xanthakis V, Andersson C. Familial Clustering of Aortic Size, Aneurysms, and Dissections in the Community. Circulation. 2020 Sep 08; 142(10):920-928. PMID: 32580567
     
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Yahoo News 3/12/2020
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Biomarkers
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Heart Failure
Multilevel modeling
Risk prediction
Screening
Ventricular remodeling

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