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


Junior Investigator
Framingham Heart Study




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





Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
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  1. Duncan MS, Vasan RS, Xanthakis V. Trajectories of Blood Lipid Concentrations Over the Adult Life Course and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality: Observations From the Framingham Study Over 35 Years. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Jun 04; 8(11):e011433. PMID: 31137992.
     
  2. Lieb W, Song RJ, Xanthakis V, Vasan RS. Association of Circulating Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1 and Procollagen Type III Aminoterminal Peptide Levels With Incident Heart Failure and Chronic Kidney Disease. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Apr 02; 8(7):e011426. PMID: 30890055.
     
  3. Sponholtz TR, van den Heuvel ER, Xanthakis V, Vasan RS. Association of Variability in Body Mass Index and Metabolic Health With Cardiometabolic Disease Risk. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 Apr 02; 8(7):e010793.View Related Profiles. PMID: 31025893.
     
  4. Echouffo-Tcheugui JB, Short MI, Xanthakis V, Field P, Sponholtz TR, Larson MG, Vasan RS. Natural History of Obesity Subphenotypes: Dynamic Changes Over Two Decades and Prognosis in the Framingham Heart Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Mar 01; 104(3):738-752.View Related Profiles. PMID: 30339231.
     
  5. Sullivan JL, Adjognon OL, Engle RL, Shin MH, Afable MK, Rudin W, White B, Shay K, Lukas CV. Identifying and overcoming implementation challenges: Experience of 59 noninstitutional long-term services and support pilot programs in the Veterans Health Administration. Health Care Manage Rev. 2018 Jul/Sep; 43(3):193-205.View Related Profiles. PMID: 28125459; DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0000000000000152;.
     
  6. von Jeinsen B, Short MI, Xanthakis V, Carneiro H, Cheng S, Mitchell GF, Vasan RS. Association of Circulating Adipokines With Echocardiographic Measures of Cardiac Structure and Function in a Community-Based Cohort. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Jun 21; 7(13). PMID: 29929991.
     
  7. Nayor M, Cooper LL, Enserro DM, Xanthakis V, Larson MG, Benjamin EJ, Aragam J, Mitchell GF, Vasan RS. Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in the Community: Impact of Diagnostic Criteria on the Burden, Correlates, and Prognosis. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Jun 01; 7(11).View Related Profiles. PMID: 29858363.
     
  8. Enserro DM, Vasan RS, Xanthakis V. Twenty-Year Trends in the American Heart Association Cardiovascular Health Score and Impact on Subclinical and Clinical Cardiovascular Disease: The Framingham Offspring Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 May 17; 7(11). PMID: 29773573.
     
  9. Peterson LR, Xanthakis V, Duncan MS, Gross S, Friedrich N, Völzke H, Felix SB, Jiang H, Sidhu R, Nauck M, Jiang X, Ory DS, Dörr M, Vasan RS, Schaffer JE. Ceramide Remodeling and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 May 03; 7(10). PMID: 29728014.
     
  10. Nayor M, Enserro DM, Xanthakis V, Larson MG, Benjamin EJ, Aragam J, Mitchell GF, Vasan RS. Comorbidities and Cardiometabolic Disease: Relationship With Longitudinal Changes in Diastolic Function. JACC Heart Fail. 2018 Apr; 6(4):317-325.View Related Profiles. PMID: 29525334.
     
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Biomarkers
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Heart Failure
Multilevel modeling
Risk prediction
Screening
Ventricular remodeling

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