Vasan S. Ramachandran, MD
Professor
Boston University School of Medicine
Dept of Medicine
Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology

MD, All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS)
MBBS, All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS)
DM, All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS)




Vasan S. Ramachandran, M.D., Principal Investigator and Director of the FHS, and Director of the FHS fellowship program in cardiovascular epidemiology for the last 25 years.

Dr. Ramachandran is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at BUSM/BUSPH, and Chief, Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, BUSM. He is the Jay & Louis Coffman Professor of Vascular Medicine at BUSM. Dr. Ramachandran is a trained cardiologist with subspecialty training in echocardiography. He is a fellow of the AHA Councils on Epidemiology and Prevention and Functional Genomics and Translational Biology, and a fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). He has extensive experience in supervising trainees at many levels and has taught the foundational core course on Cardiovascular Epidemiology at BUSPH (EP751). He has several active R01 grants from the NHLBI/NIDDK and received two K24 Mid-Career Investigator mentoring grants from the NHLBI. He has mentored several K23 awardees, and is currently the Principal Investigator of a post-doctoral training program (T32) in cardiovascular epidemiology. Overall, he has supervised over 70 trainees during the past 20 years; most are in key positions in academia. He received the Outstanding Mentor awards from the Department of Medicine, BUSM, and the AHA Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, and the prestigious AHA Population Science Award in 2014.

Importantly, Dr. Ramachandran’s own peer-reviewed funding spans thematic areas of genetics and genomics, cardiac and vascular remodeling, novel biomarkers, systems biology including proteomics and metabolomics, and stem cell biology. He has a 25-year history in research in cardiovascular epidemiology, including the two years he trained as a FHS fellow (1993-1995). He established the first School of Public Health in India between 1996-1998, serving as its inaugural director and the coordinator of its MPH program. He is the founding member and leader of the international EchoGen consortium, and chairs the Steering Committee of the Chronic Kidney Disease Biomarker Consortium funded by the NIDDK (U01DK085689). He is recognized internationally for translational research in cardiovascular epidemiology and lectures regularly at the AHA early career session on “how to develop a career in translational research and epidemiology/genetics.” He is well equipped to mentor trainees about grant writing having been a member of the Cardiovascular and Sleep (CASE) SRG, and an active reviewer of grants for national and international funding agencies. He served for many years on the NHLBI panel for reviewing K23-K24-K25 career development grants. He is well qualified to mentor trainees in best publication practices and has served until recently as an Associate Editor for Circulation, and the Editor-in-Chief of Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics. He works directs the Center for Integrative Transdisciplinary Epidemiology within BUSM, that hosts multiple epidemiological datasets, including from multiple cohort studies, national surveys (NHANES), administrative databases and electronic health records; this center will be a valuable data source for trainees.

For the last 20 years, Dr. Ramachandran has focused his research on A) the genetic and non-genetic epidemiology of congestive heart failure, including identifying risk factors for the disease, characterizing the subgroups with diastolic heart failure, asymptomatic LV systolic and diastolic dysfunction, and evaluating the role of LV remodeling; B) population-based vascular testing and echocardiography, including identifying biological, environmental, and genetic determinants (correlates) of cardiac structure and function; normative standards; detailed assessment of biomarkers of the process of LV remodeling, including but not limited to role of natriuretic peptides, insulin resistance, cardiac extracellular matrix markers, oxidative stress, inflammation, growth factors; genetics of LV remodeling, LA and aortic structure and gene-environment interactions; brachial artery endothelial function, its correlates and tonometric assessment of large artery function; C) genetic and non-genetic epidemiology of high blood pressure, including characterizing the lifetime risk, rates of progression and risks associated with various degrees of elevation; large artery stiffness and function and role in systolic hypertension in the elderly; genetics of high blood pressure and large artery function; and D) CVD risk estimation in the short, medium- and long-term, with novel biomarkers including genomic biomarkers.

Jay & Louis Coffman Professor of Vascular Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Medicine


Professor
Boston University School of Public Health
Epidemiology


Section Chief
Boston University School of Medicine
Medicine
Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology

Principal Investigator & Director; Co-Director, Echocardiography/Vascular Laboratory
Framingham Heart Study


Member
Boston University
Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute


Member
Boston University
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research


Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
Boston University School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences


Founding Professor
Boston University
Computing & Data Sciences Administration


Director
Framingham Heart Study
Framingham Heart Study




Multidimensional Assessment of Brain Health as A Marker of Dementia Risk and Resilience in the Framingham Study
09/15/2020 - 05/31/2025 (Subcontract PI)
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio NIH NIA
1R01AG066524-01A1

RURAL: Risk Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal Cohort Study
04/01/2019 - 04/30/2025 (PI)
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
3U01HL146382-02S3

Whole-genome sequencing analysis of coronary atherosclerosis and related traits
03/17/2020 - 02/28/2025 (Subcontract PI)
University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston NIH NHLBI
5R01HL146860-02

PRIMER: Promoting Research In MEdical Residency
07/01/2020 - 06/30/2024 (PI)
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
1R38HL143584-01A1

Plasma Proteome and Risk of Alzheimer Dementia and Related Endophenotypes in the Framingham Study
07/01/2019 - 03/31/2024 (Multi-PI)
PI: Vasan S. Ramachandran, MD
NIH/National Institute on Aging
1RF1AG063507-01

Return of Genomic Results and Estimating Penetrance in Population-Based Cohorts
08/01/2019 - 06/30/2023 (Subcontract PI)
Broad Institute, Inc., The NIH NHLBI
5R01HL143295-02

Plasma proteomics in CHS and population biology
07/15/2019 - 06/30/2023 (Subcontract PI)
University of Washington NIH NHLBI
5R01HL144483-02

Mediators of Systemic Inflammation and Heart Failure Risk in the Community
04/01/2019 - 03/31/2023 (Subcontract PI)
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center NIH NHLBI
5R01HL143227-02

Ventricular-vascular coupling in the elderly: lifecourse determinants, trajectories and prognostic significance
04/01/2019 - 02/28/2023 (PI)
NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
5R01HL142983-03

The Gut Microbiome and Bone Microarchitecture
08/06/2018 - 06/30/2022 (Subcontract PI)
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center For Aged, Inc. NIH NIAMS
2R01AR061445-06A1

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Population-Based Reference Ranges for Estradiol and Estrone in Men
04/07/2012 - 07/31/2012 (Activity-level PI)
PI: Shalender Bhasin, MBBS
NIH-NIDDK
1R01 DK092938-01A1


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Yr Title Project-Sub Proj Pubs
2021 RURAL: Risk Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal Cohort Study 3U01HL146382-02S3
2021 Multidimensional Assessment of Brain Health as A Marker of Dementia Risk and Resilience 5R01AG066524-02
2021 PRIMER: Promoting Research In MEdical Residency 5R38HL143584-02
2021 Return of Genomic Results and Estimating Penetrance in Population-Based Cohorts 5R01HL143295-03
2021 RURAL: Risk Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal Cohort Study 5U01HL146382-03
2021 RURAL: Risk Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal Cohort Study 3U01HL146382-03S1
2021 Ventricular-vascular coupling in the elderly: lifecourse determinants, trajectories and prognostic significance 5R01HL142983-03 2
2021 Multidisciplinary Training Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology 2T32HL125232-06 26
2020 Multidimensional Assessment of Brain Health as A Marker of Dementia Risk and Resilience 1R01AG066524-01A1
2020 RURAL: Risk Underlying Rural Areas Longitudinal Cohort Study 3U01HL146382-02S2
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  1. Schmidt IM, Srivastava A, Sabbisetti V, McMahon GM, He J, Chen J, Kusek J, Taliercio J, Ricardo AC, Hsu CY, Kimmel PL, Liu KD, Mifflin TE, Nelson RG, Ramachandran VS, Xie D, Zhang X, Palsson R, Stillman IE, Rennke HG, Feldman HI, Bonventre JV, Waikar SS. Plasma Kidney Injury Molecule 1 in CKD: Findings From the Boston Kidney Biopsy Cohort and CRIC Studies. Am J Kidney Dis. 2021 Jun 24.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34175376
     
  2. Vasan RS, Urbina EM, Jin L, Xanthakis V. Prognostic Significance of Echocardiographic Measures of Cardiac Remodeling in the Community. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2021 06 03; 23(7):86.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34081212
     
  3. Surendran P, Feofanova EV, Lahrouchi N, Ntalla I, Karthikeyan S, Cook J, Chen L, Mifsud B, Yao C, Kraja AT, Cartwright JH, Hellwege JN, Giri A, Tragante V, Thorleifsson G, Liu DJ, Prins BP, Stewart ID, Cabrera CP, Eales JM, Akbarov A, Auer PL, Bielak LF, Bis JC, Braithwaite VS, Brody JA, Daw EW, Warren HR, Drenos F, Nielsen SF, Faul JD, Fauman EB, Fava C, Ferreira T, Foley CN, Franceschini N, Gao H, Giannakopoulou O, Giulianini F, Gudbjartsson DF, Guo X, Harris SE, Havulinna AS, Helgadottir A, Huffman JE, Hwang SJ, Kanoni S, Kontto J, Larson MG, Li-Gao R, Lindström J, Lotta LA, Lu Y, Luan J, Mahajan A, Malerba G, Masca NGD, Mei H, Menni C, Mook-Kanamori DO, Mosen-Ansorena D, Müller-Nurasyid M, Paré G, Paul DS, Perola M, Poveda A, Rauramaa R, Richard M, Richardson TG, Sepúlveda N, Sim X, Smith AV, Smith JA, Staley JR, Stanáková A, Sulem P, Thériault S, Thorsteinsdottir U, Trompet S, Varga TV, Velez Edwards DR, Veronesi G, Weiss S, Willems SM, Yao J, Young R, Yu B, Zhang W, Zhao JH, Zhao W, Zhao W, Evangelou E, Aeschbacher S, Asllanaj E, Blankenberg S, Bonnycastle LL, Bork-Jensen J, Brandslund I, Braund PS, Burgess S, Cho K, Christensen C, Connell J, Mutsert R, Dominiczak AF, Dörr M, Eiriksdottir G, Farmaki AE, Gaziano JM, Grarup N, Grove ML, Hallmans G, Hansen T, Have CT, Heiss G, Jørgensen ME, Jousilahti P, Kajantie E, Kamat M, Käräjämäki A, Karpe F, Koistinen HA, Kovesdy CP, Kuulasmaa K, Laatikainen T, Lannfelt L, Lee IT, Lee WJ, Linneberg A, Martin LW, Moitry M, Nadkarni G, Neville MJ, Palmer CNA, Papanicolaou GJ, Pedersen O, Peters J, Poulter N, Rasheed A, Rasmussen KL, Rayner NW, Mägi R, Renström F, Rettig R, Rossouw J, Schreiner PJ, Sever PS, Sigurdsson EL, Skaaby T, Sun YV, Sundstrom J, Thorgeirsson G, Esko T, Trabetti E, Tsao PS, Tuomi T, Turner ST, Tzoulaki I, Vaartjes I, Vergnaud AC, Willer CJ, Wilson PWF, Witte DR, Yonova-Doing E, Zhang H, Aliya N, Almgren P, Amouyel P, Asselbergs FW, Barnes MR, Blakemore AI, Boehnke M, Bots ML, Bottinger EP, Buring JE, Chambers JC, Chen YI, Chowdhury R, Conen D, Correa A, Davey Smith G, Boer RA, Deary IJ, Dedoussis G, Deloukas P, Di Angelantonio E, Elliott P, Felix SB, Ferrières J, Ford I, Fornage M, Franks PW, Franks S, Frossard P, Gambaro G, Gaunt TR, Groop L, Gudnason V, Harris TB, Hayward C, Hennig BJ, Herzig KH, Ingelsson E, Tuomilehto J, Järvelin MR, Jukema JW, Kardia SLR, Kee F, Kooner JS, Kooperberg C, Launer LJ, Lind L, Loos RJF, Majumder AAS, Laakso M, McCarthy MI, Melander O, Mohlke KL, Murray AD, Nordestgaard BG, Orho-Melander M, Packard CJ, Padmanabhan S, Palmas W, Polasek O, Porteous DJ, Prentice AM, Province MA, Relton CL, Rice K, Ridker PM, Rolandsson O, Rosendaal FR, Rotter JI, Rudan I, Salomaa V, Samani NJ, Sattar N, Sheu WH, Smith BH, Soranzo N, Spector TD, Starr JM, Sebert S, Taylor KD, Lakka TA, Timpson NJ, Tobin MD, van der Harst P, van der Meer P, Ramachandran VS, Verweij N, Virtamo J, Völker U, Weir DR, Zeggini E, Charchar FJ, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C, Tomaszewski M, Butterworth AS, Caulfield MJ, Danesh J, Edwards TL, Holm H, Hung AM, Lindgren CM, Liu C, Manning AK, Morris AP, Morrison AC, O'Donnell CJ, Psaty BM, Saleheen D, Stefansson K, Boerwinkle E, Chasman DI, Levy D, Newton-Cheh C, Munroe PB, Howson JMM. Publisher Correction: Discovery of rare variants associated with blood pressure regulation through meta-analysis of 1.3 million individuals. Nat Genet. 2021 May; 53(5):762.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33727701
     
  4. Sanders JL, Putman RK, Dupuis J, Xu H, Murabito JM, Araki T, Nishino M, Benjamin EJ, Levy DL, Ramachandran VS, Washko GR, Curtis JL, Freeman CM, Bowler RP, Hatabu H, O'Connor GT, Hunninghake GM. The Association of Aging Biomarkers, Interstitial Lung Abnormalities, and Mortality. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 05 01; 203(9):1149-1157.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33080140; PMCID: PMC8314902; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202007-2993OC;
     
  5. Tromp J, Paniagua SMA, Lau ES, Allen NB, Blaha MJ, Gansevoort RT, Hillege HL, Lee DE, Levy D, Vasan RS, van der Harst P, van Gilst WH, Larson MG, Shah SJ, de Boer RA, Lam CSP, Ho JE. Age dependent associations of risk factors with heart failure: pooled population based cohort study. BMJ. 2021 03 23; 372:n461.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33758001; PMCID: PMC7986583; DOI: 10.1136/bmj.n461;
     
  6. Lin BM, Grinde KE, Brody JA, Breeze CE, Raffield LM, Mychaleckyj JC, Thornton TA, Perry JA, Baier LJ, de Las Fuentes L, Guo X, Heavner BD, Hanson RL, Hung YJ, Qian H, Hsiung CA, Hwang SJ, Irvin MR, Jain D, Kelly TN, Kobes S, Lange L, Lash JP, Li Y, Liu X, Mi X, Musani SK, Papanicolaou GJ, Parsa A, Reiner AP, Salimi S, Sheu WH, Shuldiner AR, Taylor KD, Smith AV, Smith JA, Tin A, Vaidya D, Wallace RB, Yamamoto K, Sakaue S, Matsuda K, Kamatani Y, Momozawa Y, Yanek LR, Young BA, Zhao W, Okada Y, Abecasis G, Psaty BM, Arnett DK, Boerwinkle E, Cai J, Yii-Der Chen I, Correa A, Cupples LA, He J, Kardia SL, Kooperberg C, Mathias RA, Mitchell BD, Nickerson DA, Turner ST, Vasan RS, Rotter JI, Levy D, Kramer HJ, Köttgen A, Nhlbi Trans-Omics For Precision Medicine TOPMed Consortium, TOPMed Kidney Working Group, Rich SS, Lin DY, Browning SR, Franceschini N. Whole genome sequence analyses of eGFR in 23,732 people representing multiple ancestries in the NHLBI trans-omics for precision medicine (TOPMed) consortium. EBioMedicine. 2021 Jan; 63:103157.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33418499; PMCID: PMC7804602; DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.103157;
     
  7. 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 12 08; 76(23):2708-2711.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33272364; PMCID: PMC8297517; DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.10.011;
     
  8. Surendran P, Feofanova EV, Lahrouchi N, Ntalla I, Karthikeyan S, Cook J, Chen L, Mifsud B, Yao C, Kraja AT, Cartwright JH, Hellwege JN, Giri A, Tragante V, Thorleifsson G, Liu DJ, Prins BP, Stewart ID, Cabrera CP, Eales JM, Akbarov A, Auer PL, Bielak LF, Bis JC, Braithwaite VS, Brody JA, Daw EW, Warren HR, Drenos F, Nielsen SF, Faul JD, Fauman EB, Fava C, Ferreira T, Foley CN, Franceschini N, Gao H, Giannakopoulou O, Giulianini F, Gudbjartsson DF, Guo X, Harris SE, Havulinna AS, Helgadottir A, Huffman JE, Hwang SJ, Kanoni S, Kontto J, Larson MG, Li-Gao R, Lindström J, Lotta LA, Lu Y, Luan J, Mahajan A, Malerba G, Masca NGD, Mei H, Menni C, Mook-Kanamori DO, Mosen-Ansorena D, Müller-Nurasyid M, Paré G, Paul DS, Perola M, Poveda A, Rauramaa R, Richard M, Richardson TG, Sepúlveda N, Sim X, Smith AV, Smith JA, Staley JR, Stanáková A, Sulem P, Thériault S, Thorsteinsdottir U, Trompet S, Varga TV, Velez Edwards DR, Veronesi G, Weiss S, Willems SM, Yao J, Young R, Yu B, Zhang W, Zhao JH, Zhao W, Zhao W, Evangelou E, Aeschbacher S, Asllanaj E, Blankenberg S, Bonnycastle LL, Bork-Jensen J, Brandslund I, Braund PS, Burgess S, Cho K, Christensen C, Connell J, Mutsert R, Dominiczak AF, Dörr M, Eiriksdottir G, Farmaki AE, Gaziano JM, Grarup N, Grove ML, Hallmans G, Hansen T, Have CT, Heiss G, Jørgensen ME, Jousilahti P, Kajantie E, Kamat M, Käräjämäki A, Karpe F, Koistinen HA, Kovesdy CP, Kuulasmaa K, Laatikainen T, Lannfelt L, Lee IT, Lee WJ, Linneberg A, Martin LW, Moitry M, Nadkarni G, Neville MJ, Palmer CNA, Papanicolaou GJ, Pedersen O, Peters J, Poulter N, Rasheed A, Rasmussen KL, Rayner NW, Mägi R, Renström F, Rettig R, Rossouw J, Schreiner PJ, Sever PS, Sigurdsson EL, Skaaby T, Sun YV, Sundstrom J, Thorgeirsson G, Esko T, Trabetti E, Tsao PS, Tuomi T, Turner ST, Tzoulaki I, Vaartjes I, Vergnaud AC, Willer CJ, Wilson PWF, Witte DR, Yonova-Doing E, Zhang H, Aliya N, Almgren P, Amouyel P, Asselbergs FW, Barnes MR, Blakemore AI, Boehnke M, Bots ML, Bottinger EP, Buring JE, Chambers JC, Chen YI, Chowdhury R, Conen D, Correa A, Davey Smith G, Boer RA, Deary IJ, Dedoussis G, Deloukas P, Di Angelantonio E, Elliott P, Felix SB, Ferrières J, Ford I, Fornage M, Franks PW, Franks S, Frossard P, Gambaro G, Gaunt TR, Groop L, Gudnason V, Harris TB, Hayward C, Hennig BJ, Herzig KH, Ingelsson E, Tuomilehto J, Järvelin MR, Jukema JW, Kardia SLR, Kee F, Kooner JS, Kooperberg C, Launer LJ, Lind L, Loos RJF, Majumder AAS, Laakso M, McCarthy MI, Melander O, Mohlke KL, Murray AD, Nordestgaard BG, Orho-Melander M, Packard CJ, Padmanabhan S, Palmas W, Polasek O, Porteous DJ, Prentice AM, Province MA, Relton CL, Rice K, Ridker PM, Rolandsson O, Rosendaal FR, Rotter JI, Rudan I, Salomaa V, Samani NJ, Sattar N, Sheu WH, Smith BH, Soranzo N, Spector TD, Starr JM, Sebert S, Taylor KD, Lakka TA, Timpson NJ, Tobin MD, van der Harst P, van der Meer P, Ramachandran VS, Verweij N, Virtamo J, Völker U, Weir DR, Zeggini E, Charchar FJ, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C, Tomaszewski M, Butterworth AS, Caulfield MJ, Danesh J, Edwards TL, Holm H, Hung AM, Lindgren CM, Liu C, Manning AK, Morris AP, Morrison AC, O'Donnell CJ, Psaty BM, Saleheen D, Stefansson K, Boerwinkle E, Chasman DI, Levy D, Newton-Cheh C, Munroe PB, Howson JMM. Discovery of rare variants associated with blood pressure regulation through meta-analysis of 1.3 million individuals. Nat Genet. 2020 12; 52(12):1314-1332.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33230300; PMCID: PMC7610439; DOI: 10.1038/s41588-020-00713-x;
     
  9. 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; PMCID: PMC7596579; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.23242;
     
  10. Cooper LL, Musani SK, Moore JA, Clarke VA, Yano Y, Cobbs K, Tsao CW, Butler J, Hall ME, Hamburg NM, Benjamin EJ, Vasan RS, Mitchell GF, Fox ER. Clinical Associations of Vascular Stiffness, Microvascular Dysfunction, and Prevalent Cardiovascular Disease in a Black Cohort: The Jackson Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 09 15; 9(18):e017018.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32873113; PMCID: PMC7726980; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.120.017018;
     
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