Area of research
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine · Surgery
Research interest
Research interests include Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes.
The predominant PAR4 variant in individuals of African ancestry worsens murine and human stroke outcomes
Stress and Depression Are Associated With Life’s Simple 7 Among African Americans With Hypertension: Findings From the Jackson Heart Study
Genetic Contributors of Incident Stroke in 10,700 African Americans With Hypertension: A Meta-Analysis From the Genetics of Hypertension Associated Treatments and Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Studies
A 6-CpG validated methylation risk score model for metabolic syndrome: The HyperGEN and GOLDN studies
Association Between Sleep Apnea and Blood Pressure Control Among Blacks
Prediabetes and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease by Hypertension Status in Black Adults: The Jackson Heart Study
Association of Daytime and Nighttime Blood Pressure With Cardiovascular Disease Events Among African American Individuals
Trends in Statin Use Among US Adults With Chronic Kidney Disease, 1999–2014
Genome-Wide Association Study of Apparent Treatment-Resistant Hypertension in the CHARGE Consortium: The CHARGE Pharmacogenetics Working Group
Willingness to be Reinitiated on a Statin (from the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Study)
Dietary Phosphorus and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in African Americans: The Jackson Heart Study
Incident Cardiovascular Disease Among Adults With Blood Pressure <140/90 mm Hg
Cardiovascular Health and Incident Hypertension in Blacks
Associations of Blood Pressure Dipping Patterns With Left Ventricular Mass and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Blacks: The Jackson Heart Study
Adherence to antihypertensive medications and associations with blood pressure among African Americans with hypertension in the Jackson Heart Study
Primary Care Physician Perspectives on Barriers to Statin Treatment
Chronic kidney disease and incident apparent treatment‐resistant hypertension among blacks: Data from the Jackson Heart Study
Psychosocial correlates of apparent treatment-resistant hypertension in the Jackson Heart Study
Prevalence of Masked Hypertension and Its Association With Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans: Results From the Jackson Heart Study
Visit-to-Visit Variability of BP and CKD Outcomes
The role of cystatin-C in the confirmation of reduced glomerular filtration rate among the oldest old
Prevalence of Eligibility Criteria for the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial in US Adults Among Excluded Groups: Age <50 Years, Diabetes Mellitus, or a History of Stroke
Generalizability of SPRINT Results to the U.S. Adult Population
Waist Circumference, Body Mass Index, and ESRD in the REGARDS (Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke) Study
The association between vitamin B12, albuminuria and reduced kidney function: an observational cohort study
Association between 24-hour blood pressure variability and chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional analysis of African Americans participating in the Jackson heart study
White‐Coat Effect Among Older Adults: Data From the Jackson Heart Study
Apparent Treatment-resistant Hypertension Among Individuals with History of Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack
Atrial fibrillation and incident end-stage renal disease: The REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study
Visit-to-Visit Variability of Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality