Harvard Affiliations: Director, Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology; Associate Professor, Channing Laboratory at Harvard Medical School 

CV: Eric Rimm's Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Rimm's main research interests include studying associations between diet and other lifestyle characteristics in relation to the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. With grants from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and The American Heart Association, Dr. Rimm is studying the associations of dietary intake and alcohol drinking patterns on chronic disease and the biomarkers that may mediate these associations. Some of his recently published work focuses on the associations between intake of folate and other B vitamins, antioxidants, dietary fiber, and whole grains in the prevention of obesity, cardiovascular disease and cancer. 

Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology:  

The Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology promotes and advances research collaboration and discussion among investigators with expertise in cardiovascular epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Beth lsrael Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Framingham Study, and other sites. 

Member, Society For Epidemiological Research

Member, The American Heart Association

Member, NAASO, The North American Association for the Study of Obesity 

Personal Awards: 

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Research Service Award (1986-1991)

Student Workshop Award, Society for Epidemiological Research  (1989)

Harvard School of Public Health, Mentor/Teaching Award   (1996)

Trainee Awards: 

Postdoctoral Fellow, Tobias Pischon, Jeremiah Stamler Award national winner for outstanding research, American Heart Association  (2003)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Tianying Wu, Jeremiah Stamler Award national winner for outstanding research, American Heart Association  (2004)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Stephanie Chiuve, Jeremiah Stamler Award national winner for outstanding research, American Heart Association  (2006)

Practice of Epidemiology

Cardiovascular Epidemiology

The Science of Human Nutrition 

Sc.D., 1991, Harvard School of Public Health

Chaput JP, Tremblay A, Rimm EB, Bouchard C, Ludwig DS. A novel interaction between dietary composition and insulin secretion: effects on weight gain in the Quebec Family Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Feb; (2):303-9.

Pai JK, Mukamal KJ, Rexrode KM, Rimm EB. C-Reactive Protein (CRP) Gene Polyporphisms, CRP Levels, and Risk of Incident Coronary Heart Disease in Two Nested Case-Control Studies. PLos ONE. 2008 Jan 2;3(1):e1395.

Albert CM, Nam EG, Rimm EB, Jin HW, Hajjar RJ, Hunter DJ, MacRae CA, Ellinor PT. Cardiac sodium channel gene variants and sudden cardiac death in women. Circulation. 2008 Jan 1; 117(1):16-23.

Jensen MK, Mukamal KJ, Overvad K, Rimm EB. Alcohol consumption, TaqIB polymorphism of cholesteryl ester transfer protein, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and risk of coronary heart disease in men and women. Eur Heart J. 2008 Jan;29(1):104-12.