Reply to P Phalak et al.
Soto-Mota A, Flores-Jurado Y, Norwitz NG, Feldman D, Pereira MA, Danaei G, Ludwig DS.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Apr. 119(4):1092-1093. PMID: 38569780
Faculty Affiliate in the Department of Epidemiology
Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Director, Bernard Lown Scholars in Cardiovascular Health Program
Global Health and Population
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Dr. Danaei received his medical degree from the Tehran School of Medical Sciences and his Master of Science and Doctor of Science degrees in Epidemiology and Global Health and Population from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His global health research focuses on quantifying the population-level impact of risk factors and preventive interventions on cardiovascular disease, globally with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. He serves as a core member of a global consortium that focuses on examining country-level, regional and global levels and trends of major cardiometabolic risk factors (www.NCDrisC.org). He has contributed extensively to developing the statistical methods that are used in these global analyses to improve the consistency and comparability of data across surveys and risk factors. He led the team that developed the first country-level risk prediction model for cardiovascular disease (www.globorisk.org) that has since been used by several dozen research and clinical groups worldwide. His team has also examined the impact of risk factors on health disparities within or across countries and quantified the potential impact of population-level preventive interventions on health disparities.
His epidemiological research applies advanced methods of causal inference to questions of comparative effectiveness research from electronic health records and other observational data. He has helped further develop and apply Marginal Structural Models and the parametric G-formula to quantify the causal effects of lifestyle changes or medications on long-term risk of cardiovascular diseases while adjusting for time-varying confounding and selection bias. These research projects are conducted in collaboration with other faculty and researchers from the Program in Causal Inference. He is also interested in applying methods of mediation analysis to questions of mediation and pathways in cardiovascular disease epidemiology using data from prospective cohort studies.
As of 2016, Dr Danaei chairs and directs the Bernard Lown Scholars in Cardiovascular Health Program. The program aims to train an international cadre of talented health professionals who will use public health tools and strategies to prevent cardiovascular diseases and promote cardiovascular health in developing countries. The Program recruits about a dozen mid-career professionals and scientists and supports them with seed grants to conduct cardiovascular disease prevention projects in their countries.
MSc, 05/2006, Population and International Health
Harvard Chan School, Boston
ScD, 05/2010, Epidemiology - Population and Global Health
Harvard Chan School, Boston
MD, 2000, General Medicine
Tehran University, Iran
Soto-Mota A, Flores-Jurado Y, Norwitz NG, Feldman D, Pereira MA, Danaei G, Ludwig DS.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Apr. 119(4):1092-1093. PMID: 38569780
Wan EYF, Xu W, Mok AHY, Chin WY, Yu EYT, Chui CSL, Chan EWY, Wong ICK, Lam CLK, Danaei G.
Diabetes Obes Metab. 2024 May. 26(5):1877-1887. PMID: 38379445
Soto-Mota A, Flores-Jurado Y, Norwitz NG, Feldman D, Pereira MA, Danaei G, Ludwig DS.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Mar. 119(3):740-747. PMID: 38237807
Goodman-Palmer D, González-Rivas JP, Jaacks LM, Duran M, Marulanda MI, Ugel E, Chavarro JE, Danaei G, Nieto-Martinez R.
PLOS Glob Public Health. 2024. 4(1):e0002763. PMID: 38232087
Rasouli B, Chubak J, Floyd JS, Psaty BM, Nguyen M, Walker RL, Wiggins KL, Logan RW, Danaei G.
BMJ. 2023 12 28. 383:e072346. PMID: 38154827
Birhanu MM, Zengin A, Evans RG, Joshi R, Kalyanram K, Kartik K, Danaei G, Barr E, Riddell MA, Suresh O, Srikanth VK, Arabshahi S, Thomas N, Thrift AG.
Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2023 Dec 27. PMID: 38149975
Lhoste VPF, Zhou B, Mishra A, Bennett JE, Filippi S, Asaria P, Gregg EW, Danaei G, Ezzati M.
Nat Cardiovasc Res. 2023 Dec 15. 3(1):46-59. PMID: 38314318
Nilsen L, Sharashova E, Løchen ML, Danaei G, Wilsgaard T.
Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2023 11 09. 30(16):1791-1800. PMID: 37467047
Nieto-Martínez R, De Oliveira-Gomes D, Gonzalez-Rivas JP, Al-Rousan T, Mechanick JI, Danaei G.
J Health Popul Nutr. 2023 09 04. 42(1):93. PMID: 37667387
Parks RM, Kontis V, Anderson GB, Baldwin JW, Danaei G, Toumi R, Dominici F, Ezzati M, Kioumourtzoglou MA.
Sci Adv. 2023 08 18. 9(33):eadg6633. PMID: 37585525
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