Personnel and Committees
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MESA Personnel
University of Washington Coordinating Center
Robyn McClelland, PhD (CC PI)
Richard Kronmal, PhD
Kayleen Williams, MPH (Project Director)
Craig Johnson, MS (Co-Investigator)
Susan Heckbert, MD
Bruce Psaty, MD
Annette Fitzpatrick, PhD
William Longstreth, MD
Columbia University (NY) Field Center
Steven Shea, MD, MS (FC PI)
Graham Barr, MD, DrPH.
Walter Palmas, MD
Elizabeth Oelsner, MD, MPH
Johns Hopkins (MD) University Field Center
Wendy Post, MD (FC PI and SC Chair)
Erin Michos, MD, MHS
Michael Blaha, MD
Seamus Whelton, MD, MPH
Rebecca Gottesman, MD, PhD
Roger Blumenthal, MD
Moyses Szklo, MD, DrPH
Joao Lima, MD
Northwestern University (IL) Field Center
Norrina Allen, PhD (FC PI)
Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM
Faraz Ahmed, MD
Mercedes Carnethon, PhD
Philip Greenland, MD
Kiarri Kershaw, PhD, MPH
Sadiya Khan, MD, MS
Kiang Liu, PhD
Laura Rasumussen-Torvik, PhD, MPH
Lihui Zhao, PhD
Lucia Petito, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles (CA) Field Center
Karol Watson, MD, PhD (FC PI)
Preethi Srikanthan, MD, MS
Christine Darwin, MD
Tamara Horwich, MD
University of Minnesota (MN) Field Center
James Pankow, PhD, MPH (FC PI)
Pamela Lutsey, PhD, MPH
Daniel Duprez, MD, PhD
Sanaz Sedaghat, PhD
David Jacobs PhD
Wake Forest University (NC) Field Center
Alain G. Bertoni, MD (FC PI)
Timothy Hughes, PhD
David Herrington, MD
Michael Bancks, PhD
Morgana Mongraw-Chaffin, PhD
University of Vermont Laboratory
Russell Tracy, PhD (PI)
Nels Olson, PhD
Mary Cushman, MD
Jon Peter Durda
Computed Tomography Reading Center
UCLA Medical Center Research and Education Institute
Matthew J. Budoff, MD (PI)
Robert C. Detrano, MD, PhD
Chris Dailing
MRI Reading Center
Johns Hopkins University
João A. Lima, MD (PI)
Bruce Wasserman, MD
Ultrasound Reading Center
New England Medical Center
Joseph F. Polak, MD, MPH (PI)
Daniel H. O'Leary, MD
ECG Reading Center
Wake Forest University
Elsayed Z. Soliman, MD, MSc (PI)
LA BioMed/Harbor UCLA
Jerome I. Rotter, MD (PI)
Xiuqing Guo, PhD
Kent Taylor, PhD
University of Virginia
Genetic Analysis Center
Stephen Rich, PhD (PI)
Josyf C. Mychaleckyj, MA, DPhil
Michele M. Sale, PhD
Ani Manichaikul, PhD
University of Minnesota Central Lipid Lab
Michael Tsai, PhD (PI)
John Eckfeldt, MD, PhD (Co-PI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Cashell Jaquish, PHD
Stephanie Marquez, MPH