Site Type |
Study Site |
Key Personnel |
Coordinating Center |
University of Washington Coordinating Center |
Robyn McClelland, PhD (Co-PI)
Richard A. Kronmal, PhD (Co-PI)
Susan R. Heckbert, MD
Bruce M. Psaty, MD
Annette L. Fitzpatrick, PhD
William T. Longstreth, MD
Kayleen Williams, MPH
Craig Johnson, MS
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Field Centers |
Columbia University Field Center |
Steven J. C. Shea, MD, MS (PI)
Graham R. Barr, MD, Dr. P.H.
Benjamin M. Smith, MD, MS, FRCPC
Alan D. Guerci, MD
Daniel Rabinowitz, PhD
Alan R. Tall, MD
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Johns Hopkins University Field Center |
Wendy S. Post, MD (PI)
Erin D. Michos, MD, MHS
Roger S. Blumenthal, MD
Pamela Ouyang, MD
A. Richey Sharrett, MD, DrPH
Moyses Szklo, MD, MPH, Dr.Ph
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Northwestern University Field Center |
Norrina B. Allen, PhD(PI)
Kiang Liu, PhD
Shah, Sanjiv J.MD
Deepak K. Gupta, MD
Thomas J. Wang, MD
David Green, MD, PhD
Philip Greenland, MD
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UCLA Field Center |
Karol Watson, MD, PhD (PI)
Preethi Srikanthan, MD, MS
Alan M. Fogelman, MD
Antoinette S. Gomes, MD
Sameh Tadros
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University of Minnesota Field Center |
James Pankow, PhD, MPH (PI)
Aaron R. Folsom, MD
Lin Yee Chen, MD
David R. Jacobs, Jr. PhD
Michael Jerosch-Herold, PhD
Pamela J. Schreiner, PhD
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Wake Forest University Field Center |
Gregory L. Burke, MD (Study PI)
Alain G. Bertoni, MD (FC PI)
Timothy Hughes, PhD
David M. Herrington, MD
William G. Hundley, MD
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Central Reading/Lab/Analysis Centers |
University of Vermont Laboratory |
Russell P. Tracy, PhD (PI)
Nels C. Olson, PhD
Mary Cushman, MD
Jon Peter Durda
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Computed Tomography Reading Center
UCLA Medical Center Research and Education Institute
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Matthew J. Budoff, MD (PI)
Robert C. Detrano, MD, PhD
Chris Dailing
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MRI Reading Center Johns Hopkins University
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João A. Lima, MD (PI)
Bruce Wasserman, MD
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Ultrasound Reading Center
New England Medical Center |
Joseph F. Polak, MD, MPH (PI)
Daniel H. O'Leary, MD
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ECG Reading Center
Wake Forest University
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Elsayed Z. Soliman, MD, MSc (PI)
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The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center |
Jerome I. Rotter, MD (PI)
Xiuqing Guo, PhD
Kent Taylor, PhD
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University of Virginia Genetic Analysis Center |
Stephen Rich, PhD (PI)
Josyf C. Mychaleckyj, MA, DPhil
Michele M. Sale, PhD
Ani Manichaikul, PhD
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University of Minnesota Central Lipid Lab |
Michael Tsai, PhD (PI)
John Eckfeldt, MD, PhD (Co-PI)
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Program Office |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
Cashell Jaquish, PHD
Stephanie Marquez, MPH
Pothur R. Srinivas, PhD, MPH
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Subcommittees include Participant Relations, Design, Laboratory, MRI, CT,
Morbidity and Mortality, Operations, Publications,
Ancillary Studies, and Quality Control. Subcommittees make recommendations
to the Steering Committee, which finalizes decisions.
The charges to the specific committees are as follows:
The MESA Monitoring Board has been appointed by the Director,
NHLBI, to advise on the design and conduct of the study and on the
analysis and interpretation of results. The Monitoring Board will meet
approximately annually.
Helen P. Hazuda, PhD (Chair)
University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio
Dept. of Medicine, Div. of Clinical Epidemiology
Kristin Newby, MD
Duke University
Cardiology
Kari North, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Epidemiology and Carolina Center for Genome Sciences
Monika Safford, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
General Internal Medicine
Lewis Wexler, MD
Stanford University
School of Medicine
Phyliss Sholinsky, MSPH
Executive Secretary for Monitoring Board
EBP/DECA/NHLBI/NIH