James S. Pankow, Ph.D., M.P.H., Institute of Human Genetics at the University of Minnesota

Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology
Phone: (612) 624- 2883
Mailing Address: Division of Epidemiology
1300 S. Second St.,
Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55454
e-mail: pankow@epi.umn.edu

Research Interests

Dr. James S. Pankow, Associate Professor in the Division of Epidemiology, is a genetic epidemiologist focusing on the etiology of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its associated risk factors. Dr. Pankow is director of an NHLBI-sponsored training grant in CVD genetic epidemiology. He is principal investigator or co-investigator on several studies that are collecting information on CVD and CVD risk factors in families (NHLBI Family Heart Study; MESA Family Study; Hypertension Genetic Epidemiology Network; Influence of Blood Pressure Change During Adolescence; Beaver Dam Offspring
Study; Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Triglycerides). His research includes linkage analysis, association and haplotype analysis, and analysis of gene-environment interactions.

Website

http://www.epi.umn.edu/epi_pages/people/pankow.html

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