什么是高血压以及我们为什么要关注高血压
高血压是导致心脏病和脑卒中的主要病因,高血压还会引起其他严重的健康状况,例如外周性血管疾病、肾功能不全、视网膜出血和视力障碍。全世界每年有 1000 多万人死于高血压,占所有死亡人数的 12% 以上!世界上近三分之一的成年人患有高血压。尽管有几种有效、低成本、低风险的高血压治疗方法,但只有不到 15% 的高血压患者的血压得到了控制。可能的原因是患者不知晓自己的病症 (无症状性高血压)、保持不健康的生活方式、无法获得药物或无法负担药物,或忘记服药。
我们的服务
我们是一个由医生、科学家、营养学家和倡导者组成的多元化团体,致力于改善与高血压相关的全球状况。我们希望提供可影响改善高血压筛查、诊断和管理的政策和实践的研究证据。我们希望提高个体、医务人员以及可帮助制定政策、减轻全球范围内高血压负担的政府官员对该病症及其治疗选择的认识。
Who we are
Lawrence Appel, 医学博士、公共卫生硕士
Appel 博士是约翰霍普金斯大学流行病学、国际卫生和护理学联合任命的医学教授。他还是流行病学、
预防和临床研究 Welch 中心的主任。他的研究主要关注高血压的预防和控制,以及高血压的心血管-肾脏结局。他有三个研究方向:(1) 控制喂养研究;(2) 行为干预试验,测试实现生活方式改变的新策略;以及 (3) 与慢性肾病及其结局相关的队列研究和试验。他一直积极参与营养政策的制定,尤其是钠、钾和饮食模式方面的专业知识。
Sara Benjamin-Neelon, PhD, JD, MPH, RD
Dr. Benjamin-Neelon is a Professor in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society and Department of International Health, Human Nutrition Program at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is also an Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow in the Centre for Diet and Activity Research at the University of Cambridge School of Medicine in England. She is a registered dietitian and licensed attorney. Her research focuses on domestic and global chronic disease prevention, evaluation of policies to create healthier food environments, and community-based interventions to promote health in families with young children.
Tammy Brady, 医学博士、科研博士
Tammy Brady 博士是约翰霍普金斯大学医学院的儿科副教授。她专门研究小儿高血压,并在约翰霍普金斯大学医学院担任小儿高血压项目的医学总监。同时,她还担任了 ReNEW 诊所 (多学科儿童肥胖高血压诊所) 的医学总监。她的研究关注领域包括儿童高血压;具体而言,她的研究关注改善儿童高血压的诊断、鉴别儿童高血压患者终末器官损害的风险因素、以及测试降低儿童血压的干预措施。她是血压测量和设备验证方面的国际专家。
Jeanne B. Charleston, 科研博士
Charleston 博士是约翰霍普金斯大学布隆伯格公共卫生学院流行病学系的高级研究助理,并在医学院兼职。她的研究领域包括心血管疾病、基于社区的饮食和体育活动干预、以及临床试验的招募和保留,重点关注少数族裔群体。
Rajeev Cherukupalli, PhD
Dr. Cherukupalli is an Assistant Scientist in the Department of Health Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is an economist with research and practice interests in public finance, health, development, labor markets and policy evaluation. He has advised ministries of finance and health and advocacy efforts to use fiscal policies to address the burden of noncommunicable diseases.
Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, 科研博士、公共卫生硕士、注册护士、美国心脏协会会员、心血管预防护士协会会员
Commodore-Mensah 博士是约翰霍普金斯大学护理学院的心血管护士流行病学家和助理教授。她的研究旨在通过社区参与的研究降低当地 (美国) 和全球 (撒哈拉以南非洲) 非洲人的心血管疾病风险的负担。
Arlene Dalcin, 注册营养师
Dalcin 女士是预防、流行病学和临床研究 Welch 中心的研究助理。她是一位经验丰富的生活方式干预专家,擅长开发、定制和测试以患者为中心的实用策略,以实现生活方式的改变,尤其是降低钠摄入和
控制体重。她对健康行为改变和健康的社会决定因素有浓厚的兴趣。
Megan Henry, 理学硕士、科研博士
Henry 博士是约翰霍普金斯大学布隆伯格公共卫生学院流行病学系的研究助理。Henry 博士具有营养人类学背景,并参与了多个国际卫生项目,包括 Bill & Melinda Gates 资助的 “Alive & Thrive 倡议” 在越南开展的改善婴幼儿喂养项目,和评估美国国际开发署资助的人口统计学的营养指标,以及健康调查 (DHS) 项目。在国内,她参与了加利福尼亚州的妇女、婴儿和儿童特别营养补充计划 (WIC),以及纽约市的老人送餐服务 (Meals on Wheels)。
Xiao Hu, MHS
Ms. Hu is Research Data Analyst in the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research. Her work primarily focused on investigating risk factors and biomarkers for cardiovascular diseases in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Her research areas included physical function, proteomics, risk prediction and intervention evaluation.
Junishi Ishigama, 医学博士、公共卫生硕士、科研博士
Ishigama 博士是约翰霍普金斯大学布隆伯格公共卫生学院流行病学系的助理科学家。 他是一名训练有素的肾病科医生和流行病学家。他的研究重点是慢性肾病和心血管疾病的流行病学之间的交集。
Sherry (Hairong) Liu, MHS
Sherry Liu serves as a data coordinator at the Welch Center. She obtained her master's degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health and has been a part of multiple research projects. With an enthusiasm for scientific inquiry, she relishes the intricacies of data analysis. Her research primarily concentrates on biomarkers in relation to heart disease.
Matti Marklund, 科研博士
Marklund 博士是 George 全球健康研究所血管代谢小组的研究员。他在瑞典 Uppsala 大学公共卫生与关怀科学、临床营养与代谢系完成了博士后培训。他在研究设计、统计分析和科学写作方面拥有广泛的知识。Marklund 博士在膳食生物标志物的开发和验证以及将其用于临床试验和营养流行病学方面拥有丰富的经验。
Kunihiro Matsushita, 医学博士、科研博士
Matsushita 博士是流行病学和医学副教授,也是 Welch 中心的成员。他是日本的注册心脏病科医生,在心血管疾病 (CVD) 的危险因素方面具有专长,并擅长于应用流行病学方法建立证据基础以改善 CVD 及其风险因素的治疗和预防。他还使用多个数据来源 [如社区动脉粥样硬化风险 (ARIC) 研究、慢性肾病预后协会 (CKD-PC) 和动脉粥样硬化多种族研究 (MESA)],研究高血压、肾脏、糖尿病和心血管疾病 (CVD) 之间的关联。
Edgar R. Miller, III, 医学博士、科研硕士
Miller 博士是约翰霍普金斯医学院的医学和流行病学教授,并在布隆伯格公共卫生学院的流行病学系兼职。他还是 Welch 中心的核心教职工。他的临床专业领域包括高血压和内科学。他是高血压非药物和药物治疗方面的专家。他目前的研究包括饮食干预对血压和肾脏疾病的影响以及饮食干预对高尿酸血症和痛风的影响的临床试验。
Dinesh Neupane, 科研博士
Neupane 博士是约翰霍普金斯大学公共卫生学院流行病学系的研究助理。他在中国昆山杜克大学全球健康研究中心完成了博士后研究。他在基于人群的调查、心血管疾病预防、整群随机试验、系统评价和定性研究方面拥有丰富的经验。他领导了一项群组随机对照试验,该试验对尼泊尔女性社区卫生志愿者的社区高血压管理进行了测试。他曾担任尼泊尔全国血压测量运动的全国领导者、尼泊尔柳叶刀 (Lancet) NCDI
委员会委员以及全球疾病负担协作小组的成员。他是国际高血压学会 (International Society of Hypertension) 的研究员。
Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, PhD, MPH, RN
Dr. Ogungbe is an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, with a goal of improving cardiometabolic outcomes among populations experiencing social marginalization. Through her research and collaborations, Dr. Ogungbe aims to 1) lead innovative digital and community-engaged interventions to improve hypertension control and advance cardiovascular health equity, 2) implement novel approaches to address underrepresentation in cardiovascular clinical trials, 3) leverage rich phenotypic epidemiologic datasets to assess multilevel determinants of cardiovascular health inequities, which will inform practical, scalable and sustainable interventions.
Monica Pasqualino, PhD, MPA
Monica Pasqualino is an Assistant Scientist in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Pasqualino has a background in public policy and has worked on a number of projects exploring the intersections between food systems, nutrition, and health. Her research mainly focuses on maternal and child nutrition and health, with specific areas including prenatal supplementation, infant and young child feeding, dietary quality and the role of animal source foods in the diet, and behavioral interventions. She is experienced in both quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Chathurangi H. Pathiravasan, MS, PhD
Dr. Pathiravasan is currently serving as an assistant scientist in the Department of Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research interests span various areas, including mobile health (mHealth) applications, digital phenotypes for cardiovascular disease, longitudinal trajectory modeling, computational statistics, and machine learning. Primarily, she dedicates her efforts to offering statistical consultation within the Johns Hopkins Biostatistics Center. She serves as the lead biostatistician on various projects, contributing to the successful development of grant applications for clinical trials and observational studies.
Scott Pilla, MD, MHS
Scott Pilla is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and with a joint appointment in Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. His research has focused on diabetes, hypertension, and related conditions, with an emphasis on individualized care with aging and prevention of hypoglycemia and other adverse drug effects. His work includes mixed methods analyses feeding studies, and pragmatic interventions in the primary care setting.
Krishna Rao, PhD
Dr. Rao is Associate Professor of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health whose research focuses on health systems in low and middle-income countries. He is a health economist with interest in health care financing, human resources, quality of care, and primary health care. His research work has covered several countries in South Asia, and Latin America. He teaches two graduate level courses - Financing Health Care for Universal Health Coverage; and Health and Economic Development.
Carol Resnick, 文学学士
Resnick 女士是约翰霍普金斯大学布隆伯格公共卫生学院流行病学系的研究助理。她为多个研究项目的多位教职员工提供了支持。她组织了社区和教职员顾问委员会,曾担任基于社区研究项目的项目经理,并担任多项大型联邦和非联邦基金的经理。她曾与来自巴西、蒙古和墨西哥的教员和学员合作。
Kristin Riekert, 科研博士
Kristin Riekert 博士是约翰霍普金斯医学院的医学教授,她正在领导多项干预试验,重点关注在囊性纤维化、哮喘、慢性肾病、镰状细胞病和降低二手烟方面改善依从性和健康结局。她的主要研究领域是:
患慢性疾病的青少年和青壮年患者的治疗依从性的社会心理学预测因素、依从性的测量、制定在文化和发展方面适宜的干预措施来改善治疗依从性。她致力于提高改善医疗质量和服务方式 (尤其是在服务不足和弱势群体中)。
Valerie K. Sullivan, PhD, MHS, RD
Valerie Sullivan is an Assistant Scientist in the Department of Epidemiology. She is a Registered Dietitian and nutrition scientist interested in building the evidence base that informs dietary guidance and translating this knowledge into practice. Her research broadly investigates how dietary patterns affect cardiometabolic disease risk.
Steve Tamplin, 工程学硕士
Tamplin 先生是健康行为与社会学系的助理科学家。他的工作主要集中在通过全球健康中心和全球烟草控制研究所进行烟草控制。他是在烟草控制、环境健康和环境工程方面拥有丰富经验的专业人士,目前在全球烟草控制研究所负责领导力和研究能力建设方面的工作。他在设计和实施全球培训项目方面拥有丰富的经验。
Di Zhao, 健康科学硕士、科研博士
Zhao 博士是约翰霍普金斯大学布隆伯格公共卫生学院流行病学系的助理科学家。她的工作重点是青光眼筛查和心血管疾病中的性别差异。她还开发了用于青光眼筛查的新型算法,并在巴尔的摩地区的当地社区组织了大规模的青光眼筛查活动。她在应用多种流行病学方法分析观察性研究和临床研究以及在组织和管理大型队列数据库方面拥有丰富的研究经验。
外部合作者
Cheryl Anderson, 科研博士、公共卫生硕士
Anderson 博士是加利福尼亚大学圣地亚哥分校的家庭医学和公共卫生学副教授。她是心血管疾病流行病学和预防卓越中心以及服务不足和弱势人群健康行为改变卓越中心的成员。她的研究重点是营养和慢性疾病预防以及心血管疾病的流行病学。
Kathryn Foti, PhD, MPH
Dr. Foti is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She holds an MPH in chronic disease epidemiology from the Yale School of Public Health and a PhD in cardiovascular disease epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she also completed a post-doctoral fellowship. Her research focuses on monitoring and improving the prevention and control of hypertension and elimination of disparities domestically and globally. Dr. Foti also previously worked for 8 years at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including 5 years as a Special Assistant to the CDC Director, where she helped launch the Million Hearts initiative.
Neha Khandpur, ScD, MSc
Dr. Khandpur is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Human Nutrition and Health, at Wageningen University (the Netherlands), and a Visiting Scholar at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Health (US) and the University of São Paulo (Brazil). Her research focuses on understanding the link between ultra-processed dietary patterns and cardiometabolic health, and on implementing and evaluating strategies to support healthy food choices.
Lyn Steffen, 科研博士、公共卫生硕士、注册营养师
Steffen 博士是明尼苏达大学公共卫生学院流行病学和社区卫生学系副教授。她在营养流行病学和心血管疾病流行病学方面拥有专业知识。她的研究重点是社区动脉粥样硬化风险 (ARIC) 研究、青年冠状动脉发育 (CARDIA) 研究和动脉粥样硬化多种族研究 (MESA) 中的饮食评估、饮食模式以及心血管疾病及其风险因素。最近,她完成了一项有关美国饮食中钠来源的里程碑式研究。