Emelia Benjamin
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Emelia J Benjamin, MD, ScM

Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health

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emelia.benjamin@bmc.org
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Biography

Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA, received her AB at Harvard, her MD at Case Western Reserve University, and her Epidemiology ScM at Harvard School of Public Health. She is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Boston University and is a cardiologist at Boston Medical Center. She is a Robert Dawson Evans Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.

She is author of over 800 peer-reviewed publications that focus on the genetics, epidemiology, and prognosis of a variety of cardiovascular conditions and markers including atrial fibrillation, vascular function, and systemic inflammation. She has been continuously NIH funded since 1998, and currently is multi-Principal Investigator on an R01 atrial fibrillation grant [2R01HL092577], several chronic pain grants, and is the Training Director on the Boston University American Heart Association Strategically Focused Research Network on Cardio-Oncology. She is an internationally recognized expert on the epidemiology of atrial fibrillation. Dr. Benjamin has Co-Chaired the NIH National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes’ (NHLBI) Atrial Fibrillation Working Group, which advised the NHLBI’s atrial fibrillation research agenda, and resulted in 6 publications.

Dr. Benjamin has conducted research at the Framingham Study since 1988. She is a Member of the Executive Committee, and is Co-Director of the Medical Endpoints Committee. She was Principal Investigator of the grant that recruited the second generation of the Framingham Study's ethnic/racial minority cohort, the Omni Study.

In addition to her research, she is the inaugural Associate Provost for Faculty Development for Boston University Medical Campus, and the inaugural Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Diversity, BU Department of Medicine. She co-designed and co-leads Faculty Development Programs for Early, Mid-Career, Under-Represented Ethnic and Racial, Women, and Clinical Leaders. In 2023 she completed the Columbia University Advanced Coaching Certification.

A passionate and dedicated mentor, she has won local and national awards for mentoring, education, and research. She was inducted into the Association of American Physicians and she won the 2020 Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award.

An active volunteer for the American Heart Association since 1992, she has served on a variety of local and national Committees. She is Past-Chair of the American Heart Association’s Functional Genomics and Translational Biology Council and Study Section, and the annual Heart and Stroke Statistical Update. She received the 2015 Paul Dudley White Award, the 2016 AHA Gold Heart Award, the 2016 Population Research Prize, the 2019 Laennec Clinician/ Educator Lecturer, and the Genomics and Precision Medicine 2019 Distinguished Achievement Award, and the 2022 Distinguished Scientist Award.

Other Positions

  • Associate Provost for Faculty Development, BUMC & Jay and Louise Coffman Professor, - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Professor, Medicine - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Primary Investigator - Framingham Heart Study
  • Member, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute - Boston University
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research - Boston University

Education

  • Case Western Reserve University, MD
  • Harvard School of Public Health, ScM

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Publications

  • Published on 9/23/2025

    Haimovich JS, Kany S, Ajufo E, Andrade JG, Benjamin EJ, Healey JS, Kirchhof P, Lubitz SA, McIntyre WF, Rienstra M, Sanders P, Schnabel RB, Ellinor PT, Khurshid S. Outcomes and Management of Stressor-Associated Atrial Fibrillation: JACC State-of-the-Art Review. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Sep 23; 86(12):910-939. PMID: 40962378.

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  • Published on 8/23/2025

    Cornacchione Ross J, Ranker LR, Fetterman JL, Benjamin EJ, Hong T. Public Support for Warning Label Policies on Social Media Among U.S. Adults in 2024. Am J Prev Med. 2025 Aug 23; 69(6):108067. PMID: 40854337.

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  • Published on 8/23/2025

    Jha M, Dong Z, Ruda MM, Prescott B, Xanthakis V, Nayor M, Gajjar P, Larson MG, Benjamin EJ, Vasan RS, Mitchell GF, Tsao CW. Associations of cardiovascular health with arterial health in adults free of cardiovascular disease. Am J Prev Cardiol. 2025 Sep; 23:101083. PMID: 40918934.

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  • Published on 8/22/2025

    Erhabor J, Yao Z, Tasdighi E, Benjamin EJ, Bhatnagar A, Blaha MJ. E-cigarette Use and Incident Cardiometabolic Conditions in the All of Us Research Program. Nicotine Tob Res. 2025 Aug 22; 27(9):1651-1656. PMID: 40089810.

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  • Published on 7/29/2025

    Ekenze O, Pinheiro A, Beiser AS, Lioutas VA, Aparicio HJ, Benjamin EJ, Vasan RS, DeCarli C, Seshadri S, Demissie S, Romero JR. Prevalent Cardiovascular Disease and Atrial Fibrillation in Relation to Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Burden. Brain Sci. 2025 Jul 29; 15(8). PMID: 40867146.

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  • Published on 7/14/2025

    Richardson E, Mo CC, Calabretta E, Corrado F, Kocoglu MH, Baron RM, Connors JM, Iacobelli M, Wei LJ, Benjamin EJ, Rapoport AP, Díaz-Ricart M, Martínez-Mellado AJ, Carlo-Stella C, Richardson PG, Moraleda JM. Defibrotide for Protecting Against and Managing Endothelial Injury in Hematologic Malignancies and COVID-19. Biomolecules. 2025 Jul 14; 15(7). PMID: 40723876.

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  • Published on 7/12/2025

    Islam SJ, Teruya S, Fine D, Sabogal N, Fils S, Ullah I, Sanchorawala A, Miller E, Gallegos C, DE Freitas C, Kurian D, Ionescu N, Janvier I, Raiszadeh F, Benjamin EJ, Magnani JW, Maurer MS, Ruberg FL. Health Literacy and Physical Function Among Older Black and Hispanic Individuals With Heart Failure. J Card Fail. 2025 Jul 12. PMID: 40659241.

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  • Published on 7/12/2025

    Middeldorp ME, van Deutekom C, Weil LI, Van Gelder IC, De Ruijter UW, Jeurissen PT, Benjamin EJ, van Munster BC, Rienstra M. Sex differences in hospitalisation and healthcare utilisation for patients with atrial fibrillation Middeldorp et al. Sex differences in healthcare utilisation and AF. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. 2025 Oct; 60:101748. PMID: 40852474.

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  • Published on 7/1/2025

    Cooper LL, Prescott BR, Xanthakis V, Rong J, Larson MG, Benjamin EJ, Hamburg NM, Vasan RS, Mitchell GF. Interrelations of aortic spring function, cardiovascular disease risk factors, and left ventricular diastolic function: The Framingham Heart Study. medRxiv. 2025 Jul 01. PMID: 40630593.

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  • Published on 6/25/2025

    Vinter N, Johnsen SP, Lip GYH, Benjamin EJ, Frost L, Trinquart L. Comparison of excess mortality between atrial fibrillation, heart failure, myocardial infarction, and stroke: trends over 2000-2022. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2025 Jun 25. PMID: 40561136.

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