Emelia Benjamin
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Emelia J Benjamin, MD, ScM

Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health

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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 - Boston University Medical Campus
  • Jay and Louise Coffman Professor of Vascular Medicine - 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 11/12/2024

    Berlowitz JB, Xie W, Harlow AF, Kathuria H, Benjamin EJ, Stokes AC. Association of Cigarette-E-Cigarette Transitions With Respiratory Symptom Resolution. Nicotine Tob Res. 2024 Nov 12. PMID: 39528433.

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  • Published on 11/1/2024

    Moreira-Bouchard JD, Cunha J, Tao BS, Kim H, Lepson J, Nessen E, Milstone ZJ, Fisher N, Clinton N, Roberts LM, Serrano MA, Gopal DM, Benjamin EJ, So-Armah K, Fetterman JL. Creating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Statements for Your CV: A Resource Guide to Effectiveness and Comprehensiveness. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2024 Nov 01. PMID: 39485298.

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  • Published on 10/24/2024

    Yao Z, Tasdighi E, Dardari ZA, Erhabor J, Jha KK, Osuji N, Rajan T, Boakye E, Rodriguez CJ, Lima JAC, Judd S, Feldman T, Fialkow JA, Ramachandran VS, El Shahawy O, Benjamin EJ, Bhatnagar A, DeFilippis AP, Nasir K, Blaha MJ. Use of E-Cigarette, Traditional Cigarettes, and C-Reactive Protein: The Cross Cohort Collaboration. Am Heart J. 2024 Oct 24. PMID: 39461654.

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  • Published on 10/21/2024

    Pirruccello JP, Khurshid S, Lin H, Weng LC, Zamirpour S, Kany S, Raghavan A, Koyama S, Vasan RS, Benjamin EJ, Lindsay ME, Ellinor PT. The AORTA Gene score for detection and risk stratification of ascending aortic dilation. Eur Heart J. 2024 Oct 21; 45(40):4318-4332. PMID: 39132911.

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  • Published on 9/7/2024

    Kany S, Jurgens SJ, Rämö JT, Christophersen IE, Rienstra M, Chung MK, Olesen MS, Ackerman MJ, McNally EM, Semsarian C, Schnabel RB, Wilde AAM, Benjamin EJ, Rehm HL, Kirchhof P, Bezzina CR, Roden DM, Shoemaker MB, Ellinor PT. Genetic testing in early-onset atrial fibrillation. Eur Heart J. 2024 Sep 07; 45(34):3111-3123. PMID: 39028637.

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  • Published on 9/3/2024

    Huynh J, Benjamin EJ, Degarmo K, Baumwart R. Persistent left cranial vena cava and right cranial vena cava aplasia in a French bulldog and a Cavalier King Charles spaniel with severe pulmonic stenosis. J Vet Cardiol. 2024 Sep 03; 56:50-55. PMID: 39321732.

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  • Published on 9/3/2024

    Wu J, Trifiro BM, Ranker LR, Origgi JM, Benjamin EJ, Robertson RM, Bhatnagar A, Stokes AC, Xuan Z, Wijaya D, Plummer B, Cornacchione Ross J, Fetterman JL, Hong T. Health Warnings on Instagram Advertisements for Synthetic Nicotine E-Cigarettes and Engagement. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Sep 03; 7(9):e2434434. PMID: 39269702.

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  • Published on 8/8/2024

    Eromosele OB, Shapira-Daniels A, Yuan A, Lukan A, Akinrimisi O, Chukwurah M, Nayor M, Benjamin EJ, Lin H. The association of exhaled carbon monoxide with atrial fibrillation and left atrial size in the Framingham Heart Study. Am Heart J Plus. 2024 Sep; 45:100439. PMID: 39234302.

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  • Published on 8/6/2024

    Khalilian Ekrami N, Baron DK, Benjamin EJ, Mulder BA, Van Gelder IC, Rienstra M. Participation of women in clinical studies of atrial fibrillation in the Northern Netherlands. Neth Heart J. 2024 Sep; 32(9):326-331. PMID: 39105898.

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  • Published on 8/6/2024

    Jiang MZ, Gaynor SM, Li X, Van Buren E, Stilp A, Buth E, Wang FF, Manansala R, Gogarten SM, Li Z, Polfus LM, Salimi S, Bis JC, Pankratz N, Yanek LR, Durda P, Tracy RP, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Mitchell BD, Lewis JP, Psaty BM, Pratte KA, Silverman EK, Kaplan RC, Avery C, North KE, Mathias RA, Faraday N, Lin H, Wang B, Carson AP, Norwood AF, Gibbs RA, Kooperberg C, Lundin J, Peters U, Dupuis J, Hou L, Fornage M, Benjamin EJ, Reiner AP, Bowler RP, Lin X, Auer PL, Raffield LM. Whole genome sequencing based analysis of inflammation biomarkers in the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) consortium. Hum Mol Genet. 2024 Aug 06; 33(16):1429-1441. PMID: 38747556.

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