Paul M. Ridker
General / Preventive / Lipids
Harvard University
About
Paul M. Ridker works in General / Preventive / Lipids affiliated with Harvard University.
Paul M. Ridker, MD, MPH is the Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He is also Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His research addresses the role of inflammation in atherosclerosis, including development of hsCRP testing and leadership of trials such as JUPITER and CANTOS.
Research focus
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and inflammatory biomarkersResidual inflammatory risk in atherosclerosisStatin therapy for primary preventionInterleukin-1 inhibition and anti-cytokine therapies for atherosclerotic diseaseCardiovascular epidemiology and risk prediction
Impact
1,409 pubs · 222,853 cites · h-index 217
Training
MPH
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
1992
MD
Harvard Medical School
1986
BS
Brown University
1981
Affiliations
Work Experience
Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine and Director, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women's Hospital · 2003 - Present
Professor in the Department of Epidemiology
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health · 2003 - Present
Cardiology Fellow
Brigham and Women's Hospital · 1989 - 1992
Internal Medicine Resident
Brigham and Women's Hospital · 1986 - 1989