Lawrence J. Appel
Preventive Cardiology
Bloomberg (United States)
About
Lawrence J. Appel works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with Bloomberg (United States).
Lawrence J. Appel is the C. David Molina Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Director of the Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research. He holds joint appointments in the Department of Epidemiology and International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. His research involves clinical trials and epidemiologic studies on nutrition and lifestyle factors to prevent cardiovascular disease and kidney disease.
Research focus
Hypertension managementDietary interventions for cardiovascular disease preventionLifestyle modification for blood pressure controlNutrition-based prevention of cardiovascular-kidney diseasesSodium intake and health outcomes
Impact
1,104 pubs · 99,526 cites · h-index 137
Training
MD
New York University School of Medicine
1981
MPH
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
1989
Affiliations
Work Experience
Director, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Johns Hopkins University · 2010 - Present
Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine · 1989 - Present