Bruce Bartholow Duncan

Preventive Cardiology

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

About

Bruce Bartholow Duncan works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Bruce Bartholow Duncan is a professor of Social Medicine and the Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology at the School of Medicine of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He has focused his research on diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and primary care since arriving in Brazil in 1984. He serves as a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and a Research Fellow at the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development.

Research focus

Cardiovascular Risk Factors in DiabetesEpidemiology of Coronary Heart DiseaseInflammatory Markers and Cardiovascular DiseaseBurden of Chronic Kidney Disease on Heart HealthPreventive Strategies for Metabolic Syndrome

Impact

652 pubs · 170,698 cites · h-index 105

Training

MD
Johns Hopkins University
1979
MPH
Johns Hopkins University
1979
PhD in Medicine
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
1991

Affiliations

Work Experience

Professor of Social Medicine and Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · 1984 - Present

Adjunct Faculty Member

University of North Carolina Department of Epidemiology · 2016

Research Fellow

National Council for Scientific and Technological Development