Donald W. Bowden

Preventive Cardiology

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

About

Donald W. Bowden works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.

Donald W. Bowden is a Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, affiliated with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. He has led research in human genetics focusing on diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and kidney disease. He previously served as director of the Diabetes Research Center at the institution.

Research focus

Genetic epidemiology of cardiovascular diseaseCardiovascular risk factors in diabetesGenetics of kidney disease and cardiovascular complicationsGenomic studies of cardiometabolic traitsInherited factors in cardiovascular function

Impact

651 pubs · 55,392 cites · h-index 101

Training

PhD
University of California, Berkeley
1978

Affiliations

Work Experience

Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry

Wake Forest University School of Medicine · 2024 - Present

Professor of Biochemistry

Wake Forest University School of Medicine · 1990 - 2024