A. Richey Sharrett

Preventive Cardiology

Johns Hopkins University

About

A. Richey Sharrett works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with Johns Hopkins University.

A. Richey Sharrett is a Professor of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He had a 30-year career in the Epidemiology Program at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the NIH before joining Johns Hopkins in 2002. He was instrumental in establishing the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study and focuses on the contribution of modifiable vascular risk factors to dementia and cognitive decline.

Research focus

Atherosclerosis risk factorsRetinal microvascular abnormalitiesCarotid intima-media thicknessVascular contributions to dementiaCoronary heart disease prediction

Impact

265 pubs · 33,415 cites · h-index 96

Training

DrPH
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
1979
MD
University of Pittsburgh
1966
MA
University of Melbourne
1961

Affiliations

Work Experience

Professor of Epidemiology

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · 2002 - Present

Epidemiologist and Project Officer

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH · 1972 - 2002