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Barbara V. Howard

Barbara V. Howard

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Best Female Scientists
2025

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Best Female Scientists

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146
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107387
World Ranking
173
National Ranking
105

Medicine

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148
Citations
110216
World Ranking
1221
National Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2003 - Kelly West Award, American Diabetes Association

Overview

Barbara V. Howard is affiliated with MedStar Health in the United States. Their research spans primarily in the field of Medicine, with notable contributions to Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Molecular Biology, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The scientist's work explores several main topics including:

  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Barbara V. Howard has published extensively, with significant outputs in notable publication venues. The most frequent venues include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Circulation
  • Journal of Nutrition
  • Diabetes Care
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Among recent papers, the following highlight their research activity:

  • Cardiovascular Health in American Indians and Alaska Natives: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association, 2020, Circulation
  • The Women's Health Initiative Randomized Trials and Clinical Practice, 2024, JAMA
  • Association of Major Dietary Protein Sources With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: Prospective Cohort Study, 2021, Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Blood DNA Methylation and Incident Coronary Heart Disease, 2021, JAMA Cardiology
  • Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential (CHIP) and Incident Type 2 Diabetes Risk, 2023, Diabetes Care

Frequent collaborators in their research include the following coauthors:

  • Jason G. Umans
  • Elisa T. Lee
  • Shelley A. Cole
  • JoAnn E. Manson
  • Lyle G. Best

Barbara V. Howard was awarded the Kelly West Award from the American Diabetes Association in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Effects of Diet and Exercise in Preventing NIDDM in People With Impaired Glucose Tolerance: The Da Qing IGT and Diabetes Study

    Xiao Ren Pan;Guang Wei Li;Ying Hua Hu;Ji Xing Wang

  • Effects of conjugated equine estrogen in postmenopausal women with hysterectomy: the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial

    Garnet L. Anderson;Marian C. Limacher;Annlouise R. Assaf;Tamsen Bassford

  • Clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults: Executive summary

    F. X. Pi-Sunyer;D. M. Becker;C. Bouchard;R. A. Carleton

  • Diet and Lifestyle Recommendations Revision 2006 A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Nutrition Committee

    Alice H. Lichtenstein;Lawrence J. Appel;Michael Brands;Mercedes Carnethon

  • AHA Dietary Guidelines Revision 2000: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the Nutrition Committee of the American Heart Association

    Ronald M. Krauss;Robert H. Eckel;Barbara Howard;Lawrence J. Appel

  • Diabetes and cardiovascular disease : A statement for healthcare professionals from the American heart association

    Scott M. Grundy;Ivor J. Benjamin;Gregory L. Burke;Alan Chait

  • Central pressure more strongly relates to vascular disease and outcome than does brachial pressure: the Strong Heart Study.

    Mary J. Roman;Richard B. Devereux;Jorge R. Kizer;Elisa T. Lee

  • Menopausal hormone therapy and health outcomes during the intervention and extended poststopping phases of the women's health initiative randomized trials

    Jo Ann E. Manson;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Marcia L. Stefanick;Aaron K. Aragaki

  • Reduced Rate of Energy Expenditure as a Risk Factor for Body-Weight Gain

    Eric Ravussin;Stephen Lillioja;William C. Knowler;Laurent Christin

  • Dietary Sugars Intake and Cardiovascular Health A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Rachel K. Johnson;Lawrence J. Appel;Michael Brands;Barbara V. Howard

  • Lipoprotein Management in Patients With Cardiometabolic Risk: Consensus Conference Report From the American Diabetes Association and the American College of Cardiology Foundation

    John D. Brunzell;Michael Davidson;Curt D. Furberg;Ronald B. Goldberg

  • Cardiovascular Events and Their Reduction With Pravastatin in Diabetic and Glucose-Intolerant Myocardial Infarction Survivors With Average Cholesterol Levels Subgroup Analyses in the Cholesterol And Recurrent Events (CARE) Trial

    Ronald B. Goldberg;Margot J. Mellies;Frank M. Sacks;Lemuel A. Moyé

  • Lipoprotein management in patients with cardiometabolic risk: consensus statement from the American Diabetes Association and the American College of Cardiology Foundation.

    John D. Brunzell;Michael Davidson;Curt D. Furberg;Ronald B. Goldberg

  • Relationship of High and Low Ankle Brachial Index to All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality The Strong Heart Study

    Helaine E. Resnick;Robert S. Lindsay;Mary Mc Grae McDermott;Richard B. Devereux

  • Calcium plus Vitamin D Supplementation and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

    Jean Wactawski-Wende;Jane Morley Kotchen;Garnet L. Anderson;Annlouise R. Assaf;Annlouise R. Assaf

  • The Sleep Heart Health Study: design, rationale, and methods.

    Stuart F. Quan;Barbara V. Howard;Conrad Iber;Conrad Iber;James P. Kiley

  • C-Reactive Protein, Fibrinogen, and Cardiovascular Disease Prediction

    Stephen Kaptoge;Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Lisa Pennells;Angela M. Wood

  • Impact of Diabetes on Cardiac Structure and Function The Strong Heart Study

    Richard B. Devereux;Mary J. Roman;Mary Paranicas;Michael J. O’Grady

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • Criteria for Evaluation of Novel Markers of Cardiovascular Risk A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Mark A. Hlatky;Philip Greenland;Donna K. Arnett;Christie M. Ballantyne

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisa T. Lee
Elisa T. Lee University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Richard B. Devereux
Richard B. Devereux Cornell University
Richard R. Fabsitz
Richard R. Fabsitz George Mason University
Mary J. Roman
Mary J. Roman Cornell University
JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School
Shelley A. Cole
Shelley A. Cole Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Giovanni de Simone
Giovanni de Simone University of Naples Federico II
Charles B. Eaton
Charles B. Eaton Brown University
Marcia L. Stefanick
Marcia L. Stefanick Stanford University
Ross L. Prentice
Ross L. Prentice Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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