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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1986 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

David L. DeMets is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research spans the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, and Statistics and Probability.

Their work covers a variety of topics related to clinical and epidemiological research. Key areas of study include Diabetes Treatment and Management, Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Metabolism including connections to Diabetes and Cancer, Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases, Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials, and Meta-analysis and Systematic Reviews.

Several prominent publication venues feature David L. DeMets's research, with multiple articles appearing in The American Journal of Medicine, European Heart Journal, Clinical Trials, JACC Heart Failure, and Nature Medicine.

  • John J.V. McMurray (22 coauthored works)
  • Silvio E. Inzucchi (22 coauthored works)
  • Mikhail Kosiborod (22 coauthored works)
  • Scott D. Solomon (21 coauthored works)
  • Felipe A. Martínez (20 coauthored works)

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored, notable examples include:

  • "Dapagliflozin in Heart Failure with Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction" (2022), published in the New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Dapagliflozin in heart failure with preserved and mildly reduced ejection fraction: rationale and design of the DELIVER trial" (2021), published in European Journal of Heart Failure
  • "Dapagliflozin across the range of ejection fraction in patients with heart failure: a patient-level, pooled meta-analysis of DAPA-HF and DELIVER" (2022), published in Nature Medicine
  • "Effects of dapagliflozin in DAPA-HF according to background heart failure therapy" (2020), published in European Heart Journal
  • "Genomic surveillance to combat COVID-19: challenges and opportunities" (2021), published in The Lancet Microbe

Recognized within professional circles, David L. DeMets has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Medicine in 2013. They were also named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1998 and a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1986.

Best Publications

  • 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Neil J Stone;Jennifer G Robinson;Alice H. Lichtenstein;C Noel Bairey Merz

  • Biomarkers and surrogate endpoints: Preferred definitions and conceptual framework*

    Arthur J. Atkinson;Wayne A. Colburn;Victor G. DeGruttola;David L. DeMets

  • Cardiac-resynchronization therapy with or without an implantable defibrillator in advanced chronic heart failure.

    Michael R Bristow;LA Leslie A Saxon;John Boehmer;Steven Krueger

  • Dapagliflozin in Patients with Heart Failure and Reduced Ejection Fraction

    John J.V. McMurray;Scott D. Solomon;Silvio E. Inzucchi;Lars Køber

  • Effect of carvedilol on survival in severe chronic heart failure.

    Milton Packer;Andrew Js Coats;Michael B Fowler;Hugo A Katus

  • Effect of metoprolol CR/XL in chronic heart failure: Metoprolol CR/XL Randomised Intervention Trial in Congestive Heart Failure (MERIT-HF)

    A. Hjalmarson;S. Goldstein;B. Fagerberg;H. Wedel

  • Fundamentals of Clinical Trials

    Lawrence M. Friedman;Curt D. Furberg;David L. DeMets

  • Effect of Oral Milrinone on Mortality in Severe Chronic Heart Failure

    Milton Packer;Joseph R. Carver;Richard J. Rodeheffer;Russell J. Ivanhoe

  • Effect of carvedilol on survival in severe chronic heart failure

    M Packer;A.J.S Coats;M.B Fowler

  • The Wisconsin Epidemiologic Study of Diabetic Retinopathy: II. Prevalence and Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy When Age at Diagnosis Is Less Than 30 Years

    Ronald Klein;Barbara E. K. Klein;Scot E. Moss;Matthew D. Davis

  • Surrogate End Points in Clinical Trials: Are We Being Misled?

    Thomas R. Fleming;David L. DeMets

  • 2012 ACCF/AHA/HRS focused update incorporated into the ACCF/AHA/HRS 2008 guidelines for device-based therapy of cardiac rhythm abnormalities: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society.

    Cynthia M. Tracy;Andrew E. Epstein;Dawood Darbar;John P. DiMarco

  • The Wisconsin epidemiologic study of diabetic retinopathy. VI: Retinal photocoagulation

    Ronald Klein;Barbara E.K. Klein;Scot E. Moss;Matthew D. Davis

  • The Wisconsin epidemiologic study of diabetic retinopathy. III. Prevalence and risk of diabetic retinopathy when age at diagnosis is 30 or more years.

    Ronald Klein;Barbara E. K. Klein;Scot E. Moss;Matthew D. Davis

  • Interpretation of the evidence for the efficacy and safety of statin therapy.

    Rory Collins;Christina Reith;Jonathan Emberson;Jane Armitage

  • Albiglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Harmony Outcomes): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

    Adrian F Hernandez;Jennifer B Green;Salim Janmohamed;Ralph B D'Agostino

  • Effect of Carvedilol on the Morbidity of Patients With Severe Chronic Heart Failure Results of the Carvedilol Prospective Randomized Cumulative Survival (COPERNICUS) Study

    Milton Packer;Michael B. Fowler;Ellen B. Roecker;Andrew J.S. Coats

  • Effect of Amlodipine on Morbidity and Mortality in Severe Chronic Heart Failure.

    Milton Packer;Christopher M. O'Connor;Jalal K. Ghali;Milton L. Pressler

  • Effects of Tamoxifen on Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women with Breast Cancer

    Love Rr;Mazess Rb;Barden Hs;Epstein S

  • 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Rick A. Nishimura;Catherine M. Otto;Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas R. Fleming
Thomas R. Fleming University of Washington
Curt D. Furberg
Curt D. Furberg Wake Forest University
Ronald Klein
Ronald Klein University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mikhail Kosiborod
Mikhail Kosiborod University of Missouri–Kansas City
Scot E. Moss
Scot E. Moss University of Wisconsin–Madison
John J.V. McMurray
John J.V. McMurray University of Glasgow
Scott D. Solomon
Scott D. Solomon Brigham and Women's Hospital
Barbara E. K. Klein
Barbara E. K. Klein University of Wisconsin–Madison
Lars Køber
Lars Køber Copenhagen University Hospital
Charles H. Hennekens
Charles H. Hennekens Florida Atlantic University

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