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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2017 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association
  • 2007 - Distinguished Fellowship Award, American College of Cardiology (ACC)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Jeffrey A Towbin is affiliated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, as well as Epidemiology.

Their work addresses several main topics in cardiovascular and pediatric research, including:

  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Congenital Heart Defects Research
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Chemotherapy-induced Cardiotoxicity and Mitigation
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

Jeffrey A Towbin has published extensively in prominent journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Circulation (10 publications)
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology (5 publications)
  • Journal of the American Heart Association (3 publications)
  • Physiological Genomics (3 publications)
  • Children (3 publications)

Recent significant publications include:

  • "Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy," 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy," 2022, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "Diagnosis and Management of Myocarditis in Children," 2021, Circulation
  • "Vigorous Exercise in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy," 2023, JAMA Cardiology
  • "Myopathic Cardiac Genotypes Increase Risk for Myocarditis," 2021, JACC Basic to Translational Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with several peers, including:

  • Enkhsaikhan Purevjav
  • Buyan-Ochir Orgil
  • Jason N. Johnson
  • Neely R. Alberson
  • Fuyi Xu

Throughout their career, Jeffrey A Towbin has received several recognitions, such as the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Heart Association in 2017, the Distinguished Fellowship Award from the American College of Cardiology in 2007, and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi;Kyle Foreman;Stephen Lim

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, andyears lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematicanalysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gbd Disease;Injury Incidence;Lorenzo Monasta

  • Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Theo Vos;Rafael Lozano;Mohsen Naghavi

  • Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    Theo Vos;Abraham D. Flaxman;Mohsen Naghavi;Rafael Lozano

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Mohsen Naghavi;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M Abbas

  • Contemporary Definitions and Classification of the Cardiomyopathies An American Heart Association Scientific Statement From the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Heart Failure and Transplantation Committee; Quality of Care and Outcomes Research and Functional Genomics and Translational Biology Interdisciplinary Working Groups; and Council on Epidemiology and Prevention

    Barry J. Maron;Jeffrey A. Towbin;Gaetano Thiene;Charles Antzelevitch

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Diagnosis of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia Proposed Modification of the Task Force Criteria

    Frank I. Marcus;William J. McKenna;Duane Sherrill;Cristina Basso

  • The State of US Health, 1990-2010: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Jerry Abraham;Mohammed K. Ali;Miriam Alvarado

  • 2011 ACCF/AHA guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines.

    Bernard J. Gersh;Barry J. Maron;Robert O. Bonow;Joseph A. Dearani;Joseph A. Dearani

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Genetic basis and molecular mechanism for idiopathic ventricular fibrillation

    Qiuyun Chen;Glenn E. Kirsch;Danmei Zhang;Ramon Brugada

  • Positional cloning of a novel potassium channel gene: KVLQT1 mutations cause cardiac arrhythmias.

    Q. Wang;M. E. Curran;I. Splawski;T. C. Burn

  • Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in the Long-QT Syndrome Gene-Specific Triggers for Life-Threatening Arrhythmias

    Peter J. Schwartz;Silvia G Priori;Carla Spazzolini;Arthur J Moss

  • SCN5A mutations associated with an inherited cardiac arrhythmia, long QT syndrome

    Qing Kenneth Wang;Jiaxiang Shen;Jiaxiang Shen;Igor Splawski;Donald Atkinson;Donald Atkinson

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Belmont
John W. Belmont Baylor College of Medicine
Arthur J. Moss
Arthur J. Moss University of Rochester Medical Center
Steven E. Lipshultz
Steven E. Lipshultz University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Silvia G. Priori
Silvia G. Priori University of Pavia
Steven D. Colan
Steven D. Colan Boston Children's Hospital
Wojciech Zareba
Wojciech Zareba University of Rochester Medical Center
Peter J. Schwartz
Peter J. Schwartz Istituto Auxologico Italiano
Lynn A. Sleeper
Lynn A. Sleeper Boston Children's Hospital
Carlo Napolitano
Carlo Napolitano University of Pavia

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