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155
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104093
World Ranking
945
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542

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association
  • 1952 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Jeremiah Stamler was affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on public health, environmental and occupational health, nutrition and dietetics, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, molecular biology, and physiology.

Their publication record included a strong emphasis on nutritional studies and diet, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, cardiovascular health and risk factors, diet and metabolism studies, sodium intake and health, fatty acid research and health, and consumer attitudes and food labeling.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Jeremiah Stamler included:

  • Identifying unknown metabolites using NMR-based metabolic profiling techniques (2020, Nature Protocols)
  • Nutriome-metabolome relationships provide insights into dietary intake and metabolism (2020, Nature Food)
  • Association between plant-based diets and blood pressure in the INTERMAP study (2020, BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health)
  • Blood pressure interactions with the DASH dietary pattern, sodium, and potassium: The International Study of Macro-/Micronutrients and Blood Pressure (INTERMAP) (2022, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
  • Food Sources of Dietary Potassium in the Adult Japanese Population: The International Study of Macro-/Micronutrients and Blood Pressure (INTERMAP) (2020, Nutrients)

Frequent co-authors included Queenie Chan, Paul Elliott, Martha L. Daviglus, Linda Van Horn, and Elaine Holmes, reflecting collaboration particularly in nutritional and cardiovascular research contexts.

Jeremiah Stamler's publications appeared predominantly in venues such as UNC Libraries, Nature Food, Circulation, Nature Protocols, and BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health.

Their career was recognized through various awards, including the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Heart Association in 2004, being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1952, and membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • Diabetes, other risk factors, and 12-yr cardiovascular mortality for men screened in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial.

    Jeremiah Stamler;Olga Vaccaro;James D. Neaton;Deborah Wentworth

  • Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease: Part 1, prolonged differences in blood pressure: prospective observational studies corrected for the regression dilution bias

    S Macmahon;R Peto;J E Cutler;R Collins

  • Is relationship between serum cholesterol and risk of premature death from coronary heart disease continuous and graded? Findings in 356,222 primary screenees of the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT).

    Jeremiah Stamler;Deborah Wentworth;James D. Neaton

  • Fifteen year mortality in Coronary Drug Project patients: Long-term benefit with niacin

    Paul L. Canner;Kenneth G. Berge;Nanette K. Wenger;Jeremiah Stamler

  • Clofibrate and Niacin in Coronary Heart Disease

    Jeremiah Stamler

  • Blood Pressure and End-Stage Renal Disease in Men

    Michael J. Klag;Paul K. Whelton;Bryan L. Randall;James D. Neaton

  • Intersalt: An international study of electrolyte excretion and blood pressure. Results for 24 hour urinary sodium and potassium excretion

    G. Rose;J. Stamler;R. Stamler;P. Elliott

  • Blood Pressure, Systolic and Diastolic, and Cardiovascular Risks: US Population Data

    Jeremiah Stamler;Rose Stamler;James D. Neaton

  • Intersalt: an international study of electrolyte excretion and blood pressure. Results for 24 hour urinary sodium and potassium excretion. Intersalt Cooperative Research Group.

    R Stamler;A Nissinen;U Uusitalo;G Rose

  • Treatment of Mild Hypertension Study: Final Results

    J D Neaton;R H Grimm;R J Prineas;J Stamler

  • Major Risk Factors as Antecedents of Fatal and Nonfatal Coronary Heart Disease Events

    Philip Greenland;Maria Deloria Knoll;Jeremiah Stamler;James D. Neaton

  • Effect of Diuretic-Based Antihypertensive Treatment on Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Older Diabetic Patients With Isolated Systolic Hypertension

    J. David Curb;Sara L. Pressel;Jeffrey A. Cutler;Peter J. Savage

  • Fish consumption and the 30-year risk of fatal myocardial infarction

    Martha L. Daviglus;Jeremiah Stamler;Anthony J. Orencia;Alan R. Dyer

  • Trends and Disparities in Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, and Other Cardiovascular Diseases in the United States Findings of the National Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

    Richard Cooper;Jeffrey Cutler;Patrice Desvigne-Nickens;Stephen P. Fortmann

  • Human metabolic phenotype diversity and its association with diet and blood pressure

    Elaine Holmes;Ruey Leng Loo;Jeremiah Stamler;Magda Bictash

  • Intersalt revisited: further analyses of 24 hour sodium excretion and blood pressure within and across populations

    Paul Elliott;Jeremiah Stamler;Rob Nichols;Alan R Dyer

  • Low risk-factor profile and long-term cardiovascular and noncardiovascular mortality and life expectancy: findings for 5 large cohorts of young adult and middle-aged men and women.

    Jeremiah Stamler;Rose Stamler;James D. Neaton;Deborah Wentworth

  • Prevalence of major cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular diseases among Hispanic/Latino individuals of diverse backgrounds in the United States.

    Martha L. Daviglus;Martha L. Daviglus;Gregory A. Talavera;M. Larissa Avilés-Santa;Matthew Allison

  • Weight and blood pressure. Findings in hypertension screening of 1 million Americans

    Rose Stamler;Jeremiah Stamler;Wallace F. Riedlinger;George Algera

  • Blood pressure, systolic and diastolic, and cardiovascular risks

    Jeremiah Stamler;Rose Stamler;Jim Neaton

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Elliott
Paul Elliott Imperial College London
Martha L. Daviglus
Martha L. Daviglus University of Illinois at Chicago
Alan R. Dyer
Alan R. Dyer Northwestern University
Hirotsugu Ueshima
Hirotsugu Ueshima Shiga University of Medical Science
Kiang Liu
Kiang Liu Northwestern University
Katsuyuki Miura
Katsuyuki Miura Shiga University of Medical Science
Linda Van Horn
Linda Van Horn Northwestern University
James D. Neaton
James D. Neaton University of Minnesota
Elaine Holmes
Elaine Holmes Imperial College London
Philip Greenland
Philip Greenland Northwestern University

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