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  • 2015 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association

Overview

Russell P. Tracy is a researcher affiliated with the University of Vermont in the United States. Their work predominantly spans the fields of Medicine as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The subfields of study explored in their research include Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology, and Immunology. Their research covers multiple main topics such as Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases, Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, HIV-related health complications and treatments, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Russell P. Tracy has contributed to numerous publications, appearing frequently in the following venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Circulation
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Journal of the American Heart Association

Their recent papers demonstrate a range of research interests and collaborations, including:

  • "Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes" (2020) published in Nature
  • "The senescence-associated secretome as an indicator of age and medical risk" (2020) published in JCI Insight
  • "Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium (MoTrPAC): Mapping the Dynamic Responses to Exercise" (2020) published in Cell
  • "SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity and subsequent infection risk in healthy young adults: a prospective cohort study" (2021) published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
  • "Temporal dynamics of the multi-omic response to endurance exercise training" (2024) published in Nature

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Russell P. Tracy include:

  • Stephen S. Rich
  • Jerome I. Rotter
  • Bruce M. Psaty
  • Kent D. Taylor
  • Laura M. Raffield

Recognition of their contributions includes the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Heart Association in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Frailty in Older Adults Evidence for a Phenotype

    Linda P. Fried;Catherine M. Tangen;Jeremy Walston;Anne B. Newman

  • Markers of Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease Application to Clinical and Public Health Practice: A Statement for Healthcare Professionals From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Heart Association

    Thomas A. Pearson;George A. Mensah;R. Wayne Alexander;Jeffrey L. Anderson

  • Inflammation, Aspirin, and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Apparently Healthy Men

    Paul M. Ridker;Mary Cushman;Meir J. Stampfer;Russell P. Tracy

  • Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: Objectives and Design

    Diane E. Bild;David A. Bluemke;Gregory L. Burke;Robert Detrano

  • Chronic Subclinical Inflammation as Part of the Insulin Resistance Syndrome The Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study (IRAS)

    Andreas Festa;Ralph D’Agostino;George Howard;Leena Mykkänen

  • The cardiovascular health study: Design and rationale

    Linda P. Fried;Nemat O. Borhani;Paul Enright;Curt D. Furberg

  • Coronary calcium as a predictor of coronary events in four racial or ethnic groups.

    Robert Detrano;Alan D. Guerci;J. Jeffrey Carr;Diane E. Bild

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program.

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

  • Effects of Estrogen or Estrogen/ Progestin Regimens on Heart Disease Risk Factors in Postmenopausal Women: The Postmenopausal Estrogen/Progestin Interventions (PEPI) Trial

    Valery T. Miller;John LaRosa;Vanessa Barnabei;Craig Kessler

  • Associations of elevated interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein levels with mortality in the elderly

    Tamara B Harris;Luigi Ferrucci;Russell P Tracy;M.Chiara Corti

  • Inflammatory and coagulation biomarkers and mortality in patients with HIV infection.

    Lewis H Kuller;Russell Tracy;Waldo Belloso;Stephane De Wit

  • Inflammation as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation

    Ronnier J. Aviles;David O. Martin;Carolyn Apperson-Hansen;Penny L. Houghtaling

  • Relation of C-Reactive Protein and Coronary Heart Disease in the MRFIT Nested Case-Control Study

    Lewis H. Kuller;Russell P. Tracy;Jessica Shaten;Elaine N. Meilahn

  • Plasma Concentration of C-Reactive Protein and Risk of Developing Peripheral Vascular Disease

    Paul M. Ridker;Mary Cushman;Meir J. Stampfer;Russell P. Tracy

  • Plasma fibrinogen level and the risk of major cardiovascular diseases and nonvascular mortality: an individual participant meta-analysis.

    J Danesh;S Lewington;S G Thompson;Lowe Gdo.

  • HIV Infection and the Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Matthew S. Freiberg;Chung Chou H Chang;Lewis H. Kuller;Melissa Skanderson

  • Markers of inflammation and prediction of diabetes mellitus in adults (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study): a cohort study

    Maria Inês Schmidt;Maria Inês Schmidt;Bruce B Duncan;Bruce B Duncan;A Richey Sharrett;Gunnar Lindberg

  • Elevated Levels of Acute-Phase Proteins and Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Predict the Development of Type 2 Diabetes: The Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study

    Andreas Festa;Ralph D’Agostino;Russell P. Tracy;Steven M. Haffner

  • Effect of phosphodiesterase-5 inhibition on exercise capacity and clinical status in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: A randomized clinical trial

    Margaret M. Redfield;Horng H. Chen;Barry A. Borlaug;Marc J. Semigran

  • Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

    Daniel Taliun;Daniel N. Harris;Michael D. Kessler;Jedidiah Carlson;Jedidiah Carlson

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Alexander P. Reiner
Alexander P. Reiner University of Washington
Lewis H. Kuller
Lewis H. Kuller University of Pittsburgh
Mary Cushman
Mary Cushman University of Vermont
David S. Siscovick
David S. Siscovick University of Washington
Joachim H. Ix
Joachim H. Ix University of California, San Diego
Kenneth J. Mukamal
Kenneth J. Mukamal Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Luc Djoussé
Luc Djoussé Harvard Medical School
Eric Boerwinkle
Eric Boerwinkle The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Leslie A. Lange
Leslie A. Lange University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

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