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  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2019 - Distinguished Scientist Award, American Heart Association
  • 2013 - 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

Suzanne Oparil is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research spans primarily the field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Their work also extends into subfields including Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Nutrition and Dietetics, Surgery, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist's main topics of study include Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Sodium Intake and Health, Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention, Pregnancy and Preeclampsia Studies, and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

Notable recent publications authored by or associated with this scientist include:

  • Preeclampsia-Pathophysiology and Clinical Presentations, 2020, Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Treatment for Mild Chronic Hypertension during Pregnancy, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Salt and cardiovascular disease: insufficient evidence to recommend low sodium intake, 2020, European Heart Journal
  • Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: a Comparison of International Guidelines, 2020, Current Hypertension Reports
  • Long-term outcomes after catheter-based renal artery denervation for resistant hypertension: final follow-up of the randomised SYMPLICITY HTN-3 Trial, 2022, The Lancet

Frequent publication venues for Suzanne Oparil include:

  • Hypertension
  • Blood Pressure
  • Current Hypertension Reports
  • Journal of Hypertension
  • Circulation

Collaborations feature prominently in this scientist's research activities. Frequent co-authors include Krzysztof Narkiewicz, Sverre E. Kjeldsen, Michel Burnier, Paul Muntner, and Monika M. Safford.

The scientist has received several awards including the Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Heart Association in 2019, the Distinguished Fellowship Award from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in 2013, and holds membership in the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure: the JNC 7 report.

    Aram V. Chobanian;George L. Bakris;Henry R. Black;William C. Cushman

  • Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure

    Aram V. Chobanian;George L. Bakris;Henry R. Black;William C. Cushman

  • 2014 Evidence-Based Guideline for the Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: Report From the Panel Members Appointed to the Eighth Joint National Committee (JNC 8)

    Paul A. James;Suzanne Oparil;Barry L. Carter;William C. Cushman

  • Major outcomes in high-risk hypertensive patients randomized to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or calcium channel blocker vs diuretic: The antihypertensive and lipid-lowering treatment to prevent heart attack trial (ALLHAT)

    Curt D. Furberg;Jackson T. Wright;Barry R Davis;Jeffrey A. Cutler

  • Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension study (LIFE): a randomised trial against atenolol.

    Björn Dahlöf;Richard B Devereux;Sverre E Kjeldsen;Stevo Julius

  • A Randomized Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control

    Jackson T. Wright;Jeff D. Williamson;Paul K. Whelton;Joni K. Snyder

  • Effectiveness-based guidelines for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in women-2011 update: A Guideline from the American Heart Association

    Lori Mosca;Emelia J. Benjamin;Kathy Berra;Judy L. Bezanson

  • A Controlled Trial of Renal Denervation for Resistant Hypertension

    Deepak L. Bhatt;David E. Kandzari;John M. Flack;Barry T. Katzen

  • Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes in the Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension study (LIFE): a randomised trial against atenolol.

    Lars H Lindholm;Hans Ibsen;Björn Dahlöf;Richard B Devereux

  • Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women

    Lori Mosca;Lawrence J. Appel;Emelia J. Benjamin;Kathy Berra

  • Intensive vs Standard Blood Pressure Control and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Adults Aged ≥75 Years: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Jeff D. Williamson;Mark A. Supiano;Mark A. Supiano;William B. Applegate;Dan R. Berlowitz;Dan R. Berlowitz

  • Essential Hypertension Part I: Definition and Etiology

    Oscar A. Carretero;Suzanne Oparil

  • Feasibility of Treating Prehypertension with an Angiotensin-Receptor Blocker

    Stevo Julius;Shawna D. Nesbitt;Brent M. Egan;Michael A. Weber

  • Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women: 2007 Update

    Lori Mosca;Carole L. Banka;Emelia J. Benjamin;Kathy Berra

  • Physical activity and cardiovascular health

    Russell V Luepker;S. B. Johnson;L. Breslow;A. V. Chobanian

  • ACCF/AHA 2011 expert consensus document on hypertension in the elderly: A report of the american college of cardiology foundation task force on clinical expert consensus documents

    Wilbert S Aronow;Jerome J Fleg;Carl J Pepine;Nancy Trygar Artinian

  • Effect of Intensive vs Standard Blood Pressure Control on Probable Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Jeff D. Williamson;Nicholas M. Pajewski;Alexander P. Auchus

  • Treatment of Hypertension in the Prevention and Management of Ischemic Heart Disease A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research and the Councils on Clinical Cardiology and Epidemiology and Prevention

    Clive Rosendorff;Henry R. Black;Christopher P. Cannon;Bernard J. Gersh

  • Effectiveness-Based Guidelines for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Women—2011 Update

    Lori Mosca;Emelia J. Benjamin;Kathy Berra;Judy L. Bezanson

  • The seventh report of the Joint National Committee on prevention, detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood pressure. The JNC 7 report

    A.V. Chobanian;G.L. Bakris;H.R. Black

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Calhoun
David A. Calhoun University of Alabama at Birmingham
Sverre E. Kjeldsen
Sverre E. Kjeldsen University of Oslo
Paul Muntner
Paul Muntner University of Alabama at Birmingham
William C. Cushman
William C. Cushman University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Richard B. Devereux
Richard B. Devereux Cornell University
Barry R. Davis
Barry R. Davis The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Björn Dahlöf
Björn Dahlöf Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Stevo Julius
Stevo Julius University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Hans Wedel
Hans Wedel University of Gothenburg
Markku S. Nieminen
Markku S. Nieminen University of Helsinki

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