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Professor Hennekens is the first Sir Richard Doll Professor of Medicine and Senior Academic Advisor. He was first John Snow and first Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and first Chief of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine (FACPM) and the American College of Cardiology (FACC). Since 2002, Professor Hennekens has been a Special Government Employee (SGE) serving as consultant to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). He serves as chair or member of numerous Data and Safety Monitoring Boards of large-scale randomized trials. As of April 2024, Professor Hennekens is the author/co-author of 993 peer-reviewed publications including 661 original reports, 327 commentaries, reviews and book chapters, and 5 text books. From 1995 to 2005 Professor Hennekens was the third most widely cited medical researcher in the world and five of the top 20 were his former fellows and/or trainees. In 2012, Science Heroes ranked him number 81 in the history of the world for having saved more than 1.1 million lives. This ranks him ahead of Jonas Salk, who developed the polio vaccine, at number 83 and Henry Heimlich, who invented the Heimlich maneuver, at number 103.

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Adjunct Professor of Family & Community Medicine

Meharry Medical College (MMC)

Jan-2013 to Present

Publication

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Triggering of Sudden Death from Cardiac Causes by Vigorous Exertion

Background Retrospective and cross-sectional data suggest that vigorous exertion can trigger cardiac arrest or sudden death and that habitual exercise may diminish this risk. However, the r...

Vitamin E in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer: The Women’s Health Study: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Context Basic research provides plausible mechanisms and observational studies suggest that apparently healthy persons, who self-select for high intakes of vitamin E through diet or suppleme...

  • dott image October, 2000

Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of cardiovascular disease: the Women’s Health Study

Background: Prospective data relating fruit and vegetable intake to cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk are sparse, particularly for women. Objective: In a large, prospective cohort of wome...

A prospective study of dietary glycemic load, carbohydrate intake, and risk of coronary heart disease in US women

Background: Little is known about the effects of the amount and type of carbohydrates on risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Objective: The objective of this study was to prospectively ...

  • dott image October, 1999

Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Relation to Risk of Ischemic Stroke

Context Few studies have evaluated the relationship between fruit and vegetable intake and cardiovascular disease. Objective To examine the associations between fruit and vegetable intake...

  • dott image September, 1999

Whole-grain consumption and risk of coronary heart disease: results from the Nurses' Health Study

Background Although current dietary guidelines for Americans recommend increased intake of grain products to prevent coronary heart disease (CHD), epidemiologic data relating whole-grain in...

  • dott image August, 1999

A Prospective Study of Walking as Compared with Vigorous Exercise in the Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in Women

Background The role of walking, as compared with vigorous exercise, in the prevention of coronary heart disease remains controversial, and data for women on this topic are sparse. Methods ...

  • dott image August, 1999

A Prospective Study of Walking as Compared with Vigorous Exercise in the Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease in Women

Background The role of walking, as compared with vigorous exercise, in the prevention of coronary heart disease remains controversial, and data for women on this topic are sparse. Methods ...

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Abdominal Adiposity and Coronary Heart Disease in Women

Context.— Obesity is a well-established risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD), but whether regional fat distribution contributes independently to risk remains unclear. Objective....

  • dott image December, 1998

Abdominal Adiposity and Coronary Heart Disease in Women

Context.— Obesity is a well-established risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD), but whether regional fat distribution contributes independently to risk remains unclear. Objective....