Judith Lichtman, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor,
Division of Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Dr. Lichtman’s primary research interests are the epidemiology of heart disease and stroke. As part of an initiative to achieve the disease objectives listed in the Healthy People 2010, the National Conference on CVD Prevention identified the need for better data to look at national trends across the population, and in subgroups defined by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and geography. Despite this initiative, the United States lacks a cohesive, informative surveillance system that provides insights into national patterns of vascular care, revealing national trends over time, and tracking long-term patient outcomes. To help address this gap, Dr. Lichtman has created a national, longitudinal, 14-year database from Medicare data to examine disease trends, patterns of care, and outcomes among elderly patients with heart disease and stroke. She is also Principal Investigator for several studies examining heart disease in young women. Despite perceptions that young women are protected from heart disease, it is one of the leading causes of death for this group. Her research examines biological, social, and environmental factors that influence the presentation and outcomes of young women with heart disease.
Education
Ph.D. in Epidemiology, Yale University, 1996
M.P.H., Yale School of Public Health, 1988
Awards and Honors
Women with Heart Research Award, Go Red for Women Campaign, American Heart Association New York City, 2005
Hazel Goddess Career Development Award for Stroke Research in Women
Courses Taught
CDE 535b Vascular Disease Epidemiology
Current Research Projects
Prospective Registry for the Predisposing Factors, Care, and Outcomes of Myocardial Infarction in Young Women; Determinants of Disparities in the Care and Outcomes for Young Women with Acute Myocardial Infarction; Cardiovascular Disease Trends in the Elderly; Care and Outcomes for Elderly ACS/PCI Medicare Beneficiaries; Stroke Hospitalization in the Elderly with Medicare FFS; Impact of Aging on Stroke Care: A National Perspective; and Process-Outcome Links in the National Stroke Project.
In the News
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Promising in Nonagenarians
Yale Launches Landmark VIRGO Study of Young Women with Heart Disease
Heart Attack Warning Signs Are Not Recognized by Most Young Women
Lichtman Study Finds Higher Death Rate for Heart Attack Patients with Additional Non-Cardiac Conditions
Selected Publications
Lichtman, J.H., Spertus, J.A., Reid, K.J., Radford, M.J., Rumsfeld, J.S., Allen, N.B., Masoudi, F.A., Weintraub, W.S., and Krumholz, H.M. Acute Noncardiac Conditions and In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Circulation 2007.
Lichtman, J.H., Fathi, A., Radford, M.J., Lin, Z., Loeser, C.S., and Krumholz, H.M. Acute, Severe Non-Cardiac Conditions in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. American Journal of Medicine, in press.
Malik, S., Spertus, J.A., Reid, K., Krumholz, H.M., Rumsfeld, J.S., Weintraub, W.S., Aarwal, P., Santra, M., Bidyasar, S., Lichtman, J.H., Wenger, N.K., and Vaccarino, V. Depressive Symptoms after Acute Myocardial Infarction: Evidence for Highest Rates in Younger Women. Archives of Internal Medicine 166: 1-8, 2006.
Kosiborod, M., Lichtman, J.H., Heidenreich, P.A., Normand, S.L., Wang, Y., Brass, L.M., and Krumholz, H.M. National Trends in Outcomes among Elderly Patients with Heart Failure Between. American Journal of Medicine 119: 616.e1-616.e7, 2006.
Smith, G.L., Lichtman, J.H., Bracken, M.B., Shlipak, M.G., Phillips, C.O., DiCapua, P., and Krumholz, H.M. Renal Impairment and Outcomes in Heart Failure: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 47: 1987-1996, 2006.
Yaagi, H.K., Concato, J., Kernan, W.N., Lichtman, J.H., Brass, L.M., and Mohsenin, V. Obstructive Sleep Apnea as a Risk Factor for Stroke and Death. New England Journal of Medicine 353: 2034-2041, 2005.
Lichtman, J.H., Amatruda, J., Yaari, S., Cheng, S., Smith, G.L., Mattera, J.A., Roumanis, S.A., Wang, Y., Radford, M.J., and Krumholz, H.M. Clinical Trial of an Educational Intervention to Achieve Recommended Cholesterol Levels in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. American Heart Journal 147: 522-528, 2004.
Lichtman, J.L., Krumholz, H.M., Wang, Y., and Brass, L.M. Risk Predictors of Stroke after Myocardial Infarction Among the Elderly: Results From the Cooperative Cardiovascular Project. Circulation 105: 1082-1087, 2002.
For a further list of Dr. Lichtman’s publications, please see PubMed. |
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