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Research Interests
Dr. Allen specializes in cardiovascular epidemiology with a focus on health services research. Her research interests include the effect of neighborhood and environment on cardiovascular disease, disparities in quality of care and outcomes as well as the use of large databases to examine these questions.
Training Experience
2011 | Postdoctoral Fellowship, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine |
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Epidemiology, Yale University
… → 2009
MPH, Epidemiology, Yale University
… → 2004
Research interests keywords
- Atherosclerosis
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Epidemiology
- Health Disparities
- Healthcare Quality
- Stroke
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Health and Economic Benefits of Cholesterol Reduction for the Prevention of CVD and Dementia
Kohli-Lynch, C. N. (PD/PI), Allen, N. B. (Other) & Lloyd-Jones, D. M. (Other)
4/1/24 → 3/31/27
Project: Research project
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Interpregnancy as a Critical Period for Maternal-Child Cardiovascular Health in Pediatric Clinics: Ancillary to Young Hearts
Allen, N. B. (PD/PI), Lloyd-Jones, D. M. (Co-Investigator), Petito, L. C. (Co-Investigator) & Yee, L. M. (Co-Investigator)
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
3/1/24 → 2/28/29
Project: Research project
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Heat and Hearts: Computational Phenotyping of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Chicago in the Era of Climate Change
Allen, N. B. (PD/PI)
1/1/24 → 12/31/25
Project: Research project
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Personalized Treatment Strategies for Hypertension: Use of Causal Inference and Machine Learning
Allen, N. B. (PD/PI)
1/1/24 → 12/31/25
Project: Research project
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Airway tree caliber heterogeneity and airflow obstruction among older adults
the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) Lung Study, the Canadian Cohort of Obstructive Lung Disease (CanCOLD) & the Subpopulations and Intermediate Outcome Measures in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Study (SPIROMICS), May 2024, In: Journal of applied physiology. 136, 5, p. 1144-1156 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Proposed Pediatric Clinical Cardiovascular Health Reference Standard
Petito, L. C., McCabe, M. E., Pool, L. R., Krefman, A. E., Perak, A. M., Marino, B. S., Juonala, M., Kähönen, M., Lehtimäki, T., Bazzano, L. A., Liu, L., Pahkala, K., Laitinen, T. T., Raitakari, O. T., Gooding, H. C., Daniels, S. R., Skinner, A. C., Greenland, P., Davis, M. M. & Wakschlag, L. S. & 5 others, , Feb 2024, In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 66, 2, p. 216-225 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Association between Life's Essential 8 Cardiovascular Health Metrics with Cardiovascular Events in the Cardiovascular Disease Lifetime Risk Pooling Project
Ning, H., Perak, A. M., Siddique, J., Wilkins, J. T., Lloyd-Jones, D. M. & Allen, N. B., May 1 2024, In: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. 17, 5, p. E010568Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Association Between Young Adult Characteristics and Blood Pressure Trajectories
An, J., Fischer, H., Ni, L., Xia, M., Choi, S. K., Morrissette, K. L., Wei, R., Reynolds, K., Muntner, P., Safford, M. M., Moran, A. E., Bellows, B. K., Isasi, C. R., Allen, N. B., Xanthakis, V., Colantonio, L. D. & Zhang, Y., Apr 16 2024, In: Journal of the American Heart Association. 13, 8, e033053.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chronic Stress and Cardiovascular Events: Findings From the CARDIA Study
Ajibewa, T. A., Kershaw, K. N., Carr, J. J., Terry, J. G., Gabriel, K. P., Carnethon, M. R., Wong, M. & Allen, N. B., Jul 2024, In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 67, 1, p. 24-31 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
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Comparison of State-of-the-Art Neural Network Survival Models with the Pooled Cohort Equations for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction
Deng, Y. (Creator), Liu, L. (Creator), Jiang, H. (Creator), Peng, Y. (Creator), Wei, Y. (Creator), Zhou, Z. (Creator), Zhong, Y. (Creator), Zhao, Y. (Creator), Yang, X. (Creator), Yu, J. (Creator), Lu, Z. (Creator), Kho, A. (Creator), Ning, H. (Creator), Allen, N. B. (Creator), Wilkins, J. T. (Creator), Liu, K. (Creator), Lloyd-Jones, D. M. (Creator) & Zhao, L. (Creator), figshare, 2023
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6583720, https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Comparison_of_State-of-the-Art_Neural_Network_Survival_Models_with_the_Pooled_Cohort_Equations_for_Cardiovascular_Disease_Risk_Prediction/6583720
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Association between county-level risk groups and COVID-19 outcomes in the United States: a socioecological study
Khan, S. S. (Creator), Krefman, A. E. (Creator), McCabe, M. E. (Creator), Petito, L. C. (Creator), Yang, X. (Creator), Kershaw, K. N. (Creator), Pool, L. R. (Creator) & Allen, N. B. (Creator), figshare, 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5792940.v1, https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Association_between_county-level_risk_groups_and_COVID-19_outcomes_in_the_United_States_a_socioecological_study/5792940/1
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Relative contributions of six lifestyle- and health-related exposures to epigenetic aging: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study
Kim, K. (Creator), Zheng, Y. (Creator), Joyce, B. T. (Creator), Jiang, H. (Creator), Greenland, P. (Creator), Jacobs, D. R. (Creator), Zhang, K. (Creator), Liu, L. (Creator), Allen, N. B. (Creator), Wilkins, J. T. (Creator), Forrester, S. N. (Creator), Lloyd-Jones, D. M. (Creator) & Hou, L. (Creator), figshare, 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6086034, https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Relative_contributions_of_six_lifestyle-_and_health-related_exposures_to_epigenetic_aging_the_Coronary_Artery_Risk_Development_in_Young_Adults_CARDIA_Study/6086034
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Association of fasting glucose with lifetime risk of incident heart failure: the Lifetime Risk Pooling Project
Sinha, A. (Creator), Ning, H. (Contributor), Ahmad, F. S. (Contributor), Bancks, M. P. (Creator), Carnethon, M. R. (Creator), O’Brien, M. J. (Creator), Allen, N. B. (Contributor), Wilkins, J. T. (Creator), Lloyd-Jones, D. M. (Creator) & Khan, S. S. (Creator), figshare, 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5348887, https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Association_of_fasting_glucose_with_lifetime_risk_of_incident_heart_failure_the_Lifetime_Risk_Pooling_Project/5348887
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Association between incarceration and incident cardiovascular disease events: results from the CARDIA cohort study
Coleman, J. (Creator), Lloyd-Jones, D. M. (Creator), Ning, H. (Contributor), Allen, N. B. (Contributor), Kiefe, C. I. (Creator), Wang, E. A. (Creator) & Huffman, M. D. (Creator), figshare, 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5282488, https://springernature.figshare.com/collections/Association_between_incarceration_and_incident_cardiovascular_disease_events_results_from_the_CARDIA_cohort_study/5282488
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