Yacob Ghirmatsion Tedla

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Research Interests

Dr. Tedla is a cardiovascular epidemiologist. His research work focuses on arterial structural and functional abnormalities, with a special emphasis on arterial stiffness and blood pressure variability, and their impact on cardiovascular diseases. He is interested on the use of big electronic health record data to conduct clinical research while leveraging on robust epidemiologic methods and analytical techniques.

Training Experience

2017	Postdoctoral Fellowship, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison

… → 2015

MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison

… → 2013

Research interests

Atherosclerosis
Blood Pressure
Cardiovascular Diseases
Electronic Health Records
Epidemiology
Hypertension

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Vascular Stiffness Medicine & Life Sciences

Blood Pressure Medicine & Life Sciences

Elastic Modulus Medicine & Life Sciences

Antihypertensive Agents Medicine & Life Sciences

Medication Adherence Medicine & Life Sciences

Atherosclerosis Medicine & Life Sciences

Young Adult Medicine & Life Sciences

Coronary Vessels Medicine & Life Sciences

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Grants 2016 2021

3 Active

Development of Short, Intermediate and Long Term National-scale Quality Metrics for Adult and Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgical Care in the United States

Kho, A. N., Tedla, Y. G. & Walunas, T. L.

Society of Thoracic Surgeons

5/24/19 → 11/23/19

Project: Research project

Databases

Pediatrics

Reoperation

Mortality

Datasets

Racial difference in the prescription of novel oral anticoagulants, warfarin and risk of stroke and bleeding by geographic region in patients with atr

Greenland, P., Kho, A. N., Passman, R. S. & Tedla, Y. G.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc., Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

4/1/19 → 1/31/20

Project: Research project

Warfarin

Anticoagulants

Prescriptions

Stroke

Hemorrhage

Data and Research Support Center: Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program Coordinating Center (U2C)

Kho, A. N., Tedla, Y. G., Thompson, W. K. & Walunas, T. L.

Vanderbilt University, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health

7/6/16 → 7/5/21

Project: Research project

Precision Medicine

Privacy

Patient Outcome Assessment

Environmental Exposure

Geographic Mapping

Research Output 2015 2019

66 Citations
18 Article

Discriminative Ability of CHA₂DS₂-VASc and HAS-BLED Score in Whites and Nonwhites

Schwartz, S. M., Tedla, Y. G., Greenland, P., Yadlapati, A. & Passman, R. S., Jun 15 2019, In : American Journal of Cardiology. 123, 12, p. 1949-1954 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Atrial Fibrillation

Stroke

Hemorrhage

Vitamin K

Ambulatory Care

Barriers to the Quality of Parent-Adolescent Communication in Thailand

Pummanee, T., Tedla, YG. & Rieschc, SK., 2018, In : International J of Child Dev and Mental H. 6, 1, p. 88-102 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Peak Lung Function During Young Adulthood and Future Long-Term Blood Pressure Variability: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

Tedla, YG., Yano, Y., Thyagarajan, B., Ravi, K., Viera, A., Rosenberg, S., Greenland, P. & Carnethon, MR., Jun 2018, In : Atherosclerosis. p. 816 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Pre-pregnancy blood pressure and body mass index trajectories and incident hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Lane-Cordova, AD., Tedla, YG., Carnethon, MR., Montag, SE., Dude, AM. & Rasmussen-Torvik, LJ., Jun 2018, In : Pregnancy Hypertension. p. 3 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

8 Citations (Scopus)

Association between long-term blood pressure control and ten-year progression in carotid arterial stiffness among hypertensive individuals: the multiethnic study of atherosclerosis

Tedla, Y. G., Gepner, A. D., Vaidya, D., Colangelo, L., Stein, J. H., Liu, K. & Greenland, P., Jan 13 2017, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Hypertension.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Vascular Stiffness

Atherosclerosis

Blood Pressure

Elastic Modulus

Linear Models