Emelia Benjamin
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Emelia J Benjamin, MD, ScM

Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health

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Biography

Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA, received her AB at Harvard, her MD at Case Western Reserve University, and her Epidemiology ScM at Harvard School of Public Health. She is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Boston University and is a cardiologist at Boston Medical Center. She is a Robert Dawson Evans Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.

She is author of over 800 peer-reviewed publications that focus on the genetics, epidemiology, and prognosis of a variety of cardiovascular conditions and markers including atrial fibrillation, vascular function, and systemic inflammation. She has been continuously NIH funded since 1998, and currently is multi-Principal Investigator on an R01 atrial fibrillation grant [2R01HL092577], several chronic pain grants, and is the Training Director on the Boston University American Heart Association Strategically Focused Research Network on Cardio-Oncology. She is an internationally recognized expert on the epidemiology of atrial fibrillation. Dr. Benjamin has Co-Chaired the NIH National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes’ (NHLBI) Atrial Fibrillation Working Group, which advised the NHLBI’s atrial fibrillation research agenda, and resulted in 6 publications.

Dr. Benjamin has conducted research at the Framingham Study since 1988. She is a Member of the Executive Committee, and is Co-Director of the Medical Endpoints Committee. She was Principal Investigator of the grant that recruited the second generation of the Framingham Study's ethnic/racial minority cohort, the Omni Study.

In addition to her research, she is the inaugural Associate Provost for Faculty Development for Boston University Medical Campus, and the inaugural Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Diversity, BU Department of Medicine. She co-designed and co-leads Faculty Development Programs for Early, Mid-Career, Under-Represented Ethnic and Racial, Women, and Clinical Leaders. In 2023 she completed the Columbia University Advanced Coaching Certification.

A passionate and dedicated mentor, she has won local and national awards for mentoring, education, and research. She was inducted into the Association of American Physicians and she won the 2020 Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award.

An active volunteer for the American Heart Association since 1992, she has served on a variety of local and national Committees. She is Past-Chair of the American Heart Association’s Functional Genomics and Translational Biology Council and Study Section, and the annual Heart and Stroke Statistical Update. She received the 2015 Paul Dudley White Award, the 2016 AHA Gold Heart Award, the 2016 Population Research Prize, the 2019 Laennec Clinician/ Educator Lecturer, and the Genomics and Precision Medicine 2019 Distinguished Achievement Award, and the 2022 Distinguished Scientist Award.

Other Positions

  • Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Louise Coffman Professor - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Professor, Medicine - Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Primary Investigator - Framingham Heart Study
  • Member, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute - Boston University
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research - Boston University

Education

  • Case Western Reserve University, MD
  • Harvard School of Public Health, ScM

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Publications

  • Published on 11/4/2025

    Vinter N, Johnsen SP, Benjamin EJ, Lip GYH, Frost L. Temporal trends in loss of expected lifetime associated with cardiovascular complications following newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation: a Danish nationwide cohort study from 2000 to 2022. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2025 Nov 04; 11(7):1023-1032. PMID: 40350665.

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  • Published on 11/1/2025

    Haff MG, Murabito JM, Vasan RS, Spartano NL, Liu CT, Zhang X, Benjamin EJ, Lewis GD, Long MT. Physical Activity by Accelerometer Inversely Associated With Liver Fibrosis; Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort. Liver Int. 2025 Nov; 45(11):e70380. PMID: 41055309.

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  • Published on 10/24/2025

    Yogeswaran V, Wiggins KL, Sitlani CM, Heckbert SR, Kamel H, Benjamin EJ, Kassahun-Yimer W, Kalani R, Soliman EZ, Carson AP, Floyd JS. P-Wave Indices and the Risks of Incident Atrial Fibrillation and Ischemic Stroke in Black Adults: The Jackson Heart Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Nov 04; 14(21):e043590. PMID: 41133805.

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  • Published on 10/15/2025

    Vad OB, van Vreeswijk N, Yassin AS, Blaauw Y, Paludan-Müller C, Kanters JK, Graff C, Schotten U, Benjamin EJ, Svendsen JH, Rienstra M. Atrial cardiomyopathy: markers and outcomes. Eur Heart J. 2025 Oct 15. PMID: 41092306.

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  • Published on 10/13/2025

    Korzinski TJ, Hategeka C, Prescott BR, Hamel-Sellman D, Xanthakis V, Cooper LL, Hamburg NM, Tsao CW, Lin H, Vasan RS, Mitchell GF, Benjamin EJ. Relations of AI-Vascular Age Estimated From a Peripheral Pressure Waveform With Incident Atrial Fibrillation: The Framingham Heart Study. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2025 Oct 13; e014383. PMID: 41078115.

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  • Published on 10/10/2025

    Zhang Y, Rong J, Wang X, Schramm E, Pathiravasan CH, Borrelli B, Faro JM, Benjamin EJ, Trinquart L, Liu C, Murabito JM. Smartphone App-Based Survey Deployment Patterns and Longitudinal Response Rate: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2025 Oct 10; 27:e73972. PMID: 41071587.

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  • Published on 10/1/2025

    Milstone ZJ, Moreira-Bouchard JD, Smith KK, Anilkumar A, Gower AC, Alekseyev Y, Cunha JA, Fisher N, Legler L, Lepson J, Tao BS, Williams C, Benjamin EJ, Levy D, Mitchell RN, Padera RF, Shah H, Choi SH, Gopal DM, Tucker NR, Fetterman JL. Multiomics investigation of the female hypertensive human heart. Physiol Rep. 2025 Oct; 13(19):e70586. PMID: 41036600.

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  • Published on 9/30/2025

    Brant LCC, Ribeiro AH, Eromosele OB, Pinto-Filho MM, Barreto SM, Duncan BB, Larson MG, Benjamin EJ, Ribeiro ALP, Lin H. Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation From the ECG in the Community Using Deep Learning: A Multinational Study. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2025 Oct; 18(10):e013734. PMID: 41025252.

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  • Published on 9/23/2025

    Haimovich JS, Kany S, Ajufo E, Andrade JG, Benjamin EJ, Healey JS, Kirchhof P, Lubitz SA, McIntyre WF, Rienstra M, Sanders P, Schnabel RB, Ellinor PT, Khurshid S. Outcomes and Management of Stressor-Associated Atrial Fibrillation: JACC State-of-the-Art Review. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Sep 23; 86(12):910-939. PMID: 40962378.

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  • Published on 8/23/2025

    Cornacchione Ross J, Ranker LR, Fetterman JL, Benjamin EJ, Hong T. Public Support for Warning Label Policies on Social Media Among U.S. Adults in 2024. Am J Prev Med. 2025 Aug 23; 69(6):108067. PMID: 40854337.

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