Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Assistant Professor, Clinical Translation and Science
Director, Ultrasound Research Laboratory
Co-Director, Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training Program
Director, Health Equity Certificate Program
130 N. Bellefield Avenue, Suite 338, University of Pittsburgh , Pittsburgh, PA 15213 R-znvy: rwo9@cvgg.rqh Primary Phone: 967-179-8923 Web site: https://www.publichealth.pitt.edu/home/directory/emma-j-barinas-mitchell
Dr. Barinas-Mitchell’s research focuses on the application of subclinical vascular measures to the study of the natural history and prevention of CVD. As Co-Director (2006-2012) and Director (December 2012-present) of the University of Pittsburgh Ultrasound Research Lab (URL), she has collaborated on the application of early markers of vascular aging for >25 NIH-funded observational and intervention studies, including study design and implementation, oversight of collection of primary and secondary vascular outcome measures, data management and analyses of these vascular measures, and interpretation of these data for presentation and >80 peer-reviewed publications. She is also actively involved in research on vascular aging in women and in investigating the role of obesity, related cardiometabolic disturbances, and race/ethnicity in the development and progression of subclinical CVD. Dr. Barinas-Mitchell is Co-Director of the CVD Epidemiology T32 training program and actively mentors students and trainees at the master's, doctoral and post-doctoral level.
1991 | Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA | BA Chemistry 1998 | University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA | PhD Epidemiology 2001 | University of Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh, PA | Post-doctoral training in CVD Epidemiology
EPIDEM 2152: Workshop in Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology (2007-2012, Co-Instructor; 2012- Present, Instructor)
EPIDEM 2150: Epidemiology Cardiovascular Diseases (2011-Present, Guest Lecturer)
EPIDEM 2170: Chronic Disease Epidemiology (Fall 2020, Associate Instructor; Fall 2021, Co-Instructor)
BCHS 2526: Health Equity Research Methods (2015-2019, 2021 Guest Lecturer)
CVD Epidemiology Journal Club (2007- Present, Co-Instructor)
Co-Director, CVD Training Program (2012-Present)
Active Research Support:
Co-Investigator
Arterial Stiffness, Cognition and Equol (ACE) (NIA) 2022-2027 (PI: A. Sekikawa)
MS BRAIN Renewal - Vasomotor symptoms and neurocognitive health among midlife women (NIA) 2021-2026 (PI: R. Thurston)
The RAW Brain - The Effect of Rumination, Anxiety and Worry on Aging and Dementia Risk (NIMH) 2022-2027 (PI: C. Andreescu)
PaTH – Childhood Antecedents of Adult Cardiometabolic Health: A Prospective Study of Low-Income Men (NHLBI) 2021-2026 (PI: A. Marsland)
Biobehavioral Studies of Cardiovascular Disease (NHLBI) 2019-2023 (PI: P. Gianaros)
Completed Research Support (past 4 years):
Subcontract Principal Investigator
0000-0002-7280-7781
A complete list of published work can be found in MyBibliography:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/emma.barinas-mitchell.1/bibliography/40073245/public/?sort=date&direction=descending
Cortés YI, Barinas-Mitchell E, Suder Egnot N, Bhasin S, Jasuja R, Santoro N, Thurston RC. Associations of endogenous sex hormones with carotid plaque burden and characteristics in midlife women. JCEM. 2020 Apr 1; 105(4). PMID: 31900485. PMCID: PMC7077951.