Biography

Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MSc is a cardiologist and epidemiologist at Northwestern Medicine, an associate professor in the departments of Medicine and Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, the Magerstadt Professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, and Director of the Center for Population Science and Aging. Dr. Khan’s clinical expertise and research focus on epidemiology, prevention, and genetics of heart failure with an emphasis on pregnancy-related risk factors. Dr. Khan’s research efforts are supported by multiple grants from the National Institutes of Health (R01HL159250; R01HL16154; U01HL160279; UG3 HL163121; R21HL165376). Dr. Khan has published >240 peer-reviewed scientific research publications in leading medical journals, has an h-index of 35, and her work has been cited over 13,000 times (Scopus, April 2023). Her original science has been highlighted by the American Heart Association as among the Top Advances in Heart Disease and Stroke Research in three consecutive years (2020, 2021, 2022). She has numerous national leadership roles including as a member of the American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. She serves as an Associate Editor for JAMA Cardiology and the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology .

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