Daniel Levy, MD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Daniel Levy received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976 and an M.D. from Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine in 1980. He then completed his residency in internal medicine at University Hospital, Boston and a research fellowship in cardiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard School of Public Health. He joined the NHLBI’s Framingham Heart Study in 1984 and became the Study’s fourth director in 1994. Dr. Levy is also jointly a professor of medicine at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and holds an adjunct faculty appointment at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Levy has been the recipient of many awards for his research accomplishments including two NIH Director’s Awards and the American Heart Association’s Population Research Prize in 2009, the AHA’s highest recognition for research achievements in epidemiology. Dr. Levy is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association, and he is also a member of the American Society of Hypertension and Heart Failure Society of America. Dr. Levy is currently Editor-in-Chief of the journal Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports. He has published over 400 articles in leading medical journals, as well as two books and several book chapters.

Publications

  • Published 9/7/2024

    Sun X, Bulekova K, Yang J, Lai M, Pitsillides AN, Liu X, Zhang Y, Guo X, Yong Q, Raffield LM, Rotter JI, Rich SS, Abecasis G, Carson AP, Vasan RS, Bis JC, Psaty BM, Boerwinkle E, Fitzpatrick AL, Satizabal CL, Arking DE, Ding J, Levy D, Liu C. Association analysis of mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmic variants: Methods and application. Mitochondrion. 2024 Nov; 79:101954. PMID: 39245194.

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  • Published 4/12/2024

    Lyu C, Joehanes R, Huan T, Levy D, Li Y, Wang M, Liu X, Liu C, Ma J. Enhancing selection of alcohol consumption-associated genes by random forest. Br J Nutr. 2024 Jun 28; 131(12):2058-2067. PMID: 38606596.

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  • Published 4/8/2024

    Tang J, Xu H, Xin Z, Mei Q, Gao M, Yang T, Zhang X, Levy D, Liu CT. Identifying BMI-associated genes via a genome-wide multi-omics integrative approach using summary data. Hum Mol Genet. 2024 Apr 08; 33(8):733-738. PMID: 38215789.

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  • Published 12/7/2023

    Møller AL, Vasan RS, Levy D, Andersson C, Lin H. Integrated omics analysis of coronary artery calcifications and myocardial infarction: the Framingham Heart Study. Sci Rep. 2023 Dec 07; 13(1):21581. PMID: 38062110.

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  • Published 10/26/2023

    Wang M, Li Y, Lai M, Nannini DR, Hou L, Joehanes R, Huan T, Levy D, Ma J, Liu C. Alcohol consumption and epigenetic age acceleration across human adulthood. Aging (Albany NY). 2023 Oct 26; 15(20):10938-10971. PMID: 37889500.

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Other Positions

  • Director, FHS, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
    Framingham Heart Study

Education

  • Boston University School of Medicine, MD
  • University of Pennsylvania, BA