Donald Lloyd-Jones, MD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Lloyd-Jones’ research interests include the study of the mechanisms and life course of cardiovascular health and healthy aging, and cardiovascular disease epidemiology, risk estimation and prevention. Other areas of interest include the use of novel biomarkers and imaging of subclinical atherosclerosis to improve prevention, and the epidemiology and outcomes of hypertension and dyslipidemia. His clinical and teaching interests lie in general cardiology, with a focus on prevention.

He also has been a national leader in public health and clinical approaches to promoting cardiovascular health and preventing cardiovascular diseases across the life course. He served as co-chair of the Risk Assessment Guidelines and a member of the Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines Panel for the 2013 ACC/AHA Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction; and was the lead member for risk assessment on the 2018 Cholesterol Guidelines Panel and the 2019 Primary Prevention Guidelines Panel. He has authored over 750 peer-reviewed scientific publications and has been a PI or co-investigator on more than 120 grants (the vast majority from NIH)

Publications

  • Published 7/1/2025

    Walker J, Won D, Guo J, Rana JS, Allen NB, Ning H, Lloyd-Jones DM. Cumulative Life's Essential 8 Scores and Cardiovascular Disease Risk. JAMA Cardiol. 2025 Jul 01; 10(7):649-656. PMID: 40266596.

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  • Published 6/4/2025

    Lloyd-Jones DM, Khera A. AHA PREVENT Equations With Lipoprotein(a) and Risk Assessment for Primary Prevention. JAMA Cardiol. 2025 Jun 04. PMID: 40465244.

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  • Published 5/27/2025

    Krishnan V, Huang X, Perak AM, Coresh J, Ndumele CE, Greenland P, Lloyd-Jones DM, Khan SS. Discordance of 10- and 30-Year Predicted Risk for Cardiovascular Disease in US Adults. JAMA. 2025 May 27; 333(20):1828-1831. PMID: 40163044.

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  • Published 5/23/2025

    Domanski MJ, Wu CO, Tian X, Li H, Shalhoub R, Miao R, Hasan AA, Huang Y, Reis JP, Fleg JL, Rana JS, Zhang K, Hicks A, Allen NB, Ning H, Bae S, Jacobs DR, Lloyd-Jones DM, Fuster V. Association of Race With Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease, Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Failure, and Stroke. JACC Adv. 2025 Jun; 4(6 Pt 1):101811. PMID: 40411976.

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  • Published 5/14/2025

    Lam EL, Gauen AM, Kandula NR, Notterman DA, Goldman N, Lloyd-Jones DM, Allen NB, Shah NS. Early Childhood Food Insecurity and Cardiovascular Health in Young Adulthood. JAMA Cardiol. 2025 May 14. PMID: 40366649.

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Other Positions

  • Director of Framingham Center for Population and Prevention Science, Framingham Heart Study
    Boston University
  • Principal Investigator of the Framingham Heart Study, Framingham Heart Study
    Boston University
  • Chief of the section, Preventive Medicine
    Boston University

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Education

  • Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, MD
  • Harvard School of Public Health, MS
  • Swarthmore College, BA

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