Gerald Berenson
research professor

Department(s):
Epidemiology

Email:
berenson@tulane.edu

Research Interests:
Etiology and prevention of cardiovascular disease; lipids, hypertension, obesity

Professional Achievements:
2005 American Heart Association Meritorious Achievement Award
2004 Gulf Regional Chapter, American Society of Hypertension, Commitment and Services
2002 Orleans Parish Medical Society Award Recipient, Public Service/Public Education
2000 Champion of Public Health, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
1999 Spirit of Charity Award, Medical Center of Louisiana Foundation
1998 Joseph Stokes III Award, American Society of Preventive Cardiology
1995 Tulane Medical School Class of 1945, Lifetime Achievement Award
1995 Lewis C. Robbins Recognition Award, The Society of Prospective Medicine
1994 Laureate Award, Louisiana Chapter of the American College of Physicians
1993 Lydia J. Roberts Nutrition Lectureship, University of Chicago
1988 Founders Medal, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation
1986 Distinguished Boyd Professor, Louisiana State University
1985 Searle Distinguished Research Award for Outstanding Research Contributions
1945 Alpha Omega Alpha

Educational Background:
MD, Tulane University School of Medicine, 1945
BS, Tulane University, 1943

Publications:
Articles since July 1, 2007

Johnson CC, Webber LS, Myers L, Boris NW, Berenson GS. Co-use of alcohol and tobacco among ninth-graders in Louisiana. Prev Chronic Dis. 2009 Jul;6(3):A85. Epub 2009 Jun 15.

Nguyen QM, Srinivasan SR, Xu J, Chen W, Berenson GS. Changes in risk variables of metabolic syndrome since childhood in prediabetic and type 2 diabetes: The Bogalusa Heart Study. Diabetes Care (revised).

Aviv A, Chen W, Gardner JP, Kimure M, Cao X, Srinivasan SR, Berenson GS. Leukocyte telomere dynamics: Longitudinal findings in young adults of the Bogalusa Heart Study. Am J Epidemiol (revised).

Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Berenson GS. Effect of parental coronary artery disease on adverse effects of the metabolic syndrome and aging on carotid artery intima-media thickness (from the Bogalusa Heart Study). Am J Cardiol (in press).

Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Berenson GS. Differential effect of heart rate on arterial wall stiffness and thickness in younger adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study. J Am Soc Hypertens 2008;2:152-157.

Bhuiyan AR, Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Rice J, Mock N, Tang R, Bond MG, Boerwinkle E, Berenson GS. Interaction of G-protein subunit and nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphisms on carotid artery intim-media thickness in young adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study. AM J Hypertens 2008 Jun 12 [Epub ahead of print].

Hunt SC, Chen W, Gardner JP, Kimura M, Srinivasan SR, Eckfeldt JH, Berenson GS, Aviv A. Leukocyte telomeres are longer in African Americans than in whites: The NHLBI Family Heart Study and the Bogalusa Heart Study. Aging Cell 2008 May 2 [Epub ahead of print].

Bhuiyan AR, Srinivasan SR, Chen W, Sultana A, Berenson GS. Association of serum bilirubin with pulsatile arterial function in asymptomatic young adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study. Metabolism 2008;57:612-616.

Frontini MG, Srinivasan SR, Xu JH, Tang R, Bond MG, Berenson G. Usefulness of non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels versus other lipoprotein measures in predicting adult subclinical atherosclerosis: The Bogalusa Heart Study. Pediatrics 2008;121:924-929.

Toprak A, Wang H, Chen W, Paul T, Srinivasan SR, Berenson GS. Relation of childhood risk factors to left ventricular hypertrophy (eccentric or concentric) in relatively young adulthood (from the Bogalusa Heart Study). Am J Cardiol 2008;101:1621-1625.

Muntner P, Srinivasan S, Menke A, Patel DA, Chen W, Berenson G. Impact of childhood metabolic syndrome components on the risk of elevated uric acid in adulthood: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Am J Med Sci 2008 May;335(5):332-337.

Berenson GS, Patel DA, Srinivasan SR, Chen W. Pressure-heart rate product changes from childhood to adulthood in a biracial population – A crossover phenomenon: The Bogalusa Heart Study. J Am Soc Hypertens 2008;2:80-87.

Mihalopoulos NL, Berenson GS. Cardiovascular risk factors among internal medicine residents. Prev Cardiol 2008 Spring;11(2)76-81.

Magnussen CG, Raitakari OT, Thomson R, Juonala M, Patel DA, Viikari JSA, Marniemi J, Srinivasan SR, Berenson G, Dwyer T, Venn A. Utility of currently recommended pediatric dyslipidemia classifications in predicting dyslipidemia in adulthood: evidence from the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health (CDAH) Study, Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, and Bogalusa Heart Study. Circulation 2008 Jan 18;117(1):32-42.

Nguyen QM, Srinivasan SR, Xu JH, Chen W, Berenson GS. Racial (black-white) divergence in the association between adiponectin and arterial stiffness in asymptomatic young adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study. Am J Hypertens 2008;21:553-7.

Freedman DS, Patel DA, Srinivasan SR, Chen W, Tang R, Bond MG, Berenson GS. The contribution of childhood obesity to adult carotid intima-media thickness: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Int J Obes (Lond) 2008;32:749-756.

Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Berenson GS. Path analysis of metabolic syndrome components in black versus white children, adolescents, and adults: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Ann Epidemiol 2008 Feb;18(2):85-91.

Li S, Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Tang R, Bon MG, Berenson GS. Race (black-white) and gender divergences in the relationship of childhood cardiovascular risk factors to carotid artery intima-media thickness in adulthood: The Bogalusa Heart Study. Atherosclerosis 2007;194:421-425.

Frontini MG, Srinivasan SR, Xu JH, Tang R, Bond MG, Berenson G. Utility of non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol versus other lipprotein measures in detecting subclinical atherosclerosis in young adults (The Bogalusa Heart Study). Am J Cardiol 2007 Jul 1; 100(1):64-8.

Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Boerwinkle E, Berenson GS. Beta-adrenergic receptor genes are associated with arterial stiffness in black and white healthy adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study. Am J Hypertens 2007;20:1251-1257.

Bhuiyan AR, Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Rice J, Mock N, Tang R, Bond MG, Boerwinkle E, Berenson GS. G-6A polymorphism of angiotensinogen gene modulates the effect of blood pressure on carotid intima-media thickness: The Bogalusa Heart Study. Am J Hypertens 2007;20:1073-1078.

Bhuiyan AR, Chen W, Srinivasan SR, Rice J, Mock N, Tang R, Bond MG, Boerwinkle E, Berenson GS. Nitric oxide synthase gene polymorphism (G894T) influence on carotid artery intima-media thickness in adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study. J Am Soc Hypertens 2007 2007;1:362-368.

Tzou WS, Douglas PS, Srinivasan SR, Bond MG, Tang R, Li S, Chen W, Berenson GS, Stein JH. Distribution and predictors of carotid intima-media thickness in young adults. Prev Cardiol 2007;10:181-189.

Saunders CL, Chiodini BD, Sham P, Lewis CM, Abkevich V, Adeyemo AA, de Andrade M, Arya R, Berenson GS, Blangero J, Boehnke M, Borecki IB, CHagnon YC, Chen W, Comuzzle AG, Deng HW, Duggirala R, Feitosa MF, Froguel P, Hanson RL, Hebebrand J, Huego-Dias P, Kissebah AH, Li W, Luke A, Martin LJ, Nash M, Ohman M, Palmer LJ, Peltonen L, Perola M, Price RA, Redline S, Srinivasan SR, Stern MP, Stone S, Stringham H, Turner S, Wijmenga C, A Collier D. Meta-analysis of genomewide linkage studies in BMI and obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2007;15:2263-2275.

Hallman DM, Srinivasan SR, Chen W, Boerwinkle E, Berenson GS. Relation of PCSK9 mutations to serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in childhood and adulthood (from The Bogalusa Heart Study). Am J Cardiol 2007;100:69-72.

Contact Information:
Department of Epidemiology
1440 Canal Street, Suite 1829
New Orleans, LA 70112
Telephone: 504.988.7197
Fax: 504.988.7194

Level of Instruction:
graduate