
Blake Thomson
@blakewthomson
Health disparities researcher & MS3 @StanfordMed | DPhil (PhD) @Oxford_NDPH | MPhil @Gates_Cambridge | Formerly @AmericanCancer, @IHME_UW | For health equity
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https://profiles.stanford.edu/blake-thomson 18-04-2017 21:46:45
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Excited to receive the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute Boring Trust Research Award Stanford Medicine! So grateful for the incredible mentorship of Shoa L. Clarke and Tim L. Assimes, MD PhD over the last 2 years. Huge thanks to Stanford CVI & Joseph C Wu, MD, PhD for supporting medical student research!


Honored to have Prof. Raul Santos comment on our recent work using polygenic scores to compare the effects of Lp(a) vs LDL across the spectrum of coronary plaque severity. Commentary: academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advance⦠Manuscript: academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advanceā¦



Two important implications of this NHANES-based paper from Shoa L. Clarke Blake Thomson Stanford Medicine. For younger adults (20-39yo), (1) current risk prediction is woefully insufficient, and (2) when elevated risk is recognized, there needs to be markedly better implementation of


It's #AHA24 weekend! Grateful to be an Elizabeth Barrett-Connor Early Career Research Award Finalist! Presenting Sat. 11/16 10:30-10:45 CST in N231: Age at Diabetes Diagnosis and Mortality A Stanford Medicine/Oxford Population Health (OxPop) collaboration. Please come along, offer feedback, & say hi!





Association of #smoking cessation & reduced excess #cardiovascular death by Blake Thomson JAMA Network jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaiā¦



Happy to include all interested in improving COPD care & outcomes by addressing cardiopulmonary risk. #COPD #cardiovascular Simply email or DM me. Dr. Martha Gulati ā„ļøš«ā¤ļøāš©¹šØš¦ John Hurst Prof Julie Sanders Hany Ragy Dr Anastasia Mihailidou FAHA FCSANZ FESC Dominik Linz drtarsh Bernardino Alcazar Fernando Botto, MD, MSc Samira Asma

A little late to this, but huge congratulations to Farhad Islami, MD PhDā©, ā¦@ecmarlowā©, ā¦Ahmedin Jemalā© et al. for being the leading citation in ā¦U.S. Surgeon Generalā© report on Alcohol and Cancer Risk! ā¦American Cancer Societyā© continues to lead cancer research nationwide!




Thanks The New York Times for citing our American Cancer Society research on the benefits of smoking cessation published in JAMA Oncology! And some great insights from Farhad Islami, MD PhD too! ACSNews Link: nytimes.com/2025/04/15/wel⦠Original publication: doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.4949

Thanks The Telegraph for highlighting our American Cancer Society research on the benefits of smoking cessation! Quitting can reverse most - even nearly all - of the adverse effects of smoking if done early enough. Farhad Islami, MD PhD Ahmedin Jemal telegraph.co.uk/health-fitnessā¦