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Top Medicine Researchers at Harvard University for 2026
Harvard University’s recent work in Medicine spans clinical care, population health, and translational research, with a particularly strong emphasis on cardiometabolic disease. Across a large sample of recent publications, the institution’s researchers are engaging with questions that connect treatment decisions, risk factors, and long-term outcomes.
Below, you’ll find a snapshot of scholars whose recent publications reflect that mix of bedside relevance and broader health inquiry, alongside the themes that appear most often across their work.
Featured Researchers
Muthiah Vaduganathan
Muthiah Vaduganathan’s recent Harvard University work centers on cardiology and endocrinology, with publications on finerenone, empagliflozin, heart failure, and kidney outcomes in diabetes.
Activity over the last year: 80 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Finerenone with Empagliflozin in Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes (Jun 2025)
- Near-universal prevalence of central adiposity in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: the PARAGON-HF trial (Jan 2025)
- SGLT2 Inhibitors and Kidney Outcomes by Glomerular Filtration Rate and Albuminuria (Nov 2025)
Scott D. Solomon
Scott D. Solomon’s recent publications at Harvard University span cardiology, imaging, and cardiometabolic care, including studies of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, heart failure, and influenza vaccine effectiveness.
Activity over the last year: 85 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Near-universal prevalence of central adiposity in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: the PARAGON-HF trial (Jan 2025)
- Aficamten or Metoprolol Monotherapy for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (Aug 2025)
- High-Dose Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness against Hospitalization in Older Adults (Aug 2025)
Frank B. Hu
Frank B. Hu’s Harvard University research focuses on public health, physiology, and endocrinology, especially dietary patterns, healthy aging, and links between foods and mortality.
Activity over the last year: 74 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
Brian Claggett
Brian Claggett’s recent Harvard University output stays close to cardiology and epidemiology, with shared work on heart failure, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and influenza outcomes.
Activity over the last year: 84 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Near-universal prevalence of central adiposity in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: the PARAGON-HF trial (Jan 2025)
- Aficamten or Metoprolol Monotherapy for Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (Aug 2025)
- High-Dose Influenza Vaccine Effectiveness against Hospitalization in Older Adults (Aug 2025)
Edward L. Giovannucci
Edward L. Giovannucci’s Harvard University publications emphasize public health and cancer research, particularly dietary-lifestyle patterns and colorectal cancer risk.
Activity over the last year: 54 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Dietary-Lifestyle Patterns and Colorectal Cancer Risk: Global Cancer Update Programme (CUP Global) Systematic Literature Review (Jan 2025)
- Dietary patterns and colorectal cancer risk: Global Cancer Update Programme (CUP Global) systematic literature review (Feb 2025)
- Long-term yogurt intake and colorectal cancer incidence subclassified by Bifidobacterium abundance in tumor (Feb 2025)
Adam A. Dmytriw
Adam A. Dmytriw’s recent Harvard University work connects epidemiology, neurology, and respiratory medicine through studies of idiopathic intracranial hypertension and stroke imaging.
Activity over the last year: 60 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Liraglutide for idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a real‐world propensity score‐matched study (Feb 2025)
- Cerebral blood volume index in the era of thrombectomy-treated large and medium vessel ischemic strokes (Jan 2025)
- Prolonged Venous Transit as a Superior Predictor of Functional Outcomes in Successfully Reperfused Large Vessel Occlusions: Comparative Analysis With Cerebral Blood Volume Index and Hypoperfusion Intensity Ratio (Apr 2025)
Reisa A. Sperling
Reisa A. Sperling’s Harvard University publications focus on psychiatry, physiology, and cognitive neuroscience, with a strong emphasis on Alzheimer disease, amyloid, and tau PET imaging.
Activity over the last year: 62 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
Stephen P. Juraschek
Stephen P. Juraschek’s Harvard University research brings together endocrinology, surgery, and cardiology in studies of blood pressure, cardiometabolic risk, and chronic kidney disease.
Activity over the last year: 41 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Supine Blood Pressure and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality (Jan 2025)
- Trends in Prevalence, Treatment, and Control of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Among Adults With Hypertension in the United States, 1999-2023 (Nov 2025)
- Socioeconomic Status and Chronic Kidney Disease Among Black and White Adults: An Analysis of 2017-2020 NHANES (Jun 2025)
What Harvard University's Medicine Community Is Working On
The most common subfields across these Harvard University researchers point to a community deeply engaged with endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism, alongside cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. That combination suggests sustained attention to cardiometabolic risk, heart failure, kidney outcomes, and treatment effects in clinical populations. Public health, physiology, and epidemiology also appear frequently, showing that the work is not limited to individual disease mechanisms but extends to prevention, lifestyle patterns, and population-level trends that shape health outcomes across settings.- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism - seen across 5 of the featured researchers
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine - seen across 4 of the featured researchers
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Physiology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Epidemiology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
Taken together, these recent publications show a community working across heart health, metabolic disease, prevention, and related clinical questions. If you’re exploring your own publication record or preparing a manuscript for submission, tools that help with citation discovery and formatting can make the process more efficient. Keep reading to see how these research themes come together across Harvard University’s medical scholarship.
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