Josef Coresh, MD, PhD

Dr. Coresh is the Founding Director of the Optimal Aging Institute at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and a Professor of Population Health and Medicine.  The institute will leverage epidemiologic cohorts to advance discovery and translation of prevention and treatment of aging related diseases in partnership with leading scientists, clinicians and NYU Langone Health.  Dr. Coresh will continue to lead of the ARIC Neurocognitive Study (ARIC NCS; MPI: Coresh/Mosley. Chair: Gottesman) renewal (2023-2028), the ACHIEVE Brain Health Follow-up (2023-2028; MPI: Lin/Coresh) and CKD Prognosis Consortium (2023-2028; MPI: Coresh/grams) as well as start new initiatives.   

Dr. Coresh is an international expert in aging and vascular disease epidemiology of the brain, heart and kidney, using a range of epidemiology and data science methods.  He leads the ARIC NCS proteomics initiative with over 150 Million longitudinal proteomic measures. 

Dr. Coresh is among the most cited researcher having co-authored articles cited over 300,000 times. He received the top scientific and patient impact awards of the US National Kidney Foundation (Eknoyan and Hume awards) and American Society of Nephrology (Belding Scribner award).  His devotion to mentorship was recognized by awards from Johns Hopkins University and the American Heart Association.