Josef Coresh

Josef Coresh, MD, PhD

Terry and Mel Karmazin Professor of Population Health, Department of Population Health

Professor, Department of Medicine

Keywords
Aging, Cardiovascular Health, Dementia, Chronic Kidney Disease, Hearing Loss, Epidemiology
Summary

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.  

Phone

646-501-2503

Academic office

TRB 227 E. 30th Street

7th, 707

New York, NY 10003

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Terry and Mel Karmazin Professor of Population Health, Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Professor, Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Graduate Education

MD from Johns Hopkins University

PhD from Johns Hopkins University

Contribution of Modifiable Midlife and Late-Life Vascular Risk Factors to Incident Dementia

Smith, Jason R; Pike, James Russell; Gottesman, Rebecca F; Knopman, David S; Lutsey, Pamela L; Palta, Priya; Windham, B Gwen; Selvin, Elizabeth; Szklo, Moyses; Bandeen-Roche, Karen J; Coresh, Josef; Sharrett, A Richey; Gross, Alden L; Deal, Jennifer A

JAMA neurology. 2025 Jun 02;

Trends in obesity and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist prescriptions in type 1 diabetes in the United States

Xu, Yunwen; Echouffo Tcheugui, Justin B; Coresh, Josef; Grams, Morgan E; Selvin, Elizabeth; Fang, Michael; Shin, Jung-Im

Diabetes, obesity & metabolism. 2025 Jun; 27(6):2967-2976

Neighborhood Built Environment and Home Dialysis Utilization: Varying Patterns by Urbanicity-Dependent Patterns and Implications for Policy

Kim, Byoungjun; Li, Yiting; Lee, Myeonggyun; Bae, Sunjae; Blum, Matthew F; Le, Dustin; Coresh, Josef; Charytan, David M; Goldfarb, David S; Segev, Dorry L; Thorpe, Lorna E; Grams, Morgan E; McAdams-DeMarco, Mara A

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation. 2025 Jun; 85(6):737-744

Effects of hearing intervention on falls in older adults: findings from a secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE randomised controlled trial

Goman, Adele M; Tan, Nasya; Pike, James Russell; Bessen, Sarah Y; Chen, Ziheng Sally; Huang, Alison R; Arnold, Michelle L; Burgard, Sheila; Chisolm, Theresa H; Couper, David; Deal, Jennifer A; Glynn, Nancy W; Gmelin, Theresa; Gravens-Mueller, Lisa; Hayden, Kathleen M; Martinez-Amezcua, Pablo; Mitchell, Christine M; Pankow, James S; Reed, Nicholas S; Sanchez, Victoria A; Schrack, Jennifer A; Sullivan, Kevin J; Coresh, Josef; Lin, Frank R; ,

The Lancet. Public health. 2025 Jun; 10(6):e492-e502

Proteomic signatures of corona and herpes viral antibodies identify IGDCC4 as a mediator of neurodegeneration

Duggan, Michael R; Yang, Shuojia; Gomez, Gabriela T; Cui, Yuhan; Capuano, Ana W; Chen, Jingsha; Yang, Zhijian; Wen, Junhao; Erus, Guray; Drouin, Shannon M; Zweibaum, David; Tian, Qu; Candia, Julián; Bilgel, Murat; Lewis, Alexandria; Moghekar, Abhay; Ashton, Nicholas J; Kac, Przemysław R; Karikari, Thomas K; Blennow, Kaj; Zetterberg, Henrik; Maher, Brion S; Spira, Adam P; Dumitrescu, Logan; Hohman, Timothy J; Gottesman, Rebecca F; Davatzikos, Christos; Bennett, David A; Coresh, Josef; Ferrucci, Luigi; Resnick, Susan M; Yolken, Robert; Walker, Keenan A

Science advances. 2025 May 30; 11(22):eadt7176

Mid- to Late-Life Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factor Exposure and Zero Coronary Artery Calcium: The ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) Study

Wang, Frances M; Ballew, Shoshana H; Folsom, Aaron R; Wagenknecht, Lynne E; Howard, Candace M; Coresh, Josef; Budoff, Matthew J; Blaha, Michael J; Matsushita, Kunihiro

JACC. Cardiovascular imaging. 2025 May 23;

Real-World Evidence Linking the Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events Risk Score and Coronary Artery Calcium

Rhee, Aaron J; Pandit, Krutika; Berger, Jeffrey S; Iturrate, Eduardo; Coresh, Josef; Khan, Sadiya S; Shin, Jung-Im; Hochman, Judith S; Reynolds, Harmony R; Grams, Morgan E

Journal of the American Heart Association. 2025 May 21; e038991

Hearing Intervention, Social Isolation, and Loneliness: A Secondary Analysis of the ACHIEVE Randomized Clinical Trial

Reed, Nicholas S; Chen, Jinyu; Huang, Alison R; Pike, James R; Arnold, Michelle; Burgard, Sheila; Chen, Ziheng; Chisolm, Theresa; Couper, David; Cudjoe, Thomas K M; Deal, Jennifer A; Goman, Adele M; Glynn, Nancy W; Gmelin, Theresa; Gravens-Mueller, Lisa; Hayden, Kathleen M; Mitchell, Christine M; Mosley, Thomas; Oh, Esther S; Pankow, James S; Sanchez, Victoria A; Schrack, Jennifer A; Coresh, Josef; Lin, Frank R; ,

JAMA internal medicine. 2025 May 12;

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