Ursula Geller Distinguished Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases
Appointments and Affiliations
- Ursula Geller Distinguished Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases
- Professor of Medicine
- Associate Dean for Translational Research
- Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
- Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
- Member of Duke Molecular Physiology Institute
Contact Information
- Office Location: DUMC Box 3445, Durham, NC 27710
- Email Address: svati.shah@duke.edu
Education
- M.H.S. Johns Hopkins University, 1994
- M.D. University of Washington, 1998
- Children's Hospital, Boston, 2001
- Duke University, 2005
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Judson Daland Prize. American Philosophical Society. 2011
Courses Taught
- SOCIOL 393: Research Independent Study
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Representative Publications
- Small, Aeron M., Ta-Yu Yang, Shinsuke Itoh, Sébastien Thériault, Line Dufresne, Ryo Kurosawa, Issei Komuro, et al. “Genomic and transcriptomic analyses of aortic stenosis enhance therapeutic target discovery and disease prediction.” Nat Genet 58, no. 1 (January 2026): 57–66. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-025-02417-6.
- Jain, Sneha S., Fatima Rodriguez, Marco V. Perez, Jingzhi Yu, Sumana Shashidhar, Susan Swope, Kaylin Nguyen, et al. “Digital Strategies for Recruitment to Improve Diversity and Inclusion in Prospective Cardiovascular Clinical Research.” Cardiol Ther 14, no. 4 (December 2025): 687–94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40119-025-00435-3.
- Borlaug, Barry A., Julio A. Chirinos, Gregory D. Lewis, Margaret M. Redfield, Alain G. Bertoni, Martin Cadeiras, Nipavan Chiamvimonvat, et al. “Rationale and Design of the HeartShare/AMP-HF Deep Phenotyping Study to Improve Understanding of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction.” JACC Heart Fail 13, no. 12 (December 2025): 102714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchf.2025.102714.
- Desai, Akshay S., Ambarish Pandey, Rohit Suratekar, Faraz S. Ahmad, Heather M. Alger, Ausath G. Anto, Suhana Nujum G, et al. “Predicting Heart Failure From 12-Lead ECGs Using AI: A HeartShare/AMP-HF Pooled Cohort Analysis.” J Am Coll Cardiol, November 8, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.10.065.
- Anglen, Taylor, Irene M. Kaplow, Baekgyu Choi, Enya Dewars, Robin M. Perelli, Kevin T. Hagy, Duc Tran, et al. “A gene regulatory element modulates myosin expression and controls cardiomyocyte response to stress.” Genome Res 35, no. 11 (November 3, 2025): 2418–32. https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.280825.125.