About Me

I am a professor in and chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Data Science in the Division of Public Health Sciences at Wake Forest School of Medicine (WFSM). After receiving my PhD in Statistics at the University of Chicago, I spent six years in the Division of Biostatistics at the Indiana University School of Medicine and joined the WFSM faculty in 2001.

My current work is primarily in coordinating centers. Most of this work has been in cardiovascular disease, exercise, aging, and inflammation. I have been the PI or Co-I on several large federally funded studies, including ACCORD, SPRINT, COMPASS, LIFE, ENRGISE, and several ancillary studies. My methodological work includes work in longitudinal data, study design, quality control, and genetic epidemiology.

Since 2012, I have also had the honor to serve as the chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Data Science. We have a large number of talented colleagues in statistics, engineering, applied mathematics, programming, project management, and administration. Our department has a mix of projects led by our faculty and collaborations with people throughout WFSM and beyond.

A list of my papers is available at Google Scholar.

Research

Publications

Markers of kidney tubule function and risk of cardiovascular disease events and mortality in the SPRINT trial. Garimella PS, Lee AK, Ambrosius WT, Bhatt U, Cheung AK, Chonchol M, Craven T, Hawfield AT, Jotwani V, Killeen A, Punzi H, Sarnak MJ, Wall BM, Ix JH, Shlipak MG. Eur Heart J. 2019 11; 40(42):3486-3493.
Effect of Losartan and Fish Oil on Plasma IL-6 and Mobility in Older Persons. The ENRGISE Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial. Pahor M, Anton SD, Beavers DP, Cauley JA, Fielding RA, Kritchevsky SB, Leeuwenburgh C, Lewis KH, Liu CK, Lovato LC, Lu J, Manini TM, McDermott MM, Miller ME, Newman AB, Radziszewska B, Stowe CL, Tracy RP, Walkup MP, Wu SS, Ambrosius WT. J. Gerontol. A Biol. Sci. Med. Sci. 2019 09; 74(10):1612-1619.
Distinct Dimensions of Kidney Health and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Failure, and Mortality. Lee AK, Katz R, Jotwani V, Garimella PS, Ambrosius WT, Cheung AK, Gren LH, Neyra JA, Punzi H, Raphael KL, Shlipak MG, Ix JH. Hypertension. 2019 10; 74(4):872-879.
The Enabling Reduction of Low-Grade Inflammation in Seniors (ENRGISE) Pilot Study: Screening Methods and Recruitment Results. Cauley JA, Manini TM, Lovato L, Talton J, Anton SD, Domanchuk K, Kennedy K, Stowe CL, Walkup M, Fielding RA, Kritchevsky SB, McDermott MM, Newman AB, Ambrosius WT, Pahor M. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2019 07; 74(8):1296-1302.
Serum Sodium and Pulse Pressure in SPRINT. Nowak KL, Chonchol M, Jovanovich A, You Z, Bates J, Foy C, Glasser S, Killeen AA, Kostis J, Rodriguez CJ, Segal M, Simmons DL, Taylor A, Lovato LC, Ambrosius WT, Supiano MA. Am. J. Hypertens. 2019 06; 32(7):649-656.

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Walter T. Ambrosius, PhD

Walter T. Ambrosius, PhD

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