Heffernan, Kevin S. (ksh2001)

B.S., Exercise Science, The University of Scranton

M.S., Applied (Exercise) Physiology and Nutrition, Teachers College, Columbia Univeristy

Ph.D., Kinesiology (Exercise Physiology), The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center

Exercise, Vascular Aging, Neurocognitive Aging, Health Disparities

1. Zieff G, Bates-Fraser LC, Pagan Lassalle P, Paterson C, Heffernan K, Stoner L. Non-invasive physiological measurements: from discovery to implementation. Frontiers in Physiology, 11:14:1356664. 2024. doi 10.3389/fphys.2023.1356664

2. Stone K, Bruno RM, Meyer M, Bahls M, Pucci G, Park C, Alvarez Bueno C, Doerr M, Higgins S, Heffernan K, Voicehovska J, Climie R, Schmidt-Trucksaess A, Veerasingam D, Stoner L.  Re-imagining the value of brachial ankle pulse wave velocity as a biomarker of cardiovascular disease risk – a call to action on behalf of VascAgeNet. Hypertension,80(10): 1980-1992, 2023.

3. Gump BB, Heffernan KS, Brann L, Hill DT, Labrie-Cleary C, Jandev V, MacKenzie JA, Parsons PJ, Palmer CD, Roberts AA, Bendinskas K. Exposure to Arsenic and subclinical cardiovascular disease in 9–11-year-old children Syracuse, NY. JAMA Network Open, 6(6):e2321379, 2023.

4. Gump BB, Hruska B, Heffernan KS, Brann L, Hill DT, Voss MA, Labrie-Cleary C, MacKenzie JA, Woolf-King S, Maisto S, Bendinskas K. Race, cortisol, and subclinical cardiovascular disease in 9–11-year-old children. Health Psychology, 42(9): 657-667, 2023.

5. Arcidiacono D, Machia LV, Lefferts WK, Wolf D, Heffernan KS. Social Isolation and Subclinical Vascular Pathways to Cerebrovascular Disease. Biodemography and Social Biology, 68(1): 14-31, 2023. 

6. Cilhoroz B, DeBlois J, Lefferts W, Pagan Lassalle P, Keller A, Meyer ML, Stoner L, Heffernan KS. Exploration of Cerebral Hemodynamic Pathways through which Large Artery Function Affects Neurovascular Coupling in Young Women. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 9:914439, 2022.