Jim Walker

MD-MBA Student
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Kellogg School of Management
ex-Bain & Company

[nancyatheart @NancyatHeart]

From the bottom of my heart, thank you ❤️

[Jim Walker @Jim_Walker_]

@NMCardioVasc @NUPrevMed @NUFeinbergMed @FSMScholars

#AHA25 #SVI #LE8 #SDOH #Cardiology

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Inspired by the science and community at #AHA25!

Especially grateful to @NancyatHeart for her leadership of AHA and to @dmljmd for his mentorship.

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Grateful to collaborate with Emily Lam, Daniel Won, Cyanna McGowan, Lucia Juarez, Catarina Kiefe, Kiarri Kershaw, Hongyan Ning, and Donald Lloyd-Jones—and to the CARDIA participants, staff, and #NHLBI funders who make this work possible!

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Grateful to work with our great team: Dr. Hongyan Ning; Dr. Nori Allen; Dr. Amanda Marma Perak; Dr. Kelley Pettee Gabriel; and @dmljmd. Many thanks to CARDIA participants, staff, and funders.

@NUFeinbergMed @ResearchNU @NMCardioVasc @American_Heart

[Jim Walker @Jim_Walker_]

Thrilled to share our new study, led by @JamesW_Guo , MD, in JAMA Network Open! https://t.co/W5aMNnpBNe

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Findings: Each 10-point drop in LE8 from age ~25→~45 was linked to a 53% higher CVD risk.

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Proud to work with an outstanding team of co-authors!

@harrsha63109, Emmeline Ayers, @ChalmerRachel, @mboustan, @nicolefowler123, Diana Summanwar, @DrJoeVerghese, and @DRDDFRENCH.

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New in Public Health! 📢
We studied whether the 5-Cog paradigm—a brief, literacy-independent, culturally fair cognitive screen— is cost-effective in primary care.
🔗 https://t.co/qGOr4ZokiK

[Jim Walker @Jim_Walker_]

Together with evidence from prior RCT (Nat Med, 2024), these results support 5-Cog as an effective and cost-effective tool for early dementia detection in primary care.

#Dementia #CostEffectiveness #PrimaryCare

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@MattFeinsteinMD @IUMedSchool @IU_Health @IUSMDeptMed @saraj_pereira @IUCVInstitute Congrats Matt!! They're lucky to have you!

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Implication: older adults should focus on optimizing blood pressure and physical activity levels.

#CVH #AHA #Prevention

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Grateful for the thoughtful coverage of our @JAHA_AHA paper on #LifesEssential8 in older adults by @YahooNews, @MiamiHerald, @usnews, @Telegraph, @EMJReviews.

Big thanks to my incredible team: @dmljmd, Dr. Hongyan Ning, Daniel Won, and @RaviPatelMed!

https://t.co/ktGNKh7FTT

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Key differences between those with and without cardiovascular disease: blood pressure and physical activity.