Biography: Erin D. Michos

Dr. Erin Michos is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, with joint appointment in the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is the Director of Women’s Cardiovascular Heath and Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology with the Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.

Dr. Michos is an internationally known expert in Preventive Cardiology and Women's Health and has authored over 350 publications. Her research has focused on (1) cardiovascular disease among women, (2) risk prediction using coronary artery calcium scores and inflammatory markers, (3) lipids and (4) vitamin D and supplements. She is an Associate Editor for Circulation and the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Dr. Michos is a co-investigator in the National Institute of Health-funded Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohorts. She is the Training Director for three American Heart Association Strategic Focused Research Networks at Johns Hopkins University. She is an honorary Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA), American College of Cardiology (FACC), American Society of Echocardiography (FASE), and the American Society of Preventve Cardiology (FASPC).

Dr. Michos completed medical school at Northwestern University and then completed both Internal Medicine residency and Cardiology fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She also completed her Masters of Health Science degree in Cardiovascular Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.