Media contact: Anna Jones, ajones7@uab.edu
Elizabeth Jackson, M.D.
Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Disease
Areas of expertise:
- Cardiovascular disease
- Women's heart health
- Digital health trends and eHealth
- Preventive medicine
- Diabetes
- Health promotion
Jackson is the Inaugural Bourge Endowed Professor in Cardiovascular Disease and has lectured extensively on women’s health and cardiovascular prevention. She is a reviewer for several cardiovascular and internal medicine journals and is on the editorial board for Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes and ACC.org.
Her research interests are eHealth, cardiovascular prevention and behavioral interventions.
Media appearances:
- Almost half of Americans have heart or blood vessel disease, new report finds, NBC News
- Women less likely to be prescribed statins: What they can do to protect their heart health, Healthline