Robert Kaplan, Ph.D.

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Dr. Robert Kaplan Ph.D.
faculty member

Robert Kaplan, Ph.D.

Professor, Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutch

Professor
Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutch

Mail Stop: M4-B874
Office: M4-C807

Dr. Robert Kaplan is an epidemiologist and population health scientist. He specializes in cardiometabolic diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke, diabetes and insulin-like growth factor-related outcomes; lifestyle factors that impact health, such as smoking, physical activity and sedentary behavior; and the influence of the human microbiome and metabolome on cardiometabolic diseases. He also has expertise in noncommunicable diseases and aging-related outcomes among adults with long-standing HIV infection and other infections, including hepatitis C. Dr. Kaplan is also interested in health disparities and the health of Hispanic/Latino populations; he, along with collaborators from six other institutes and research centers across the country, is part of the largest long-term study of Hispanics ever conducted in the U.S.

Other Appointments & Affiliations

Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Education

Ph.D., University of Washington, 2000

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