Akira Sekikawa
Physician · University of Colorado School of Medicine
Credentials: · · ·
History
- 2025–2028
Residency
- 2021–2025
Doctor of Medicine
Research
Diabetes Care · 1999 · Last of 6 authors · 936 citations
Cardiovascular disease and risk factors in Asia: a selected review
Review · Circulation · 2008 · 591 citations
Vegetarian diets and blood pressure: a meta-analysis
Systematic review or meta-analysis · JAMA Internal Medicine · 2014 · 329 citations
- LK
72 papers
- AF
46 papers

42 papers

37 papers
- BW
26 papers
- JC
24 papers

14 papers

10 papers · 8 as a resident
Grants
- 2026–2030
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases · R01
PI · $417.9K · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
- 2024–2029
7T Vascular and Molecular Imaging of SVD: Sex, Equol, and Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
National Institute on Aging · R01
PI · $2.1M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
- 2008–2029
Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training Program
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · T32
Contact PI · $2.9M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
- 2024–2028
Integrative Model of Metabolomics, Equol and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (IMMEA)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $2M · University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh
Clinical trials
- 2023–2027
Effect of Equol Supplementation on Arterial Stiffness and Cognition in Healthy Volunteers
Principal investigator · Active not recruiting · Phase 2
Akira Sekikawa
- 2003–2008
Epidemiology of Coronary Heart Disease in Men Aged 40 and Over
Principal investigator · Completed
University of Pittsburgh

