Virend Somers
Consultant, Division of Preventive Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine · Mayo Clinic
Credentials: · · ·
History
- Present
King Edward Hospital
Research
Sympathetic neural mechanisms in obstructive sleep apnea
Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1995 · First of 4 authors · 1,919 citations
Systematic review or meta-analysis · Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2007 · 1,386 citations
Sympathetic-nerve activity during sleep in normal subjects
New England Journal of Medicine · 1993 · First of 4 authors · 1,205 citations
97 papers
- AC
44 papers · 10 as a fellow
- AC
38 papers · 31 as a resident
36 papers · 15 as a fellow
30 papers · 23 as a fellow
28 papers
- AC
27 papers · 20 as a resident
21 papers · 1 as a resident
Grants
- 2026–2031
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $806.2K · Mayo Clinic Rochester
- 2024–2029
Community Based Genomic Medicine and Polygenic Scoring
National Human Genome Research Institute · R01
Contact PI · $1.7M · Mayo Clinic Rochester
- 2022–2027
Disrupted Sleep in Somali Americans – Implications for Hypertension Risk
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $3.1M · Mayo Clinic Rochester
- 1999–2024
Disease Mechanisms in Sleep Apnea
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · R01
Contact PI · $6.1M · Mayo Clinic Rochester
Clinical trials
- 2026–2028
A Study Of Synthetic THC And Sleep
Principal investigator · Not yet recruiting · Phase 2, Phase 3
Mayo Clinic
- 2026–2027
Synthetic THC And Blood Pressure
Principal investigator · Not yet recruiting · Phase 2, Phase 3
Mayo Clinic
- 2026–2027
- 2026