Harvard Catalyst Profiles

Georgetown University, Washington DC	BS	06/1990	Chemistry
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore	MPH	06/1995	International Health
Georgetown University, Washington DC	MD	06/1996	Medicine
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston	MSc	06/2001	Clinical Epidemiology
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston		06/2004	Cardiovascular Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston		07/05	Echocardiography

Dr. Aruna D. Pradhan is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, associate physician in the Division of Preventive Medicine (DPM), Brigham and Women’s Hospital and staff cardiologist in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, VA Boston Healthcare System. Dr. Pradhan’s research focus over the past 15 years has been the evaluation of novel inflammatory and lipid biomarkers and novel drug therapy in type 2 diabetes (T2D), coronary and peripheral artery disease (PAD). She is or has been the recipient of numerous research grants sponsored by the American Heart Association, National Institutes of Health and industry. She is currently Principal Investigator of several large ongoing studies serving as co-Principal Investigator of the multinational PROMINENT trial of pemafibrate to reduce cardiovascular events in T2D patients with hypertriglyceridemia. Dr. Pradhan is Immediate-Past Chair of the American Heart Association’s Council on Peripheral Vascular Diseases. She completed her cardiovascular medicine fellowship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2004 and subspecialty training in echocardiography at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 2005.