Associate Physician
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Jeffrey A. Sparks, MD, MMSc is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School is Boston, Massachusetts.
He received his medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas and completed residency in Internal Medicine at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. Following residency, he completed fellowship in rheumatology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He received a Master of Medical Sciences degree in patient-oriented research from Harvard Medical School.
His research focuses on using patient-oriented and epidemiologic methods to evaluate the etiology, outcomes, and public health burden of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In particular, he performs studies to evaluate genetic, environmental, serologic, and familial risk factors for RA, clinical trials for RA prevention, and RA outcomes research focusing on the respiratory, metabolic, cardiovascular, and mortality burden of RA. He has analyzed the Nurses’ Health Studies, Brigham RA Sequential Study, Studies of the Etiology of RA, nationwide pharmacy claims data, and electronic medical record as well as clinical trials including the PRE-RA Family Study, CIRT, and StopRA.
He has served as the chair of the American College of Rheumatology’s Early Career Investigators Subcommittee with a focus on enabling trainees and junior faculty with the skills needed to succeed in research. He has received research awards from the National Institutes of Health and Rheumatology Research Foundation.
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Friday, April 28, 2023
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