Jeffery Hunter Young, M.D., M.H.S.

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  • Associate Professor of Medicine
Male

Expertise

Genetic Epidemiology, High Blood Pressure (Hypertension), Insulin Resistance, Internal Medicine ...read more

Research Interests

Insulin resistance; Hypertension; Novel risk factors for CVD; Genetic epidemiology ...read more

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The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance)

Appointment Phone: 410-616-7575
1800 Orleans St.
Sheikh Zayed Tower
Baltimore, MD 21287
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Background

Dr. J. Hunter Young is an associate professor of medicine and assistant professor of gynecology and obstetrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include genetic epidemiology, hypertension, insulin resistance and general internal medicine. Dr. Young holds a joint appointment in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Young received his M.D. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and completed his residency at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He performed two fellowships in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins.

His research interests include insulin resistance, hypertension, novel risk factors for CVD and genetic epidemiology.

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Titles

  • Associate Professor of Medicine
  • Assistant Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics

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Centers & Institutes

Education

Degrees

  • MD; University of Alabama at Birmingham (1994)

Residencies

  • Internal Medicine; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1997)

Fellowships

  • Internal Medicine; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1998)
  • Internal Medicine; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2000)

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine) (2020)

Research & Publications

Research Summary

Dr. Young’s research focuses on the genetic epidemiology and physiology of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors, especially hypertension, diabetes and obesity. Current activities include an observational study of hypertension among African Americans, a genetic epidemiology study of worldwide cardiovascular disease susceptibility patterns, and involvement in several population-based observational studies of cardiovascular and renal disease.

Selected Publications

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Young JH, Ng D, Ibe C, Weeks K, Brotman DJ, Dy SM, Brancati FL, Levine DM, Klag MJ. “Access to care, treatment ambivalence, medication nonadherence, and long-term mortality among severely hypertensive African Americans: A prospective cohort study.” J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2015 Aug;17(8):614-21. doi: 10.1111/jch.12562. Epub 2015 Apr 29.

Hayward E, Ibe C, Young JH, Potti K, Jones P 3rd, Pollack CE, Gudzune KA. “Linking social and built environmental factors to the health of public housing residents: a focus group study.” BMC Public Health. 2015 Apr 10;15:351. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1710-9.

Everett AS, Reese J, Coughlin J, Finan P, Smith M, Fingerhood M, Berkowitz S, Young JH, Johnston D, Dunbar L, Zollinger R, Ju J, Reuland M, Strain EC, Lyketsos C. “Behavioural health interventions in the Johns Hopkins Community Health Partnership: integrated care as a component of health systems transformation.” Int Rev Psychiatry. 2014 Dec;26(6):648-56. doi: 10.3109/09540261.2014.979777.

Zhu X, Feng T, Tayo BO, Liang J, Young JH, Franceschini N, Smith JA, Yanek LR, Sun YV, Edwards TL, Chen W, Nalls M, Fox E, Sale M, Bottinger E, Rotimi C; COGENT BP Consortium, Liu Y, McKnight B, Liu K, Arnett DK, Chakravati A, Cooper RS, Redline S. “Meta-analysis of correlated traits via summary statistics from GWASs with an application in hypertension.” Am J Hum Genet. 2015 Jan 8;96(1):21-36. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.11.011. Epub 2014 Dec 11.

Nwabuo CC, Dy SM, Weeks K, Young JH. “Factors associated with appointment non-adherence among African-Americans with severe, poorly controlled hypertension.” PLoS One. 2014 Aug 14;9(8):e103090. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103090. eCollection 2014.

Juraschek SP, Bower JK, Selvin E, Subash Shantha GP, Hoogeveen RC, Ballantyne CM, Young JH. “Plasma lactate and incident hypertension in the atherosclerosis risk in communities study.” Am J Hypertens. 2015 Feb;28(2):216-24. doi: 10.1093/ajh/hpu117. Epub 2014 Jul 3.

Gaskin DJ, Thorpe RJ Jr, McGinty EE, Bower K, Rohde C, Young JH, Laveist TA, Dubay L. Disparities in Diabetes: The Nexus of Race, Poverty, and Place. Am J Public Health. 2013 Nov 14. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24228660

Juraschek SP, Selvin E, Miller ER, Brancati FL, Young JH. Plasma lactate and diabetes risk in 8045 participants of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Ann Epidemiol. 2013 Dec;23(12):791-796.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.09.005. Epub 2013 Oct 5. PMID: 24176820 

Franceschini N, Fox E, Zhang Z, Edwards TL, Nalls MA, Sung YJ, Tayo BO, Sun YV, Gottesman O, Adeyemo A, Johnson AD, Young JH, Rice K, Duan Q, Chen F, Li Y, Tang H, Fornage M, Keene KL, Andrews JS, Smith JA, Faul JD, Guangfa Z, Guo W, Liu Y, Murray SS, Musani SK, Srinivasan S, Velez Edwards DR, Wang H, Becker LC, Bovet P, Bochud M, Broeckel U, Burnier M, Carty C, Chasman DI, Ehret G, Chen WM, Chen G, Chen W, Ding J, Dreisbach AW, Evans MK, Guo X, Garcia ME, Jensen R, Keller MF, Lettre G, Lotay V, Martin LW, Moore JH, Morrison AC, Mosley TH, Ogunniyi A, Palmas W, Papanicolaou G, Penman A, Polak JF, Ridker PM, Salako B, Singleton AB, Shriner D, Taylor KD, Vasan R, Wiggins K, Williams SM, Yanek LR, Zhao W, Zonderman AB, Becker DM, Berenson G, Boerwinkle E, Bottinger E, Cushman M, Eaton C, Nyberg F, Heiss G, Hirschhron JN, Howard VJ, Karczewsk KJ, Lanktree MB, Liu K, Liu Y, Loos R, Margolis K, Snyder M; Asian Genetic Epidemiology Network Consortium, Psaty BM, Schork NJ, Weir DR, Rotimi CN, Sale MM, Harris T, Kardia SL, Hunt SC, Arnett D, Redline S, Cooper RS, Risch NJ, Rao DC, Rotter JI, Chakravarti A, Reiner AP, Levy D, Keating BJ, Zhu X. Genome-wide association analysis of blood-pressure traits in African-ancestry individuals reveals common associated genes in African and non-African populations. Am J Hum Genet. 2013 Sep 5;93(3):545-54. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.07.010. Epub 2013 Aug 22. PMID: 23972371 

Matsushita K, Williams EK, Mongraw-Chaffin ML, Coresh J, Schmidt MI, Brancati FL, Hoogeveen RC, Ballantyne CM, Young JH. The association of plasma lactate with incident cardiovascular outcomes: the ARIC Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Aug 1;178(3):401-9. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwt002. Epub 2013 Jun 30. PMID: 23817916 

Luft VC, Schmidt MI, Pankow JS, Couper D, Ballantyne CM, Young JH, Duncan BB. Chronic inflammation role in the obesity-diabetes association: a case-cohort study. Diabetol Metab Syndr. 2013 Jun 27;5(1):31. doi: 10.1186/1758-5996-5-31. PMID: 23806173

Lazo M, Young JH, Brancati FL, Coresh J, Whelton S, Ndumele CE, Hoogeveen R, Ballantyne CM, Selvin E. NH2-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and risk of diabetes. Diabetes. 2013 Sep;62(9):3189-93. doi: 10.2337/db13-0478. Epub 2013 Jun 3. PMID: 23733199 

Shantha GP, Wasserman B, Astor BC, Coresh J, Brancati F, Sharrett AR, Young JH. Association of blood lactate with carotid atherosclerosis: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Carotid MRI Study. Atherosclerosis. 2013 May;228(1):249-55. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.02.014. Epub 2013 Feb 28. PMID: 23510829

Matic AI, Robinson AM, Young HK, Badofsky B, Rajguru SM, Stock S, Richter CP. Behavioral and electrophysiological responses evoked by chronic infrared neural stimulation of the cochlea. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e58189. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058189. Epub 2013 Mar 7. PMID: 23505466

Juraschek SP, Shantha GP, Chu AY, Miller ER 3rd, Guallar E, Hoogeveen RC, Ballantyne CM, Brancati FL, Schmidt MI, Pankow JS, Young JH. Lactate and risk of incident diabetes in a case-cohort of the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e55113. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055113. Epub 2013 Jan 30. PMID: 23383072 

Ganesh SK, Tragante V, Guo W, Guo Y, Lanktree MB, Smith EN, Johnson T, Castillo BA, Barnard J, Baumert J, Chang YP, Elbers CC, Farrall M, Fischer ME, Franceschini N, Gaunt TR, Gho JM, Gieger C, Gong Y, Isaacs A, Kleber ME, Mateo Leach I, McDonough CW, Meijs MF, Mellander O, Molony CM, Nolte IM, Padmanabhan S, Price TS, Rajagopalan R, Shaffer J, Shah S, Shen H, Soranzo N, van der Most PJ, Van Iperen EP, Van Setten J, Vonk JM, Zhang L, Beitelshees AL, Berenson GS, Bhatt DL, Boer JM, Boerwinkle E, Burkley B, Burt A, Chakravarti A, Chen W, Cooper-Dehoff RM, Curtis SP, Dreisbach A, Duggan D, Ehret GB, Fabsitz RR, Fornage M, Fox E, Furlong CE, Gansevoort RT, Hofker MH, Hovingh GK, Kirkland SA, Kottke-Marchant K, Kutlar A, Lacroix AZ, Langaee TY, Li YR, Lin H, Liu K, Maiwald S, Malik R; CARDIOGRAM, METASTROKE, Murugesan G, Newton-Cheh C, O'Connell JR, Onland-Moret NC, Ouwehand WH, Palmas W, Penninx BW, Pepine CJ, Pettinger M, Polak JF, Ramachandran VS, Ranchalis J, Redline S, Ridker PM, Rose LM, Scharnag H, Schork NJ, Shimbo D, Shuldiner AR, Srinivasan SR, Stolk RP, Taylor HA, Thorand B, Trip MD, van Duijn CM, Verschuren WM, Wijmenga C, Winkelmann BR, Wyatt S, Young JH, Boehm BO, Caulfield MJ, Chasman DI, Davidson KW, Doevendans PA, Fitzgerald GA, Gums JG, Hakonarson H, Hillege HL, Illig T, Jarvik GP, Johnson JA, Kastelein JJ, Koenig W; LifeLines Cohort Study, März W, Mitchell BD, Murray SS, Oldehinkel AJ, Rader DJ, Reilly MP, Reiner AP, Schadt EE, Silverstein RL, Snieder H, Stanton AV, Uitterlinden AG, van der Harst P, van der Schouw YT, Samani NJ, Johnson AD, Munroe PB, de Bakker PI, Zhu X, Levy D, Keating BJ, Asselbergs FW. Loci influencing blood pressure identified using a cardiovascular gene-centric array. Hum Mol Genet. 2013 Apr 15;22(8):1663-78. doi: 10.1093/hmg/dds555. Epub 2013 Jan 8. Erratum in: Hum Mol Genet. 2013 Aug 15;22(16):3394-5. Van Setten, Jessic A [corrected to Van Setten, Jessica]. PMID: 23303523

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