Dr. Young’s work 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.

Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology

Genetics

Physiology

NEAIMC Scholarship, Full tuition medical school scholarship awarded for academic achievement

Barton Scholarship, Medical school scholarship for academic achievement 1992

Barton Scholarship, Medical school scholarship for academic achievement 1993

Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical School honor society

The Daniel Baker, Jr. Award. Medical Housestaff award for outstanding performance during residency

Finalist, Junior Faculty Clinical Research Award. Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine 2002.

Winner, population science poster competition, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2003.

Coresh J,Longenecker JL, Miller III, Young HJ, Klag ML, Epidemiology of cardiovascular Risk Factors in Chronic Renal Disease. J Am Soc Nephrol. 1998;9: S24-S30.

Klag MJ, Wang N-Y, Mead LA, Brancati FL, Cooper-Patrick L, Liang K-Y, Young JH, Ford DE: Coffee intake and risk of hypertension: The Johns Hopkins Precursors Study. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2002;162(6):657-62

Young JH, Klag MJ, Munter P, Pahor M, Coresh J. Blood Pressure and Decline in Kidney Function: Findings from the Systolic Hypertension In the Elderly Program (SHEP). Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2002; 13:2776-2782.

Young JH, Parler P, Bristol B, Klag MJ. Hypertension in rural Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia. The Journal of Human Hypertension, 2004; epub ahead of print.