Harlan Krumholz is a Harold H. Hines, Jr., Professor of Medicine, founder and director of the Yale New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, and incoming editor-in-chief of JACC. A cardiologist, Krumholz is a pioneering outcomes researcher and highly cited medical researcher, with over 1600 scientific articles. He has developed transformative strategies to measure and improve health care quality, patient outcomes, and health equity; promote open science and transform research processes; support patient engagement and empowerment; and apply digital technologies and computational approaches to accelerate clinical care and research progress. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, distinguished scientist of the American Heart Association, and founding governor of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Krumholz co-founded the Yale University Open Data Access Project, medRxiv, and data technology companies Hugo Health, Refactor Health, and Ensight-AI.
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The first drug in a class known as GLP-1 agonists was approved in 2005 to treat diabetes. GLP-1 drugs subsequently proved their mettle to treat obesity and prevent major cardi...