Paul Ridker
Paul M. Ridker is a medical researcher and the Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine at Harvard University. He is also on staff at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Ridker was included in TIME magazine's list of 100 most influential people of 2004. Previously, TIME and CNN named Dr. Ridker as one of "America’s Best in Science and Medicine". He is responsible for the clinical development of high sensitivity C Reactive Protein (hsCRP), a marker of inflammation, that is used to evaulate the risk of heart attack and stroke.
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- Listing on Brigham and Women's Hospital website
- Harvard research website
- TIME/CNN article "America’s Best - Science and Medicine"."
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