Khurram Nasir

Khurram Nasir is a Visiting Professor at LSE Health, part of the London School of Economics and Political Science. He holds the William A. Zoghbi Centennial Chair in Cardiovascular Health and serves as Chief of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Wellness at Houston Methodist. Additionally, he is a Professor of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and Founding Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Computational Health & Precision Medicine (C3-PH). He co-leads the Houston Methodist-Rice Digital Health Institute, focusing on AI-driven innovations in healthcare.

• Expertise: Preventive Cardiology, Cardiovascular Risk, Coronary Artery Calcium, Digital Health, Precision Medicine
• Awards: 2013 Johns Hopkins Distinguished Alumni Award, 2020 Arthur S. Agatston Award, 2023 Asia Society Game Changer Award

His research, supported by three NIH R01 grants and a PCORI contract, emphasizes equitable population-level cardiovascular prevention. He leads pivotal studies like the Miami Heart Study and Pak-Sehat Study. With an h-index of 120 and 950+ publications, he ranks among the top 2% of globally cited scientists.