Dr. Sidney’s research interests include cardiovascular epidemiology and surveillance; hypertension, physical activity and fitness; health outcomes associated with cannabis use; and air pollution and cerebrovascular disease.

In 1983, Dr. Sidney helped launch - and has had an ongoing leadership role in-the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study, a landmark NHLBI-funded study of the evolution of cardiovascular risk and of subclinical and clinical cardiovascular disease starting from young adulthood. For more than 3 decades, he has been the Principal Investigator of the KPNC Oakland Field Center. Dr. Sidney also has played significant volunteer roles in local public health efforts, including 6 years as the Chair of the Alameda County Public Health Commission in Northern California. He is a Fellow of the American Heart Association and is the Chief Scientific Advisor to the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention. Dr. Sidney has authored or co-authored approximately 500 peer-reviewed scientific publications while at the Division of Research, primarily in the area of cardiovascular epidemiology.