Dr. James (Jay) Everhart

DDDN
DIGESTIVE DISEASES PROGRAMS BRANCH
NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Building 2DEM, Room 655
6707 Democracy Blvd.
Bethesda, MD 20817
Tel: 301-594-8878
Fax: 301-480-8300
Email: everhartj@mail.nih.gov

Dr. James (Jay) Everhart

Current Position:

Director, Epidemiology and Data Systems Program, Division of Digestive Diseases and

Nutrition



Current Portfolio/Responsibilities:

Conducts independent scientific research, mostly with national surveys and longitudinal

cohort studies to study the risk factors for digestive diseases and their natural history;

Serves as project scientist on two multi-center studies:

Hepatitis C Antiviral Long Term Treatment Against Cirrhosis (HALT-C) Trial

Adult to Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Cohort Study (A2ALL);

Serves as Project Officer for contract to create Burden of Digestive Diseases report in

conjunction with the work of the National Commission on Digestive Diseases;

Serves as Project Scientist for the National Endoscopy Database/Clinical Outcomes

Research Initiative

Manages a grant portfolio in epidemiology of digestive and nutritional disorders;



Previous Training and Experience:

Medical Doctor 1980

Internal Medicine Residency 1980-1983

Master of Public Health 1984

Epidemiology Fellowship, NIDDK Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research

Branch 1984-1986

Medical Officer, Research, NIDDK 1986-Present



Committees/ Working Groups:
NIDDK representative to ClinicalTrials.Gov

NIDDK representative to Office of Medical Applications of Research

Member Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Biostatistics/Epidemiology/Research Design Subcommittee



Other Activities:

Board Certified in Internal Medicine 1984

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