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- Gary H. Gibbons, M.D.
Biography
Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., is Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he oversees the third largest institute at the NIH, with an annual budget of more than $3 billion and a staff of 917 federal employees.
The NHLBI provides global leadership for research, training, and education programs to promote the prevention and treatment of heart, lung, and blood diseases and enhance the health of all individuals so that they can live longer and more fulfilling lives.
Prior to being named director of the NHLBI, Gibbons served as a member of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council (NHLBAC) from 2009-2012. He was also a member of the NHLBI Board of Extramural Experts (BEE), a working group of the NHLBAC.
Before joining the NHLBI, Gibbons served as the founding director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, chairperson of the Department of Physiology, and professor of physiology and medicine at the Morehouse School of Medicine, in Atlanta.
Under his leadership of the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Gibbons directed NIH-funded research in the fields of vascular biology, genomic medicine, and the pathogenesis of vascular diseases. During his tenure, the Cardiovascular Research Institute emerged as a center of excellence, leading the way in discoveries related to the cardiovascular health of minority populations. Gibbons received several patents for innovations derived from his research in the fields of vascular biology and the pathogenesis of vascular diseases.
Gibbons earned his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in Princeton, N.J., and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Medical School in Boston. He completed his residency and cardiology fellowship at the Harvard-affiliated Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Prior to joining the Morehouse School of Medicine in 1999, Gibbons was a member of the faculty at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif., from 1990-1996, and at Harvard Medical School from 1996-1999.
Throughout his career, Gibbons has received numerous honors, including election to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences; selection as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Minority Faculty Development Awardee; selection as a Pew Foundation Biomedical Scholar; and recognition as an Established Investigator of the American Heart Association (AHA).
Director's Messages
As our nation, and the entire world, confronts the emergence and rapid spread of COVID-19, a respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the NHLBI is working with our federal...
Publications
Mensah GA, Kiley JP, Gibbons GH
J Allergy Clin Immunol.
2018 Sep 01;142(3):744-748.
Kiley JP, Gibbons GH
Chest
2017 Oct 01;152(4):698-699.
Gibbons GH
Circulation
2017 Aug 15;136(7):615-617.
Mensah GA, Goff DC, Gibbons GH
JAMA
2017 May 16;317(19):1955-1957.
Mensah GA, Galis ZS, Fine LJ, Garcia ME, Levy DF, Gibbons GH
Hypertension
2017 Jan 01;69(1):5-10.
Hoots WK, Kiley JP, Mockrin SC, Lauer M, Mensah GA, Patel Y, Cook NL, Patterson AP, Gibbons GH
Blood
2015 Apr 23;125(17):2733-5.
Lauer MS, Kiley JP, Mockrin SC, Mensah GA, Hoots WK, Patel Y, Cook NL, Patterson AP, Gibbons GH
Circulation
2015 Mar 24;131(12):1106-9.
Mensah GA, Kiley J, Mockrin SC, Lauer M, Hoots WK, Patel Y, Cook NL, Patterson AP, Gibbons GH.
Am J Public Health
2015 May 01;105(5):e25-8.
Lauer MS, Kiley JP, Mockrin SC, Mensah GA, Hoots WK, Patel Y, Cook NL, Patterson AP, Gibbons GH
J Am Coll Cardiol
2015 Mar 24;65(11):1130-3.
Kiley J, Mockrin S, Lauer M, Mensah GA, Hoots K, Patel Y, Cook NL, Patterson AP, Gibbons GH
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
2015 Mar 01;191(5):489-91.
Anderson LM, Gibbons GH.
J Clin Invest
2007 Feb 01;117(2):299-302.
Gibbons GH.
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich)
2004 Apr 01;6(4 Suppl 1):11-8.
Gibbons GH, Liew CC, Goodarzi MO, Rotter JI, Hsueh WA, Siragy HM, Pratt R, Dzau VJ.
Circulation
2004 Jun 29;109(25 Suppl 1):IV47-58.
Gibbons GH, Pollman MJ.
Circ Res
2000 May 26;86(10):1009-12.
Gibbons GH.
Am J Hypertens
1998 Nov 01;11(11 Pt 2):177S-181S.
Dzau VJ, Gibbons GH, Mann M, Braun-Dullaeus R.
Am J Cardiol
1997 Nov 06;80(9A):33I-39I.
Gibbons GH.
Drugs
1997 Jan 01;54(Suppl 5):1-11.
Gibbons GH.
Am J Cardiol.
1997 Mar 06;79(5A):3-8.
Gibbons GH.
Blood Press Suppl
1995 Jan 01;2:49-54.
Gibbons GH.
Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens
1995 Mar 01;4(2):189-96.
Gibbons GH.
J Heart Lung Transplant
1995 Nov 01;14(6 Pt 2):S149-58.
Morishita R, Gibbons GH, Dzau VJ.
J Interv Cardiol
1995 Aug 01;8(4):377-81.
Dzau VJ, Pratt R, Gibbons GH.
Drugs
1994 Jan 01;47(Suppl 4):1-13.
Dzau VJ, Gibbons GH, Morishita R, Pratt RE.
Hypertension
1994 Jun 01;23(6 Pt 2):1132-40.
Gibbons GH, Dzau VJ.
N Engl J Med
1994 May 19;330(20):1431-8.
Ma AO, Gibbons GH.
Curr Opin Cardiol
1994 Sep 01;9(5):598-605.
Dzau VJ, Gibbons GH.
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol
1993 Jan 01;21(Suppl 1):S1-5.
Dzau VJ, Gibbons GH, Cooke JP, Omoigui N.
Circulation
1993 Mar 01;87(3):705-19.
Dzau VJ, Morishita R, Gibbons GH.
Trends Biotechnol
1993 May 01;11(5):205-10.
Gibbons GH.
Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens
1993 Mar 01;2(2):291-8.
Lee PC, Gibbons GH, Dzau VJ.
Coron Artery Dis
1993 Mar 01;4(3):254-9.
Gibbons GH.
J Heart Lung Transplant
1992 May 01;11.(3 Pt 2):S22-7.
Dzau VJ, Gibbons GH, Pratt RE.
Hypertension
1991 Oct 01;18(4 Suppl):II100-5.
Dzau VJ, Gibbons GH.
Hypertension
1991 Nov 01;18(5 Suppl):III115-21.
Gibbons GH.
J Cardiovasc Pharmacol
1991 Jan 01;18(Suppl 7):S19-24.
Gibbons GH, Dzau VJ.
Cardiovasc Drugs Ther
1990 Feb 01;4(1):237-42.
Dzau VJ, Gibbons GH.
Am J Cardiol
1988 Oct 05;62(11):30G-35G.
Nabel EG, Gibbons GH, Dzau VJ.
Am J Kidney Dis
1985 Apr 01;5(4):A111-9.
Gibbons GH, Dzau VJ, Farhi ER, Barger AC.
Annu Rev Physiol
1984 Jan 01;46:291-308.
Dzau VJ, Gibbons GH, Levin DC.
Am J Nephrol
1983 Mar 01;3(2-3):172-84.
Morris AA, Zhao L, Patel RS, Jones DP, Ahmed Y, Stoyanova N, Gibbons GH, Vaccarino V, Din-Dzietham R, Quyyumi AA.
Metab Syndr Relat Disord
2012 Aug 01;Epub ahead of print.
Morris AA, Ahmed Y, Stoyanova N, Hooper WC, De Staerke C, Gibbons GH, Quyyumi A, Vaccarino V.
Psychosom Med
2012 Jun 01;74(5):483-8.
Ofori-Acquah SF, Buchanan ID, Osunkwo I, Manlove-Simmons J, Lawal F, Quarshie A, Quyyumi AA, Gibbons GH, Gee BE.
Anemia
2012 Jan 01;2012(156598).
Patel RS, Morris AA, Ahmed Y, Kavtaradze N, Sher S, Su S, Zafari AM, Din-Dzietham R, Waddy SP, Vaccarino V, Alexander RW, Gibbons GH, Quyyumi AA.
Am J Hypertens
2012 Jul 25;25(7):797-803.
Association between depression and inflammation--differences by race and sex: the META-Health study.
Morris AA, Zhao L, Ahmed Y, Stoyanova N, De Staercke C, Hooper WC, Gibbons GH, Din-Dzietham R, Quyyumi A, Vaccarino V.
Psychosom Med
2011 Jul 01;73(6):462-8.
Hendley Y, Zhao L, Coverson DL, Din-Dzietham R, Morris A, Quyyumi AA, Gibbons GH, Vaccarino V.
J Womens Health (Larchmt)
2011 Dec 01;20(12):1805-11.
Zhao X, Zhang Y, Li L, Mann D, Imig JD, Emmett N, Gibbons GH, Jin LM.
Am J Nephrol
2011 Jan 01;34(3):268-280.
Pan Q, Meng YX, Gibbons GH, Strayhorn G.
Qual Prim Care
2009 Jan 01;17(3):191-6.
Allocco DJ, Song Q, Gibbons GH, Ramoni MF, Kohane IS.
BMC Genomics
2007 Mar 10;8(68).
Clement CM, Thomas LK, Mou Y, Croslan DR, Gibbons GH, Ford BD.
J Vasc Res
2007 Jan 01;44(4):303-12.
Meng YX, Ford ES, Li C, Quarshie A, Al-Mahmoud AM, Giles W, Gibbons GH, Strayhorn G.
Clin Chem
2007 Dec 01;53(12):2152-9.
Song Q, Cole JW, O'Connell JR, Stine OC, Gallagher M, Giles WH, Mitchell BD, Wozniak MA, Stern BJ, Sorkin JD, McArdle PF, Naj AC, Xu Q, Gibbons GH, Kittner SJ.
Hum Mol Genet
2006 Aug 15;15(16):2468-78.
Zhang J, Zhong W, Cui T, Yang M, Hu X, Xu K, Xie C, Xue C, Gibbons GH, Liu C, Li L, Chen YE
Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol.
2006 Mar 01;26(3):e23-4.
Xiong C, Tang DQ, Xie CQ, Zhang L, Xu KF, Thompson WE, Chou W, Gibbons GH, Chang LJ, Yang LJ, Chen YE.
Stem Cells Dev
2005 Aug 01;14(4):367-77.
Igho-Pemu P, Quarshie A, Oduwole A, Lapu-Bula R, Mayberry R, Obialo C, Gibbons GH, Ofili E.
Ethn Dis
2005 Sep 01;15(4 Suppl 5):S5-120-3.
Campos AH, Zhao Y, Pollman MJ, Gibbons GH.
Circ Res
2003 Jan 10;92(1):111-8.
Davis, S. K., Y. Liu, Gibbons. GH.
Am J Public Health
2003 Mar 01;93(3):447–455.
Campos, A. H., W. Wang, Gibbons, GH.
Circ Res
2002 Nov 29;91(11):999-1006.
Hall JL, Gibbons GH, Chatham JC.
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab
2002 Sep 01;283(3):E465-71.
Morishita R, Gibbons GH, Kaneda Y, Zhang L, Ogihara T, Dzau VJ.
J Endocrinol
2002 Nov 01;175(2):475-85.
Hall JL, Wang X, Van Adamson, Zhao Y, Gibbons GH.
Circ Res
2001 Jun 22;88(12):1247-53.
Hall, J. L., J. C. Chatham, Gibbons. GH.
Diabetes
2001 May 01;50(5):1171-9.
Hall, J. L., C. M. Matter,Gibbons, GH.
Circ Res
2000 Sep 29;87(7):574-80.
Morishita R, Gibbons GH, Kaneda Y, Ogihara T, Dzau VJ.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
2000 Jul 05;273(2):666-74.
Tomita N, Morishita R, Tomita S, Gibbons GH, Zhang L, Horiuchi M, Kaneda Y, Higaki J, Ogihara T, Dzau VJ.
Gene Ther
2000 Aug 01;7(15):1326-32.
Pollman MJ, Naumovski L, Gibbons GH.
J Cell Physiol
1999 Mar 01;178(3):359-70.
Pollman MJ, Naumovski L, Gibbons GH.
Circulation
1999 Apr 20;99(15):2019-26.
Wang BY, Ho HK, Lin PS, Schwarzacher SP, Pollman MJ, Gibbons GH, Tsao PS, Cooke JP.
Circulation
1999 Mar 09;99(9):1236-41.
Morishita R, Gibbons GH, Horiuchi M, Kaneda Y, Ogihara T, Dzau VJ.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun
1998 Feb 13;243(2):361-7.
Inhibition of neointimal cell bcl-x expression induces apoptosis and regression of vascular disease.
Pollman, M. J., J. L. Hall, Gibbons, GH.
Nat Med
1998 Feb 01;4(2):222-7.
Tomita N, Horiuchi M, Tomita S, Gibbons GH, Kim JY, Baran D, Dzau VJ.
Am J Physiol
1998 Aug 01;275(2 Pt 2):F278-84.
Mann MJ, Gibbons GH, Tsao PS, von der Leyen HE, Cooke JP, Buitrago R, Kernoff R, Dzau VJ.
J Clin Invest
1997 Mar 15;99(6):1295–1301.
Diet F, Pratt RE, Berry GJ, Momose N, Gibbons GH, Dzau VJ.
Circulation
1996 Dec 01;94(11):2756-67.
Ellison KE, Bishopric NH, Webster KA, Morishita R, Gibbons GH, Kaneda Y, Sato B, Dzau VJ.
J Mol Cell Cardiol
1996 Jul 01;28(7):1385-99.
Pollman MJ, Yamada T, Horiuchi M, Gibbons GH.
Circ Res
1996 Oct 01;79(4):748-56.
Tirdel, G. B., Gibbons, GH.
Chest
1996 May 01;109(5):1380-2.
Mann MJ, Gibbons GH, Kernoff RS, Diet FP, Tsao PS, Cooke JP, Kaneda Y, Dzau VJ.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
1995 May 09;92(10):4502–4506.
Morishita R, Gibbons GH, Horiuchi M, Ellison KE, Nakama M, Zhang L, Kaneda Y, Ogihara T, Dzau VJ.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
1995 Jun 20;92(13):5855-9.
Ohno, M., J. P. Cooke, Gibbons, GH.
J Clin Invest
1995 Mar 01;95(3):1363-9.
von der Leyen HE, Gibbons GH, Morishita R, Lewis NP, Zhang L, Nakajima M, Kaneda Y, Cooke JP, Dzau VJ.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
1995 Feb 14;92(4):1137-41.
Morishita R, Gibbons GH, Kaneda Y, Ogihara T, Dzau V.
Gene
1994 Nov 04;149(1):13-9.
Morishita R, Gibbons GH, Pratt RE, Tomita N, Kaneda Y, Ogihara T, Dzau VJ.
J Clin Invest
1994 Aug 01;94(2):824–829.
Morishita R, Gibbons GH, Ellison KE, Lee W, Zhang L, Yu H, Kaneda Y, Ogihara T, Dzau VJ.
J Clin Invest
1994 Sep 01;94(3):978–984.
Morishita R, Gibbons GH, Ellison KE, Nakajima M, von der Leyen H, Zhang L, Kaneda Y, Ogihara T, Dzau VJ.
J Clin Invest
1994 Apr 01;93(4):1458-64.
Itoh H, Mukoyama M, Pratt RE, Gibbons GH, Dzau VJ.
J Clin Invest
1993 May 01;91(5):2268-74.
Koibuchi, Y., W. S. Lee,Gibbons, GH.
Hypertension
1993 Jun 01;21(6 Pt 2):1046-50.
Morishita R, Gibbons GH, Ellison KE, Nakajima M, Zhang L, Kaneda Y, Ogihara T, Dzau VJ.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA
1993 Sep 15;90(18):8474–8478.
Morishita R, Gibbons GH, Kaneda Y, Ogihara T, Dzau VJ.
J Clin Invest
1993 Jun 01;91(6):2580-5.
Morishita R, Gibbons GH, Kaneda Y, Ogihara T, Dzau VJ.
Hypertension
1993 Jun 01;21(6 Pt 2):894-9.
Ohno M, Gibbons GH, Dzau VJ, Cooke JP.
Circulation
;88(1):193-7.
Gibbons GH, Pratt RE, Dzau VJ.
Journal of Clinical Investigation
1992 Aug 01;90(2):456–461.
Awards
Convocation speaker
Morehouse School of Medicine
"Fruits of Excellence" Award
Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Meharry-Vanderbilt Shockley Lectureship
Named one of America’s Leading Doctors
Black Enterprise Magazine
Santiago Ramón y Cajal Award for Outstanding Research
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Health Braintrust
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences elected member
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences
Daniel Savage Scientific Award
Association of Black Cardiologists
Morehouse School of Medicine Outstanding Mentor Award
Morehouse School of Medicine
Ernest E. Just Symposium Award
National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers and the American Chemical Society Distinguished Scientist Award
International Society on Hypertension in Blacks Outstanding Scientist Award
Established Investigator Award
American Heart Association
Pew Biomedical Scholar
Pew Charitable Trusts
Baxter Foundation awardee
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Minority Faculty Development Fellowship awardee
Magna Cum Laude graduate
Harvard Medical School
Kaiser Foundation/National Medical Fellowship Merit Award
Harvard Medical School
Henry Asbury Christian Award for Notable Scholarship
Harvard Medical School
FEATURED Video
Dr. Gary Gibbons on past NHLBI advances and priorities for 2021
Dr. Gary Gibbons, director of NIH’s National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), discusses past advances and future priorities of NHLBI-funded research as 2020 comes to a close.
Dos líderes de los NIH llaman a sus comunidades a buscar de información verídica de fuentes confiables y promover la confianza en la ciencia para acabar con la COVID-19.
As the toll of illness and death from COVID-19 keeps rising across the country and continues to disproportionately affect racial and ethnic minorities, two NIH leaders are calling on their communities to get the facts and help build trust in science to turn the tide of the pandemic.
Data shows that African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans are disproportionally affected by COVID-19, both in rate of infections and deaths, and in the severity of disease.