Stephen Sidney, MD, MPH, is the Director of Research Clinics and a senior research scientist with the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from Yale University, a medical degree from Stanford University, and a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley. 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.
Current Positions
- Research Scientist III, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
- Director of Research Clinics, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Section Affiliations
Primary Research Interests
- Cardiovascular disease
- Physical activity and fitness
- Obesity
- Acute coronary syndrome
- Cerebrovascular disease
