Cynthia D. Morris, PhD, MPH Professor of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Professor of Medicine (Research), Division of Cardiology
Assistant Dean for Admissions, School of Medicine
Education PhD (1985) University of Washington
MPH (1982) University of Washington
BS (1979) Portland State University
BS (1977) Portland State University
Experience and Interests Dr. Morris is an associate professor of medicine and of public health and
preventive medicine at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland and holds
joint appointments in cardiology and nephrology. In addition, she is assistant
dean for admissions in the School of Medicine at OHSU. She received her PhD
from the University of Washington where her dissertation focussed on the long-term
clinical outcomes of surgical repair of congenital heart defects. Dr. Morris
has been on faculty at OHSU since 1984.
As an epidemiologist, Dr. Morris is interested in maternal and child health
and cardiology. She has additional expertise in nutritional epidemiology.
Dr. Morris directs an NIH-funded research group which focuses on the etiology
and long-term natural history of congenital heart disease. In 1982, she established
a population-based registry of all Oregon residents who have undergone congenital
heart defect surgery since 1958 which she continues to follow.
In addition, she has active research interests in the etiology of preeclampsia
and gestational hypertension and nonpharmacologic treatment of essential hypertension.
She was a principal investigator of the Calcium for Prevention of Preeclampsia
trial funded by NICHD. Dr. Morris also directs a data coordinating center
at OHSU for several large nutritional and pharmacologic trials.
Recent Publications (click below for a full list of publications)
Metz JA, Stern JS, Kris-Etherton P, Morris CD, Hatton DC, Oparil
S, Chait A, Haynes RB, Resnick LM, Pi-Sunyer FX, Clark S, McMahon
M, Holcomb S, Snyder GW, McCarron DA. Nutritional adequacy of
two cardiovascular risk-reducing diets. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med
(submitted).
Graham TP, Bernard YP, Mellen BG, Celermajer D, Baumgartner, Cetta
F, Connolly HM, Davidson WR, Delborg M, Foster E, Gersony WM,
Gessner IH, Hurwitz RA, Kaemmerer H, Kugler JD, Murphy DJ, Noonan
JA, Morris CD, Perloff JK, Sanders SP, Sutherland JL. Long-term
outcome in a congenitally corrected transposition of the great
arteries: a multi-institutional study. JACC 2000; 36:255-261.
Fields SA, Morris CD, Toffler WL, Keenan EJ. Early identification
of students at risk for poor academic performance in clinical
clerkships. Academic Medicine 2000; 75:S78-S80.
