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Jackson State University
Jackson State
University
Tougaloo College
Tougaloo College
University of Mississippi Medical Center
University of Mississippi
Medical Center
G.A. Carmichael Family Health Center
G.A. Carmichael
Family Health Center
The University of Southern Mississippi
The University of
Southern Mississippi
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Wake Forest University
School of Medicine
Study Setting and Catchment Area:
Jackson, MS metropolitan statistical area (MSA)



The Jackson Heart Study (JHS) is a long-term, community-based study of over 5,300 Black and African American adults in the Jackson, Mississippi area — tracking heart health, life experiences, and medical outcomes to advance cardiovascular research and discovery.

NEWS & EVENTS

Welcome Investigators!

Data Documentation, Visualization, and Guidance for Data Access

JHS welcomes collaborative research by providing resources for data documentation, visualization, and guidance for data access. The For Researchers section is designed to assist researchers in exploring study materials and learn about opportunities to work with JHS data. After exploring the website if you are interested in requesting access to JHS data, please sign into the secure website or request a login account to submit a proposal or ancillary study.

  • Announcement

CC Summer Interns

Announcing our 2026 Summer Interns

The Jackson Heart Study Coordinating Center is excited to welcome our two CC Summer Interns, Za’yati Taylor and Tyler Railey. Za’yati, a Mathematics student at Winston-Salem State University, will support WFUSM JHS CC operations, scholarship, and other CC needs. Tyler, a Computer Science student at Tougaloo College, will support the CC Application Development Team with tracking system development, cybersecurity, and other CC needs. Click below to learn more and help us welcome them!


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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Life's Essential 8 and Risk of Severe COVID-19 Among Adults Without Clinical Cardiovascular Disease: The C4R Study

Plante TB, Sun Y, Balte PP, Lloyd-Jones D, Ning H, Allen N, et al.

J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Apr 27. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.125.048256. PMID: 42037457

Metabolomic Analysis of Coronary Heart Disease in an African American Cohort From the Jackson Heart Study

Cruz DE, Tahir UA, Hu J, Ngo D, Chen ZZ, Robbins JM, Katz D, et al.

JAMA Cardiol. 2022;7(2):184-194. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2021.4925. PMID: 34851361 PMCID: PMC8637385

Cigarette Smoking and Incident Stroke in Blacks of the Jackson Heart Study

Oshunbade AA, Yimer WK, Valle KA, Clark D 3rd, Kamimura D, White WB, et al.

J Am Heart Assoc. 2020;9(12):e014990. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.014990. PMID: 32517526 PMCID: PMC7429065

Associations of Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity With All-Cause and Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Among Black Adults in the Jackson Heart Study

Joseph JJ, Rajwani A, Roper D, Zhao S, Kline D, Odei J, Brock G, et al.

JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(10):e2238361. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.38361. PMID: 36282500 PMCID: PMC9597394

JHS Collaborators

Jackson State University Tougaloo College University of Mississippi Medical Center G.A. Carmichael Family Health Center The University of Southern Mississippi Wake Forest University School of Medicine