Assistant Professor
Associate Director, Ultrasound Research Lab
Department of Epidemiology
130 Parran Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Voice: 412-624-3478
E-mail: barinas@edc.pitt.edu

Research Interests

• Nontraditional Risk Factors Related to Cardiovascular Disease in Women
• The role of islet cell autoimmunity in Type 2 diabetes
• Application of subclinical CVD methodology in various areas of research

Research Support

Co-Investigator


• Epidemiology of Islet Cell Autoimmunity in NIDDM (NIDDK) 2001-2010 (PI: M. Pietropaolo)
• Biochemical Heterogeneity in Morbidly Obese Women in the WHI Observational study(NHLBI) 2006-2009 (PI:R. Mackey)
• Clinical Trial to Reverse Early Arterial Stiffening (NHLBI) 2006-2010 (PI: K. Sutton-Tyrrell)
• Biobehavioral Studies of Cardiovascular Disease (NHLBI) 2007-2012 (PI: SB Manuck)
• Epidemiology of CHD of Men Aged 40+ in US, Hawaii, Japan (NHLBI) 2008- 2012 (PI: A. Sekikawa)
• Advanced Glycation End Products in Lupus: A Risk Factor for CVD? (NIAMS) 2008-2013 (PI: K.M. McKinnon)
• Study of Women's Health Across the Nation - Coordinating Center (NIA) 2009- 2011 (PI: K. Sutton-Tyrrell)

Education & Training

• Bryn Mawr College - B.A. Chemistry, 1991
• University of Pittsburgh - PhD Epidemiology, 1998
• University of Pittsburgh – Post-doctoral fellowship on NHLBI Cardiovascular Training Grant, 1998-2001

Selected Publications

Whipple MO, Lewis TT, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Matthews KA, Barinas-Mitchell E, Powell LH, and Everson-Rose SA. Hopelessness, depressive symptoms and carotid atherosclerosis in women: the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) Heart Study. Stroke 2009 (In Press).

Rhew EY, Manzi SM, Dyer AR, Kao AH, Danchenko N, Barinas-Mitchell E, Sutton-Tyrrell K, McPherson DD, Pearce W, Edmundowicz D, Kondos GT, Ramsey-Goldman R. Differences in subclinical cardiovascular disease between African American and Caucasian women with systemic lupus erythematosus. Transl Res 2009;153(2):51-9.

Libman, IM, Barinas-Mitchell, E, Bartucci, A, Arslanian, S. Reproducibility of the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) in Overweight Children: Does It Provide Meaningful Information? J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2008;93(11):4231-7. PMCID: PMC2582565

Pietropaolo M, Barinas-Mitchell E, Kuller LH. Heterogeneity of Diabetes Mellitus. Unraveling a Dispute: Is Systemic Inflammation Related to Islet Autoimmunity? Diabetes 2007; 56:1189-1197.

Barinas-Mitchell E, Kuller LH, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Hegazzi R, Harper P, Mancino J, Kelley DE. Effect of Weight Loss and Nutritional Intervention on Arterial Stiffness in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes Care 2006;29:2218-2222.

Barinas-Mitchell E, Kuller L, Pietropaolo S, Zhang Y-J, Henderson T, Pietropaolo M. The Prevalence of GAD65 Autoantibodies by Glucose Tolerance Status in Elderly Patients from the Cardiovascular Health Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006;91:2871-2877.

Mattar SG, Velcu LM, Rabinovitz M, Demetris AJ, Krasinskas AM, Barinas-Mitchell E, Eid GM, Ramanathan R, Taylor DS, Schauer PR. Surgically-Induced Weight Loss Significantly Improves Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and the Metabolic Syndrome. Annals of Surgery 2005;242(4):610-7.

Barinas-Mitchell E, Pietropaolo S, Zhang Y-J, Henderson T, Trucco M, Kuller L, Pietropaolo M. Islet cell autoimmunity in a Triethnic Adult Population of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III. Diabetes 2004;53: 1293-1302.

Schauer PR, Burguera B, Ikramuddin S, Cottam D, Gourash W, Hamad G, Eid GM, Mattar S, Ramanathan R, Barinas-Mitchell E, Rao RH, Kuller L, Kelley D. The Effect of Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass (LGBP) on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Annals of Surgery 2003:238:467-485.

Barinas-Mitchell E, Cushman M, Meilahn EN, Tracy RP, Kuller LH. Associations between C-Reactive Protein, Obesity, Weight Gain, and Hormone Replacement Therapy in Healthy Post-Menopausal Women. American Journal of Epidemiology 2001;153:1094-1101.

Pietropaolo M, Barinas-Mitchell E, Pietropaolo SL, Kuller LH, Trucco M. Evidence of Islet Cell Autoimmunity in Elderly Patients With Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes 2000;49:32-38.

LaPorte RE, Barinas E, Chang Y-F, Libman I. Global Epidemiology and Public Health in the 21st Century: Applications of New Technologies. Annals of Epidemiology 1996;6:162-167.

Aaron DJ, Sekikawa A, Libman IM, Iochida L, Barinas-Mitchell E, LaPorte RE. Telepreventive medicine. MD Computing 1996;13(4):335-338.

Tull ES, Barinas E, for the Pittsburgh Diabetes Epidemiology Research International (DERI) Study Group. A two fold excess mortality among black compared with white IDDM patients. Diabetes Care 1996;19(12):1344-1347.

Diabetes Epidemiology Research International (DERI) Mortality Study Group (Prepared by Emma Barinas). An International Analysis of IDDM Mortality: A Preventable Mortality Perspective. American Journal of Epidemiology 1995;142(6):612-618.