Emily Lau, MD, MPH

Dr. Emily Lau is a women’s cardiovascular health specialist and investigator at Mass General Brigham. Dr. Lau is the Co-Director of the Mass General Brigham Women’s Heart Health Program. Dr. Lau’s laboratory focuses on understanding how biologic sex differences and female-specific cardiovascular risk factors contribute to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease uniquely in women. She leads a clinical-translational research program that applies multi-dimensional molecular profiling (multi-omics), imaging, exercise physiology, and data science to large scale cohorts, electronic health record data, and patient-oriented studies to advance mechanistic understanding of women’s cardiovascular health and disease. Dr. Lau’s research is supported by the NIH/NHLBI, American Heart Association, the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, and the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute.