Paul M. Ridker (born 1959) is a cardiovascular epidemiologist and biomedical researcher. He is currently the Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine at Harvard University and Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he directs the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. Ridker also holds an appointment as Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Ridker's research has provided proof-of-principle for the inflammation hypothesis of atherosclerosis, the first FDA approved diagnostic test for vascular inflammation, and the first proven anti-inflammatory treatment for coronary artery disease. He is among the most cited researchers in cardiovascular medicine in the world and has an H-index above 220. Source: Wikipedia (en)