A third study, which began nearly 30 years ago and is still ongoing, looks at dietary factors such as animal protein, as well as salt, that contribute to high blood pressure.
“I remember being an old man in his 70s and there were criticisms about whether the project could complete five years.” Dr. Philip GreenlandA professor in Northwestern’s department of preventive medicine said in an interview. “Then the grant application had multiple renewals and was 95 years old at the last renewal.”
Jeremiah Stamler was born on October 27, 1919, in Brooklyn and grew up in West Orange, NJ. His parents – dentist George Stamler and teacher Rose (Baras) Stamler – had emigrated from Russia.
After earning his BA from Columbia University, he earned his medical degree from Long Island School of Medicine (now SUNY Downstate). Health Sciences University) was born in Brooklyn in 1943 and also interned at Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn. He served as a radiologist in the Army in Bermuda and began his career at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, where he is a senior cardiology researcher, Dr. He worked with Louis Katz.
“Dr. Katz asked me, ‘Why do you want to go research?’ said,” Dr. Stamler told The Tribune. “‘You never win. When you first discover something, people will say, “I don’t believe it.” Then you do more research and verify that and they say, “Yes, but”. …” Then you do more research, you verify more, and they say, “I always knew that.”’ And he was right.
In the late 1950s, Dr. Stamler joined both the Chicago Board of Health and Northwestern as a part-time professor of medicine. In 1965, when he was director of the board’s heart disease control program, he was subpoenaed to testify by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Accused of being part of an underground Communist Party in the 1950s, he refused to testify or accept the Fifth Amendment, as many other witnesses did. Instead, he made a statement saying that he was a devoted American.