- M.D., University of Vermont College of Medicine
- M.H.S., Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- B.A., Zoology, University of Vermont
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital
- Fellowship, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine
- Fellowship, Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Member, Laboratory for Clinical Biochemistry Research (LCBR)
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Areas of expertise
cardiovascular disease, epidemiology, recruitment, science, preventive medicine, internal medicine.
BIO
Tim Plante is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Larner College of Medicine. A cardiovascular disease epidemiologist and internal medicine physician, his research focuses on (1) Elucidating the origins of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in general and hypertension specifically in order to move the needle forward on preventive medicine, (2) The conduct of clinical trials with a focus on improving recruitment of underrepresented groups, and (3) Improving the quality of out-of-office health measurements, and specifically blood pressure measurements. Dr. Plante is a member of the UVM LCBR, where he is a co-investigator of the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) cohort study. He is the PI of the American Heart Association-funded Digital Advertisements for Inclusive Trial Accrual (DAITA) project, which was founded as a part of the Johns Hopkins-UVM Improving Participation Among Diverse Populations in Cardiovascular Clinical Trials (IMPACT) center. He serves as a member of the Validated Device Listing (VDL) group, which reviews the quality of validation studies for commercially-available blood pressure measuring devices. The VDL's reviews and recommendations are then used to populate the American Medical Association's ValidateBP.org website.
Publications
Bio
Tim Plante is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Larner College of Medicine. A cardiovascular disease epidemiologist and internal medicine physician, his research focuses on (1) Elucidating the origins of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in general and hypertension specifically in order to move the needle forward on preventive medicine, (2) The conduct of clinical trials with a focus on improving recruitment of underrepresented groups, and (3) Improving the quality of out-of-office health measurements, and specifically blood pressure measurements. Dr. Plante is a member of the UVM LCBR, where he is a co-investigator of the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) cohort study. He is the PI of the American Heart Association-funded Digital Advertisements for Inclusive Trial Accrual (DAITA) project, which was founded as a part of the Johns Hopkins-UVM Improving Participation Among Diverse Populations in Cardiovascular Clinical Trials (IMPACT) center. He serves as a member of the Validated Device Listing (VDL) group, which reviews the quality of validation studies for commercially-available blood pressure measuring devices. The VDL's reviews and recommendations are then used to populate the American Medical Association's ValidateBP.org website.
Publications
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- Plante TB, Juraschek SP, Howard G, Howard VJ, Tracy RP, Olson NC, Judd SE, Kamin Mukaz D, Zakai NA, Long DL, Cushman M. Cytokines, C-Reactive Protein, and Risk of Incident Hypertension in the REGARDS Study. Hypertension. 2024 Jun;81(6):1244-1253. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.123.22714. Epub 2024 Mar 15. PMID: 38487890; PMCID: PMC11095906.
- Stoutenburg EG, Bravo MC, Howard VJ, Judd SE, Long DL, Plante TB. Factor IX and incident hypertension in Black and White adults: the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke cohort. J Hypertens. 2025 Aug 1;43(8):1373-1380. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000004045. Epub 2025 May 14. PMID: 40366089; PMCID: PMC12259362.
- Plante TB, Sun Y, Balte PP, Lloyd-Jones D, Ning H, Allen N, Mongraw-Chaffin M, Pettee Gabriel K, Xanthakis V, Norwood AF, Gonzalez S, Sotres-Alvarez D, Talavera GA, Daviglus ML, Talegawkar SA, Kandula N, Elkind MSV, Rundek T, Gutierrez J, Levitan EB, Cushman M, Judd SE, Wang HE, Zakai NA, Howard VJ, Pamir N, Safford MM, Kamin Mukaz D, Fretts AM, Juraschek SP, Oelsner EC. Life's Essential 8 and Risk of Severe COVID-19 Among Adults Without Clinical Cardiovascular Disease: The C4R Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Jun 2;15(11):e048256. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.125.048256. Epub 2026 Apr 27. PMID: 42037457.
- Harry T, Hussain Z, Cao J, Turkson-Ocran RN, Juraschek SP, Michos ED, Miller HN, Lahey TP, Plante TB, Feng Y. Randomized Comparison of Online Motivational Themes in Clinical Trial Recruitment. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2025 Dec;18(12):e012945. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.125.012945. Epub 2025 Nov 7. PMID: 41201904; PMCID: PMC12704661.
- Plante TB, Koh I, Judd SE, Howard G, Howard VJ, Zakai NA, Booth JN 3rd, Safford MM, Muntner P, Cushman M. Life's Simple 7 and Incident Hypertension: The REGARDS Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Oct 20;9(19):e016482. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.016482. Epub 2020 Sep 15. PMID: 32928039; PMCID: PMC7792383.