ProfessorMedicine Adjunct ProfessorEpidemiology Related Links: Research ActivitiesFaculty Information Biography Education & Training: MDUniversity of Pittsburgh, School of MedicinePittsburgh, PA1975–1979 Internship and Residency in Internal MedicineUniversity of Chicago Hospitals and ClinicsChicago, IL1979–1982 MPHUniversity of Washington, School of Public HealthSeattle, WA1982–1984 Honors: Alpha Omega Alpha1979 Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program Fellowship1982–1984 Career Development Award, National Foundation for Ileitis and Colitis1986–1989 Marquis Who's Who in the West1989 Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering1995 Marquis Who’s Who in America1996 Best Doctors in America2003 UWMC Award for Outstanding Mentorship2004 Gold Star Reviewer, Diabetes Care2004 American Diabetes Association Kelly M. West Award2013 Contact Email: eboyko@uw.edu Research & Clinical Interests Research Interests: Edward J. Boyko, MD, MPH, is a Staff Physician at VA Puget Sound Health Care System and a Professor of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at UW. His research program focuses on the epidemiology of chronic illnesses, in particular type 2 diabetes risk factors and complications. He has held national and international positions including Associate Editor of Diabetes Care and the American Journal of Epidemiology; Chair of the NIH Kidney, Nutrition, Obesity, and Diabetes (KNOD) study section; and President of the International Diabetes Epidemiology Group. He recently served as Scientific Programme Chair of the 2019 International Diabetes Federation Meeting held in Busan, Korea, and he currently serves as Co-Chair of the International Diabetes Federation Atlas 10th Edition. He has received two mentorship awards from UW in recognition of his work in developing the careers of over 60 mentees. Dr. Boyko currently leads several ongoing research projects. He is the Chair of CSP #505: Millennium Cohort Study, a prospective study jointly conducted by DoD and VA to investigate the health effects of military service that has enrolled over 250,000 participants and is planned to continue follow-up of participants until 2068. He has led the Million Veteran Program VA Puget Sound site since its inception in 2011, with more than 23,000 Veterans recruited from the Seattle and American Lake campuses to date. Dr. Boyko is also lead investigator of a VA All of Us site that opened in 2021, one of multiple VA sites around the country that aims to recruit veterans into this research program that is a key component of NIH’s precision medicine initiative. He turned his attention to COVID research with the onset of the pandemic and completed work funded by a VA rapid response award. Currently, Dr. Boyko is a co-PI of the VA COVID-19 Observational Research Collaboratory. Additionally, he continues to conduct research on two prospective studies that ended subject recruitments years ago: a VA-funded project assessing risk factors for diabetic foot complications, and an NIH-funded project entitled “Japanese American Community Diabetes Study.” Research Interests Diabetes mellitus Epidemiology Diagnostic test methodology Obesity Visceral adiposity Publications Publications: Boyko EJ, Seelig AD, Jacobson IG, Hooper TI, Smith B, Smith TC, Crum-Cianflone NF; for the Millennium Cohort Study Team. Sleep Characteristics, Mental Health, and Diabetes Risk: A prospective study of U.S. military service members in the Millennium Cohort Study. Diabetes Care. 2013 Oct;36(10):3154–61. PMCID: PMC3781550. Ledoux WR, Shofer JB, Cowley MS, Ahroni JH, Cohen V, Boyko EJ. Diabetic Foot Ulcer Incidence in Relation to Plantar Pressure Magnitude and Measurement Location. J Diabetes Complications. 2013 Nov-Dec;27(6):621–6. PMCID: PMC4227535. McNeely MJ, Shofer JB, Leonetti DL, Fujimoto WY, Boyko EJ. Associations Among Visceral Fat, All-Cause Mortality, and Obesity-Related Mortality in Japanese Americans. Diabetes Care. 2012 Feb;35(2):296–8. PMCID: PMC3263911. Boyko EJ, Fihn SD, Scholes D, Abraham L, Monsey B. Risk of symptomatic urinary tract infection and asymptomatic bacteriuria among a cohort of diabetic and non-diabetic post-menopausal women: a prospective study. Am J Epidemiol 2005;161(6):557–564. Boyko EJ, Ahroni JH, Cohen V, Nelson KM, Heagerty PJ. Prediction of Diabetic Foot Ulcer Occurrence Using Commonly Available Clinical Information: The Seattle Diabetic Foot Study. Diabetes Care 2006 Jun;29(6):1202–7. PMID: 16731996.
