פרופ' יריב גרבר

• Full Professor of Epidemiology, Tel Aviv University
• Lilian & Marcel Pollak Chair in Biological Anthropology
• Adjunct Full Professor of Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Prof. Yariv Gerber obtained his Bachelor's degree (cum laude) in Physical Education and Sport Sciences from Wingate College in 1997 and subsequently earned his Ph.D. (direct track) in Epidemiology at Tel Aviv University in 2003. Following completion of his Ph.D., he joined the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota, for postdoctoral training in cardiovascular disease epidemiology. In 2006, he returned to Tel Aviv University and joined the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine as a senior faculty member. He was promoted to Full Professor in 2016. He also holds the rank of Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.

Prof. Gerber served as Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine from 2015 to 2019 and as Head of the School of Public Health at Tel Aviv University from 2020 to 2023. During his tenure, the School of Public Health was consistently ranked first among Israeli universities and achieved its highest international standing to date, according to the Shanghai Ranking.

Over the past decade, Prof. Gerber has been affiliated with several prominent research groups and collaborations, including:

• Israel Study Group on First Acute Myocardial Infarction

• Israeli Ischemic Heart Disease (IIHD) project

• Acute Coronary Syndrome Israeli Survey (ACSIS)

• Cardiovascular Disease Surveillance in Olmsted County, Minnesota

• Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study

• Mabat Zahav and the Israeli Longitudinal Study on Aging

• Rochester Epidemiology Project

• Epidemiology and Community Health Branch, NIH, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• Kenneth H. Cooper Institute, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Prof. Gerber has co-authored approximately 150 peer-reviewed publications and has received several prestigious, competitive research grants both in Israel and internationally.

• Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology

• Preventive Cardiology

• Application of advanced epidemiological and biostatistical methods in observational research

• Social and Environmental Epidemiology

• Behavioral Risk Factors

• Assessment of Novel Biomarkers

• Cardiovascular disease outcomes in aging populations

Click here for a complete list of Prof. Gerber's Peer-Reviewed Articles. 

1. Gerber Y, Jacobsen SJ, Frye RL, Weston SA, Killian JM, Roger VL. Secular trends in deaths from cardiovascular diseases: a 25-year community study. Circulation 2006;113(19):2285-92.
2. Gerber Y, Jacobsen SJ, Killian JM, Weston SA, Roger VL. Seasonality and daily weather conditions in relation to myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1979 to 2002. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006;48(2):287-92.
3. Gerber Y, McConnell JP, Jaffe AS, Weston SA, Killian JM, Roger VL. Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A₂ and prognosis after myocardial infarction in the community. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2006;26(11):2517-22.
4. Gerber Y, Rihal CS, Sundt TM, Killian JM, Weston SA, Therneau TM, Roger VL. Coronary revascularization in the community: a population-based study 1990-2004. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007;50(13):1223-9.
5. Gerber Y, Rosen LJ, Goldbourt U, Benyamini Y, Drory Y. Smoking status and long-term survival after first acute myocardial infarction: a population-based cohort study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009;54(25):2382-7.
6. Gerber Y, Benyamini Y, Goldbourt U, Drory Y. Neighborhood socioeconomic context and long-term survival after myocardial infarction. Circulation 2010;121(3):375-83.
7. Gerber Y, Myers V, Goldbourt U, Benyamini Y, Scheinowitz M, Drory Y. Long-term trajectory of leisure time physical activity and survival after first myocardial infarction: a population-based cohort study. Eur J Epidemiol 2011;26(2):109-16.
8. Gerber Y, Melton LJ 3^rd, Weston SA, Roger VL. Association between myocardial infarction and fractures: an emerging phenomenon. Circulation 2011;124(3):297-303.
9. Gerber Y, Myers V, Goldbourt U. Smoking reduction at midlife and lifetime mortality risk in men: a prospective cohort study. Am J Epidemiol 2012;175(10):1006-12.
10. Hasin T, Gerber Y, McNallan SM, Weston SA, Kushwaha SS, Nelson TJ, Cerhan JR, Roger VL. Patients with heart failure have an increased risk of cancer. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013;62(10):881-6.
11. Gerber Y, Weston SA, Redfield MM, Chamberlain AM, McNallan SM, Jiang R, Killian JM, Roger VL. A contemporary appraisal of the heart failure epidemic in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 2000-2010. JAMA Intern Med 2015;175(6):996-1004.
12. Gerber Y, Weston SA, Enriquez-Sarano M, Berardi C, Chamberlain AM, Manemann SM, Jiang R, Dunlay SM, Roger VL. Mortality associated with heart failure after myocardial infarction: a contemporary community perspective. Circ Heart Fail 2016; 9(1):e002460.
13. Gerber Y, Weston SA, Enriquez-Sarano M, Manemann SM, Chamberlain AM, Jiang R, Roger VL. Atherosclerotic burden and heart failure after myocardial infarction. JAMA Card 2016; 1(2):156-62.
14. Cohen G, Steinberg DM, Keinan-Boker L, Yuval, Levy I, Chen S, Shafran-Nathan R, Levin N, Shimony T, Witberg G, Bental T, Shohat T, Broday DM, Kornowski R, Gerber Y. Preexisting coronary heart disease and susceptibility to long-term effects of traffic-related air pollution: A matched cohort analysis. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2020:2047487320921987.
15. Goshen A, Goldbourt U, Benyamini Y, Shimony T, Keinan-Boker L, Gerber Y. Association of diet quality with longevity and successful aging in Israeli adults 65 years or older. JAMA Netw Open 2022;5(6):e2214916.
16. Ashri, S., Cohen, G., Zadok, O. I. B., Moran, M., Broday, D. M., Steinberg, D. M., Keinan-Boker, L., Witberg, G., Bental, T., Golan, L., Shafran, I., Kornowski, R., Gerber, Y. Greenness exposure and mortality risk in a cardio-oncologic population. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes 2025;11(4):424-433.
17. Shafran I, Krakauer NY, Krakauer JC, Goshen A, Gerber Y. The predictive ability of ABSI compared to BMI for mortality and frailty among older adults. Front Nutr 2024;11:1305330.
18. Gerber Y, Gabriel KP, Jacobs DR, Jr., Liu JY, Rana JS, Sternfeld B, Carr JJ, Thompson PD, Sidney S. The relationship of cardiorespiratory fitness, physical activity, and coronary artery calcification to cardiovascular disease events in CARDIA participants. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2025;32(1):52-62. 
19. Atias D, Ashri S, Goldbourt U, Benyamini Y, Gilad-Bachrach R, Hasin T, Gerber Y, Obolski U. Machine learning in epidemiology: an introduction, comparison with traditional methods, and a case study of predicting extreme longevity. Ann Epidemiol 2025:S1047-2797(25)00173-5
20. Gerber Y, Gabriel KP, Jacobs DR, Jr., Brown NI, Reis JP, Shearer JJ, Lewis CE, Carnethon MR, Sidney S, Roger VL. Trajectories of physical activity before and after cardiovascular disease events in CARDIA participants. JAMA Cardiology 2025: e252282.