Local, state, and federal officials commemorated the study’s work at the Memorial Building on Monday.
FRAMINGHAM - A ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Framingham Heart Study was held at Nevins Hall on Monday, April 8.
City, state, and federal officials—including U.S. Representative for Massachusetts Katherine Clark—were joined by medical professionals and local residents at the Memorial Building. There, attendees celebrated the research project’s work, which started in 1948.
“You are part of a critical contribution to healthcare—not just to Framingham, not just to our country, but to all people,” Clark said at the Memorial Building.
“You have the rare distinction of making impacts of truly global proportions.”
The Framingham Heart Study was initiated by what is now known as the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute as a way to investigate cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of serious illness and death in the United States. Research has looked into the causes and symptoms of heart disease, as they’ve identified major risk factors such as high blood pressure, a lack of physical activity, and smoking. The research’s findings have contributed to around 1,200 articles in top medical journals.
“Now, over the decades since then, Framingham is contributing to the knowledge of many conditions: heart, brain, lung, liver, kidneys, bones, blood, and well beyond,” Director of the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Dr. David Goff told attendees on Monday.
Over 15,000 people have been monitored over the past 75 years through the study. The participants span across three generations, from the original men and women who were recruited to their children and grandchildren.
The Framingham Heart Study continues to make strides in its understanding of cardiovascular disease. Researchers note that they are currently looking into how genetic factors may contribute to heart problems by using genetic material from the cell lines of all generations of the study.
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On January 3 at the Massachusetts State House, Framingham Mayor Charlie Sisitsky officially signed control of the Thomas Danforth Building along Union Avenue over to the state Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance. Current plans are to develop the site into a regional justice center.
Esta semana no The Frame: o Finance Subcommittee ouve as mudanças propostas para as classificações e compensações de funcionários municipais, subsídios estaduais estão prontos para impulsionar programas de faculdade antecipada na Framingham State University e no Massachusetts Bay Community College, e uma revisão dos eventos recentes na State House: a nova bandeira de Framingham está pronta para ser exibida em Beacon Hill, enquanto o estado recebeu o controle de um prédio no centro da cidade para abrir caminho para um novo centro regional de justiça.
This week on The Frame: the Finance Subcommittee listens to proposed changes to municipal employee classifications and compensation, state grants are set to boost early college programs at Framingham State University and Massachusetts Bay Community College, and a review of recent events at the State House: Framingham's new flag is set to be displayed on Beacon Hill, while the state has been given control of a downtown building to pave the way for a new regional justice center.
