Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CNE

@patildhrumil @spjuraschek @jenniferlcluett Congratulations @patildhrumil! Excited for you!

I matched!! I am grateful to my family and the best mentors i could have asked for! @spjuraschek @jenniferlcluett Congratulations to everyone who matched! #Match2026

Curious to learn how to implement the GoFresh grocery intervention? Our intervention design paper led by our team of dietitians is out! Everything you want to know from the framework to how we handled tricky counseling cases. It's a great read! link.springer.com/epdf/10.1186/s…

BIG congrats to my colleagues/friend @spjuraschek on The GoFresh Trial and John Dodson on The BETTER-BP Trial, both of which were presented this afternoon in "Practice Changing HTN Trials" at #AHA25 w/ Sim Pubs in @JAMANetwork and @JACCJournals @BIDMChealth @nyulangone

What are the exciting #CVprev trials at #AHA25? For me, one is this one: 🫀 GOFRESH Trial Can prescribing groceries lower blood pressure? The GOFRESH trial tests whether delivering DASH-patterned grocery boxes (not just advice) helps people eat healthy and cut BP. #AHA25 #FoodAsMedicine #GoFresh GrOceries For Black REsidents of Boston to Stop Hypertension 📆November 9 🕞3:30 pm 🎪Main Event 1

Delighted to share the main findings of GoFresh, a tremendous community effort! I'm incredibly grateful to our participants. More coming soon with our GoFreshRx trial (treated hypertension)! DASH-Patterned Groceries and Effects on Blood Pressure jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Black men face the shortest life expectancy in the US, driven in part by poor CV health. The Black Impact trial will use a novel community-academic-government–industry partnership to test an intervention. #AHAJournals #Protocol @joshuajosephmd ahajrnls.org/3JgSLn1

Making a plug for this great article led my our BIDMC resident, Dr. Zimmerman, on supine hypertension. We have a number of cool nuggets on the state of the literature, how to measure, and approaches to treatment. Check it out! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Neat study showing value from self-measured blood pressure for orthostatic hypotension and hypertension. academic.oup.com/ajh/advance-ar…

Profound disparities in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy across socioeconomic status and race. @AHAScience

Maruf representing our team at @AHAScience @BIDMC_Medicine

Team-based care presented by champion, Dr. Commodore-Mensah @AHAScience

Reviewing the @AHAScience 2025 Blood pressure guidelines at #HTN25. Takeaways so far: ➡️go low goal <130 mmHg with encouragement for <120mmHg. ➡️ achieving lower BP goals important for dementia prevention ➡️ alcohol abstinence or reduction encouraged

GO LOW!!! @AHAScience

Key terms to conceptualize guidelines. @AHAScience

Tomorrow AM Keynote session will also highlight nuance #Hypertension25 By Dan Jones, Paul Whelton, @kcferdmd @ycommodore line of speakers.

Support @AHAScience efforts to advocate for biomedical research!

@American_Heart President @drstaceyrosen encourages & reminds all of us to get involved! @American_Heart “We Need You”♥️ Thank you @drstaceyrosen

The 2025 High Blood Pressure Guideline has been released along with many accompanying articles. Check them all out today! Guideline: ahajrnls.org/4mhhrKg 2025 High Blood Pressure Guideline Journal Hub: ahajrnls.org/45l5Jsh

The 2025 AHA/ACC Hypertension GL is out ! @CircAHA ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI… please join us for the Targetbp Webinar as the first platform to digest the GL by @kcferdmd Jordy Cohen and Dan Jones targetbp.org/events/ on August 28

New AHA Hypertension guidelines are out! professional.heart.org/en/science-new…