Nurse, Advocate, Researcher. Interests in #CardiovascularHealth #CardioMetabolicHealth #HealthJustice #SocialDeterminants #ChronicDisease #WearableDevices
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Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CNE retweeted
Happy to share the results of our GoFreshRx trial out today in Nature Medicine!
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Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CNE retweeted
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/10.11…
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Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CNE retweeted
9 Nov 2025
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
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Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CNE retweeted
8 Nov 2025
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
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Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CNE retweeted
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/jam…
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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
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Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CNE retweeted
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!
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Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CNE retweeted
Neat study showing value from self-measured blood pressure for orthostatic hypotension and hypertension.
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Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CNE retweeted
Profound disparities in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy across socioeconomic status and race.
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Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CNE retweeted
Maruf representing our team at @AHAScience @BIDMC_Medicine
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Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CNE retweeted
Team-based care presented by champion, Dr. Commodore-Mensah
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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
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Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CNE retweeted
Key terms to conceptualize guidelines.
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Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CNE retweeted
4 Sep 2025
Tomorrow AM Keynote session will also highlight nuance #Hypertension25 By Dan Jones, Paul Whelton, @kcferdmd @ycommodore line of speakers.
Excited to dive into the new BP guidelines tomorrow! For those not here in Baltimore - check out this amazing webinar.
youtube.com/watch?v=LmhDkqEl…
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Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CNE retweeted
Support @AHAScience efforts to advocate for biomedical research!
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Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CNE retweeted
@American_Heart President @drstaceyrosen encourages & reminds all of us to get involved!
@American_Heart “We Need You”♥️
Thank you @drstaceyrosen
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Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CNE retweeted
14 Aug 2025
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
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Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CNE retweeted
14 Aug 2025
The 2025 AHA/ACC Hypertension GL is out ! @CircAHA ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/… 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
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Ruth-Alma Turkson-Ocran, PhD, MPH, FNP-BC, CNE retweeted
New AHA Hypertension guidelines are out!
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