Provost Arnett has published over 750 peer-reviewed articles, as well as 18 book chapters and two edited books. She received the American Heart Association’s 2017 Population Research Prize for “…insightful research successfully blending the basic molecular sciences with population studies to produce a highly relevant new understanding of major aspects of cardiovascular disease including risk prediction, hypertension, and heart failure.”
Provost Arnett has held approximately $60 million in grant and contract support from the National Institutes of Health and has received a number of awards and honors for her research, for her mentoring of students, and for her service to the public health community. She has been recognized as an international expert, falling in the top one-tenth of one percent of researchers in three different areas: hypertension, body mass index, and genetic polymorphisms. She has been a tireless active advocate for years, helping to educate lawmakers about the importance of funding for the National Institutes of Health, pushing for policy changes that promote prevention of cardiovascular diseases, and participating in public health campaigns to foster healthy lifestyle choices.