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Research Team  

The BWHS is run by a team of investigators from Boston University School of Medicine and Howard University Cancer Center.

Before the study began a group of black women from various organizations around the country were asked to be on the BWHS Advisory Board. Their diversity of interests and expertise has been a great asset to this research.

Investigators
Advisory Board
Collaborators and Consultants
Staff

Investigators

Boston University, Slone Epidemiology Center

  • Lynn Rosenberg, Sc.D. is the Principal Investigator of the study.  She is the Associate Director of the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University.
  • Julie Palmer, Sc.D. is also a Co-Principal Investigator of the study.  She is a Professor of Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health.
  • Lauren Wise, Sc.D.
  • Yvette Cozier, D.Sc.
  • Patricia Coogan, D.Sc.
  • Dan Brooks, D.Sc.

Howard University Cancer Center

  • Lucile Adams-Campbell, Ph.D. is a Co-Principal Investigator of the study.  She is the Director of the Howard University Cancer Center.
  • Kepher Makambi, Ph.D.
  • Carla Williams, Ph.D.
  • Teletia Taylor, Ph.D.
  • Charles Rotimi, Ph.D.
  • Charles Moulton, M.D.
  • Marie-Claude Jipguep, Ph.D.

Advisory Board

  • Ruth Cage is a teacher in Tennessee and former chairperson of the National Education Association Black Caucus.
  • Ellen Grant, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. is the Vice President for Behavioral Health, Wellness, and Health Promotion for Health New York, Inc.
  • Linda Clayton, M.D., M.P.H. gynecologic oncologist, is a Senior Research Scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health and author (with W. Michael Byrd, M.D.) of the book series "An American Health Dilemma", which documents the history of poorer health of African-Americans and the failures of the American health care system.
  • C. Alicia Georges, Ed.D., R.N., F.A.A.N. is the President of the Black Nurses' Foundation and chairperson of the Lehman College Department of Nursing.
  • Rosemary Graham is an Executive Council Member, National Council of Churches & Christ Committee on Disability; Disability Committee, North American Division of 7 Day Adventists; Regional Disability Ministry, Director for South American Conference of 7 Day Adventists; Local Government Affairs Coordinator, Lupus Foundation of America, Georgia Chapter.
  • Shiriki Kumanyika, Ph.D., M.P.H. is the Associate Dean for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
  • Jacqueline McLeod, M.P.H., M.Ed. is the Senior Vice President of Financial Development, Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic.

Collaborators and Consultants

  • Michelle Albert, M.D. - Cardiologist and Epidemiologist, Harvard Medical School
  • Jeffrey Berman, M.D. - Director, The Sarcoidosis Clinic, Boston University Medical Center
  • Patricia Fraser, M.D. - Rheumatologist and Geneticist, Harvard Medical School
  • Tim McAlindon, M.D., M.P.H. - Chief of Division of Rheumatology, Tufts-New England Medical Center
  • Charles M. Poser, M.D. - Lecturer in Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Visiting Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
  • David Reich, Ph.D. - Geneticist and Statistician, Harvard Medical School and Broad Institute
  • Paul Ridker, M.D. - Cardiologist and Epidemiologist, Harvard Medical School
  • Michael Ronthal, M.D. - Associate Professor of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Johanna M. Seddon, M.D., Sc.M. - Director, Ophthalmic Epidemiology and Genetics Service, Tufts-New England Medical Center
  • Elizabeth A. Stewart, M.D. - Clinical Director, Center for Uterine Fibroids, Brigham & Women's Hospital; Reproductive Endocrinologist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic

Staff

  • Cordelia Russell, M.P.H., Project Coordinator
  • Carolyn Conte, M.P.H., Research Coordinator
  • Dianne Blasi, Research Coordinator
  • Thuy Lam, M.P.H., Research Coordinator (Mouthwash-Saliva Study)
  • Deborah Boggs, M.S.
  • Sharon Cornelius, M.S.
  • Lindsay Dudgeon
  • Cassandra Edwards
  • Juanita Hope
  • Supriya Krishnan, D.Sc.
  • Peilan Lee
  • Se Li, M.D.
  • Hannah Lord
  • Lynn Murray
  • Maria Petzold
  • Connie Reid-Jones, M. Ed.
  • Patricia Simmons, M.S.
  • Jackie Smith, R.N., M.P.H.
  • Oleg Starobinets
  • Claudia Veiga, M.A.