Research Team  

The BWHS is run by principal investigators Lynn Rosenberg and Julie Palmer, both from Boston University School of Medicine, and Lucile Adams-Campbell, from Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive 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

• Lynn Rosenberg, Sc.D. is the Principal Investigator of the study.  She is the Associate Director of the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University.
• Lucile Adams-Campbell, Ph.D. is a Co-Principal Investigator of the study.  She is the Associate Director for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
• 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.
• Kepher Makambi, Ph.D.
• Carla Williams, Ph.D.
• Teletia Taylor, Ph.D.
• Charles Moulton, M.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 Community Affairs, HealthNow New York, Inc., D/b/a BlueCross BlueSheild of Western New York & BlueSheild of Northeastern New York.
• 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.
• 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
• Patricia Simmons, M.S., Interviewing Supervisor
• Thuy Lam, M.P.H., Research Coordinator (Mouthwash-Saliva Study)
• Deborah Boggs, M.S.
• Helen Bond
• Sharon Cornelius, M.S.
• Lindsay Dudgeon
• Cassaundra Edwards
• Juanita Hope
• Peilan Lee
• Se Li, M.D.
• Hannah Lord
• Maria Petzold
• Jackie Smith, R.N., M.P.H.
• Oleg Starobinets