Lynn Rosenberg, ScD, MS
Professor of Neurology
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Education:
ScD, Harvard University
MS, Harvard University
MS, Boston University
BA, Barnard College
Research interests:
For the past three decades, Dr. Rosenberg’s research has focused mainly on identifying factors that influence the health of Black women in the United States. Her major focus currently is on cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s Disease, with the aim of assessing the influence of genetic factors, stressors, socioeconomic factors and other factors on cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s Disease among older Black women in the U.S. Another interest has been in assessing reasons for the high incidence of fibroids among Black women compared to that among White women.
Active grants:
- Examination of factors influencing the racial disparity in fibroid incidence
08/01/2024 – 04/30/2029 (MPI)
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center NIH NICHD
5R01HD113709-02
- Lifetime stressors and Alzheimer’s Disease genetic variants and biomarkers in relation to cognitive decline among Black Women’s Health Study participants
02/15/2024 – 01/31/2029 (PI)
NIH/National Institute on Aging
5R01AG082046-02
- The influence of socioeconomic conditions on the incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease in BWHS
06/01/2022 – 02/28/2027 (PI)
NIH/National Institute on Aging
5R01AG077948-04
- Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Inflammatory Index, and Circulating Endocannabinoids/Oxylipins in Relation to Colorectal Carcinogenesis in Black Women
04/01/2022 – 03/31/2026 (Key Person)
PI: Jessica L. Petrick, PhD, MPH
Department of Defense/Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity
- Addressing racial disparities in lung cancer screening
04/05/2021 – 03/31/2026 (Co-I)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center NIH NCI
5R01CA251758-05
Selected recent publications:
- Lima SM, Minlikeeva AN, Johnson CE, Guertin KA, Bandera EV, Zheng W, Bethea TN, Petrick JL, Joslin CE, Myers ER, Harris HR, Peres LC, Setiawan VW, Wu AH, Rosenberg L, Schildkraut JM, Ochs-Balcom HM. Regular physical inactivity and ovarian cancer risk in the Ovarian Cancer in Women of African Ancestry (OCWAA) Consortium. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-25-1160 (epub ahead of print).
- Rothbard SM, Palmer JR, Chiu LS, Rosenberg L, Petrick JL. Fish Intake and Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Relation to Colorectal Cancer Risk in the Black Women’s Health Study. J Nutr 2025. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2025.08.021 (epub ahead of print).
- Hill-Jarrett TG, Buto PT, Delaney D, Sol K, Barnes LL, Bailey Z, Ortiz K, Hicks JN, Delp L, Cozier YC, Coogan PF, Rosenberg L, Glymour MM. Neighborhood disadvantage and subjective cognitive function among older black women. Psychol Aging 2025. doi: 10.1037/pag0000919.
- Watling CZ, Petrick JL, Graubard BI, Zhang X, Barnett MJ, Buring JE, Chen Y, Eliassen AH, Gaziano M, Kang JH, Koshiol J, Huang WY, Lee IM, Moore SC, Mucci LA, Neuhouser ML, Newton CC, Palmer JR, Rosenberg L, Sesso HD, Shrubsole M, Tinker L, Triplette M, Um CY, Visvanathan K, Wactawski-Wende J, Willett W, Wu F, Zheng W, Hofmann J, Purdue MP, Campbell PT, Barupal D, McGlynn KA. Circulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and liver cancer risk: a nested case-control analysis of individual participant data from 12 prospective cohorts. Environ Health Perspect 2025. doi: 10.1289/EHP16980 (epub ahead of print).
- Daniel KE, Volpe VV, Bethea TN, Rosenberg L, Ritterband LM, Zhou ES. The role of racial discrimination in medical care: A secondary analysis of the effect of culturally tailored, internet-delivered CBT for insomnia in Black women. Br J Clin Psychol 2025. doi: 10.1111/bjc.12556 (epub ahead of print).
- Sheehy S, Aparicio HJ, Xu N, Lioutas VA, Shulman J, Rosenberg L. Gestational diabetes and risk of stroke among U.S. Black women. Stroke 2025. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.124.050517 (epub ahead of print).
- Coogan PF, Delp L, Hicks JN, Hill-Jarrett TG, Ortiz K, James BD, Bailey Z, Barnes LL, Rosenberg L. Neighborhood disadvantage and the incidence of dementia in US Black women. Alzheimers Dement 2025;21(4):e70125. doi: 10.1002/alz.70125. PMCID: PMC11973127.
- Griswold MK, Crawford SL, Person SD, Rosenberg L, Palmer JR, Cozier YC. Neighborhood socioeconomic status and breastfeeding initiation and duration among primiparous Black women. Breastfeed Med 2025;20(5):310-9. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2024.0263.
- Ruiz-Narváez EA, Cozier Y, Zirpoli G, Rosenberg L, Palmer JR. Perceived experiences of racism in relation to genome-wide DNA methylation and epigenetic aging in the Black Women’s Health Study. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. doi: 10.1007/s40615-024-01915-3. PMCID: PMC11303595 (epub ahead of print).
- Sheehy S, Brock M, Palmer JR, Albert MA, Cozier Y, Rosenberg L. Perceived interpersonal racism in relation to incident coronary heart disease among Black women. Circulation 2024;149(7):521-528. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.066471. PMCID: PMC10926238.
- Sheehy S, Aparicio HJ, Palmer JR, Cozier Y, Lioutas VA, Shulman JG, Rosenberg L. Perceived interpersonal racism and incident stroke among US Black women. JAMA Netw Open 2023;6(11):e234203. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.43203. PMCID: PMC10638652.
- Bertrand KA, Delp L, Coogan PF, Cozier YC, Lenzy YM, Rosenberg L, Palmer JR. Hair relaxer use and risk of uterine cancer in the Black Women’s Health Study. Environ Res 2023;239(Pt 1):117228. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.117228. PMCID: PMC10842360.
- Zhou ES, Revette A, Ritterband LM, Bethea TN, Delp L, Simmons PD, Rosenberg L. Developing a culturally tailored digital health intervention for insomnia in Black women. Transl Behav Med 2024;14(2):117-126. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibad056. PMCID: PMC11491931.
- Barber LE, Bertrand KA, Sheehy S, White LF, Roy HK, Rosenberg L, Palmer JR, Petrick JL. Aspirin and nonaspirin nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use and occurrence of colorectal adenoma in Black American women. Int J Cancer 2023;153(12):1978-1987. doi: 10.1002/ijc.34674. PMCID: PMC10927007.
- Wu Z, Petrick JL, Florio AA, Guillemette C, Beane Freeman LE, Buring JE, Bradwin G, Caron P, Chen Y, Eliassen AH, Engel LS, Freedman ND, Gaziano JM, Giovannuci EL, Hofmann JN, Huang WY, Kirsh VA, Kitahara CM, Koshiol J, Lee IM, Liao LM, Newton CC, Palmer JR, Purdue MP, Rohan TE, Rosenberg L, Sesso HD, Sinha R, Stampfer MJ, Um CY, Van Den Eeden SK, Visvanathan K, Wactawski-Wende J, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zhang X, Graubard BI, Campbell PT, McGlynn KA. Endogenous sex steroid hormones and risk of liver cancer among US men: results from the Liver Cancer Pooling Project. JHEP Reports 2023;5(7):100742. doi: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2023.100742. PMCID: PMC10326694.
- Sheehy S, Aparicio HJ, Xu N, Bertrand KA, Robles YP, Lioutas VA, Shulman JG, Rosenberg L, Palmer JR. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and risk of stroke among US Black women. NEJM Evidence 2023;2(10):EVIDoa2300058. doi: 10.1056/EVIDoa2300058. PMCID: PMC10919377.
- Petrick JL, Joslin CE, Johnson CE, Camacho TF, Peres LC, Bandera EV, Beeghly-Fadiel A, Bethea TN, Dempsey LF, Guertin K, Harris HR, Moorman PG, Myers E, Ochs-Balcom HM, Rosenow W, Setiawan VW, Wu AH, Schildkraut JM, Rosenberg L. Menopausal hormone therapy use and risk of ovarian cancer by race: the Ovarian Cancer in Women of African Ancestry Consortium Br J Cancer 2023;129(12):1956-1967. doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02407-7. PMCID: PMC10703895.
- Harris HR, Peres LC, Johnson CE, Guertin KA, Beeghly A, Bandera EV, Bethea TN, Joslin CE, Wu AH, Moorman PG, Ochs-Balcom HM, Petrick JL, Setiawan VW, Rosenberg L, Schildkraut JM, Myers E. Racial differences in the association of endometriosis and uterine leiomyomas with the risk of ovarian cancer. Obstet Gynecol 2023;141(6):1124-1138. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005191. PMCID: PMC10440275.
- Cozier YC, Heaton B, Robles Y, Bond J, Garcia R, Coogan P, Rosenberg L. Perceived racism associated with declines in self-rated oral health among U.S. Black women. Ann Epidemiol 2023;84:54-59. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.05.012. PMCID: PMC10525027.
- Sheehy S, Palmer JR, Cozier Y, Bertrand KA, Rosenberg L. Vitamin D and risk of hypertension among Black women. J Clin Hypertens 2023;25:168-174. doi: 10.1111/jch.14615. PMCID: PMC9903189.