{"id":4776,"date":"2026-08-26T09:49:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/?page_id=4776"},"modified":"2026-08-26T09:49:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:49:36","slug":"epstein","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/staff\/epstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Mara Epstein, ScD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/slone\/files\/2026\/08\/MaraEpstein_June2023-2-606x636.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Mara Epstein\" width=\"209\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/files\/2026\/08\/MaraEpstein_June2023-2-606x636.jpg 606w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/files\/2026\/08\/MaraEpstein_June2023-2.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/>Research Associate Professor<br \/>\nBoston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:maraepst@bu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">maraepst@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BS, Biology, Emory University<br \/>\nScM, Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health<br \/>\nScD, Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mara Meyer Epstein is a cancer epidemiologist whose research focuses on cancer screening, treatment, and survival; healthcare utilization and outcomes; health equity; and aging and multimorbidity in relation to cancer. Her current work focuses mainly on hematological malignancies, including lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and precursor monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, as well as solid tumors. Dr. Epstein\u2019s recent research incorporates large, real-world electronic health databases to validly identify cancer-related endpoints for population-based research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Associate Professor Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine maraepst@bu.edu Education: BS, Biology, Emory University ScM, Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ScD, Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Research interests: Dr. Mara Meyer Epstein is a cancer epidemiologist whose research focuses on cancer screening, treatment, and survival; healthcare [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4351,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4776"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4776"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4779,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4776\/revisions\/4779"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}