{"id":4781,"date":"2026-08-26T09:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/?page_id=4781"},"modified":"2026-08-27T08:50:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:50:30","slug":"barber","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/staff\/barber\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren E. Barber, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/slone\/files\/2026\/08\/Barber_Headshot-636x632.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Lauren Barber\" width=\"224\" height=\"222\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/files\/2026\/08\/Barber_Headshot-636x632.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/files\/2026\/08\/Barber_Headshot-1024x1017.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/files\/2026\/08\/Barber_Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/files\/2026\/08\/Barber_Headshot-768x763.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/files\/2026\/08\/Barber_Headshot-1536x1525.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/files\/2026\/08\/Barber_Headshot-2048x2034.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/>Assistant Professor<br \/>\nBoston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:lebarber@bu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lebarber@bu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AB, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University<br \/>\nMSc, Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health<br \/>\nPhD, Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lauren E. Barber is a cancer epidemiologist whose research focuses on understanding the contributions of social, environmental, and behavioral factors to racial disparities in cancer incidence and outcomes. Her work investigates the neighborhood environment, sleep, and circadian health as potential risk and prognostic factors for cancer, particularly among Black women. Dr. Barber\u2019s current research leverages prospective cohort, cancer registry, and area-level data to examine the impact of neighborhoods, poor sleep, and circadian disruption on breast cancer risk and outcomes among Black women. Her research aims to identify modifiable factors that can inform strategies to prevent cancer, improve cancer outcomes, and reduce racial disparities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assistant Professor Boston University Chobanian &amp; Avedisian School of Medicine lebarber@bu.edu Education: AB, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University MSc, Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health PhD, Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health Research interests: Dr. Lauren E. Barber is a cancer epidemiologist whose research focuses on understanding the contributions of social, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4351,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4781"}],"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=4781"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4789,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/slone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4781\/revisions\/4789"}],"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=4781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}