Julie E. Buring, ScD
Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health
Biography
Dr. Julie E. Buring is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital; and Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The primary focus of her research is on the prevention of chronic diseases, especially among women. Dr. Buring has been involved in the design, conduct, analysis, and interpretation of a number of large-scale randomized clinical trials of the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, cancer and other chronic diseases. These include the Women’s Health Study, evaluating the preventive roles of aspirin and vitamin E; the Physicians' Health Study II, evaluating vitamin E, vitamin C, beta-carotene, and a multivitamin; and VITAL, an ongoing trial of vitamin D and fish oil.
Dr. Buring is actively involved in the teaching and training of students and fellows in epidemiology, both nationally and internationally, and is co-Director of an NIH T32 training grant in the Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease. She serves as Chair of the Institutional Review Board of Harvard Medical School.
Education
- Harvard University, ScD Field of Study: Epidemiology
- University of Washington, MS Field of Study: Biostatistics
- Pomona College, BA Field of Study: Mathematics
Publications
- Published on 4/22/2026
Vergara C, Ni Z, Zhong J, McKean D, Connelly KE, Antwi SO, Arslan AA, Bracci PM, Du M, Gallinger S, Genkinger J, Haiman CA, Hassan M, Hung RJ, Huff C, Kooperberg C, Kastrinos F, LeMarchand L, Lee W, Lynch SM, Moore SC, Oberg AL, Park MA, Permuth JB, Risch HA, Scheet P, Schwartz A, Shu XO, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, Wolpin BM, Zheng W, Albanes D, Andreotti G, Bamlet WR, Beane-Freeman L, Berndt SI, Brennan P, Buring JE, Cabrera-Castro N, Campa D, Canzian F, Chanock SJ, Chen Y, Chung CC, Eliassen AH, Gaziano JM, Giles GG, Giovannucci EL, Goggins M, Goodman PJ, Hicks B, Hutchinson A, Jones MR, Katzke V, Kogevinas M, Kurtz RC, Laheru D, Lee IM, Malats N, Milne R, Mucci L, Neale RE, Orlow I, Patel AV, Peruchet L, Peters U, Porta M, Rabe KG, Real FX, Ricceri F, Rothman N, Sesso HD, Setiawan VW, Silverman D, Southey MC, Stampfer MJ, Tobias GS, Um C, Visvanathan K, Wactawski-Wende J, Wentzensen N, Willett WC, Yu H, Kraft P, Duggal P, Amundadottir LT, Klein AP. Novel Genetic Risk Loci for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Identified in a Genome-wide Study of African Ancestry Individuals. medRxiv. 2026 Apr 22. PMID: 42078392.
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- Published on 3/2/2026
LeBoff MS, Chou SH, Ratnarajah DM, Cook NR, Khurana B, Kim E, Kotler G, Cawthon PM, Bauer DC, Black D, Gallagher JC, Lee IM, Buring JE, Manson JE. The effects of marine fatty acid omega-3 supplements on incident fractures and bone mineral density in generally healthy adults. J Bone Miner Res. 2026 Mar 02; 41(3):242-250. PMID: 41603552.
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- Published on 3/1/2026
Zhang T, Hua X, Mohindroo C, Wang X, Dutta D, Liu J, Katta S, Li SA, Wang J, Antwi SO, Arslan AA, Beane Freeman LE, Bracci PM, Canzian F, Du M, Gallinger S, Goodman PJ, Katzke V, Kooperberg C, Le Marchand L, Neale RE, Patel AV, Perdomo S, Shu XO, Visvanathan K, Van Den Eeden SK, White E, Zheng W, Albanes D, Andreotti G, Bamlet WR, Brennan P, Buring JE, Chanock SJ, Chen Y, Darst B, Ferrari P, Giovannucci EL, Goggins M, Haiman C, Hassan M, Holly EA, Hung RJ, Jones MR, Kraft P, Kurtz RC, Malats N, Moore SC, Ng K, Oberg AL, Orlow I, Peters U, Porta M, Rabe KG, Rothman N, Sánchez MJ, Sesso HD, Silverman DT, Southey MC, Um CY, Yarmolinsky J, Yu H, Yuan C, Zhong J, Wolpin BM, Risch HA, Amundadottir LT, Klein AP, Yu K, Zhang H, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ. Different diabetes types and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a Mendelian randomization and pathway/gene-set analysis. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2026 Mar 01; 118(3):437-447. PMID: 41206949.
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- Published on 2/1/2026
Nordestgaard AT, Chasman DI, Moorthy V, Kraaijenhof JM, Cook NR, Lee IM, Buring JE, Ridker PM. Thirty-Year Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Healthy Women According to Clinical Thresholds of Lipoprotein(a). JAMA Cardiol. 2026 Feb 01; 11(2):175-185. PMID: 41499112.
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- Published on 1/16/2026
Ridker PM, Figtree GA, Moorthy MV, Mora S, Buring JE. C-reactive protein and cardiovascular risk among women with no standard modifiable risk factors: evaluating the 'SMuRF-less but inflamed'. Eur Heart J. 2026 Jan 16; 47(3):306-314. PMID: 40878356.
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- Published on 11/1/2025
Nordestgaard AT, Moorthy MV, Cook NR, Rifai N, Lee IM, Buring JE, Ridker PM. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein, LDL cholesterol, lipoprotein(a) and 30-year risk of stroke in healthy women: a prospective, longitudinal cohort study. Lancet Neurol. 2025 Nov; 24(11):920-930. PMID: 41109233.
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- Published on 10/23/2025
Watling CZ, Campbell PT, Graubard BI, Wang Y, Gewirtz AT, Zhang X, Barnett MJ, Buring JE, Chen Y, Eliassen AH, Gaziano JM, Hofmann JN, Huang WY, Kang JH, Koshiol J, Loftfield E, Lee IM, Moore SC, Mucci LA, Neuhouser ML, Newton CC, Purdue MP, Sesso HD, Shrubsole M, Sinha R, Tinker L, Triplette M, Um CY, Visvanathan K, Watts EL, Wactawski-Wende J, Willett W, Wu F, Zheng W, Barupal D, Petrick JL, McGlynn KA. Pre-diagnostic immunological markers of bacterial translocation and liver cancer risk: A nested case-control analysis of 12 prospective cohorts. Int J Cancer. 2026 Apr 01; 158(7):1801-1812. PMID: 41129365.
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- Published on 9/5/2025
Duran EK, Cook NR, Aday AW, Buring JE, Ridker PM, Pradhan AD. Unsupervised Learning Analysis of Triglycerides, Inflammation, Cholesterol, and the Risks of Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes in the Women's Health Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2025 Sep 16; 14(18):e039381. PMID: 40913283.
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- Published on 9/1/2025
Watling CZ, Petrick JL, Graubard BI, Zhang X, Barnett MJ, Buring JE, Chen Y, Eliassen AH, Gaziano JM, Hofmann JN, Huang WY, Kang JH, Koshiol J, Loftfield E, Lee IM, Moore SC, Mucci LA, Neuhouser ML, Newton CC, Palmer JR, Purdue MP, Rosenberg L, Sesso HD, Shrubsole M, Tinker L, Triplette M, Um CY, Visvanathan K, Watts EL, Wactawski-Wende J, Willett W, Wu F, Zheng W, Campbell PT, Barupal D, McGlynn KA. Pre-diagnostic circulating bile acid concentrations and liver cancer risk: a nested case-control analysis of 12 cohorts. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2025 Sep 01; 9(5). PMID: 40972035.
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- Published on 7/21/2025
Smit RAJ, Wade KH, Hui Q, Arias JD, Yin X, Christiansen MR, Yengo L, Preuss MH, Nakabuye M, Rocheleau G, Graham SE, Buchanan VL, Chittoor G, Graff M, Guindo-Martínez M, Lu Y, Marouli E, Sakaue S, Spracklen CN, Vedantam S, Wilson EP, Chen SH, Ferreira T, Ji Y, Karaderi T, Lüll K, Machado M, Malden DE, Medina-Gomez C, Moore A, Rüeger S, Akiyama M, Allison MA, Alvarez M, Andersen MK, Appadurai V, Arbeeva L, Bartell E, Bhaskar S, Bielak LF, Bis JC, Bollepalli S, Bork-Jensen J, Bradfield JP, Bradford Y, Brandl C, Braund PS, Brody JA, Broeckel U, Burgdorf KS, Cade BE, Cai Q, Camarda S, Campbell A, Cañadas-Garre M, Chai JF, Chesi A, Choi SH, Christofidou P, Couture C, Cuellar-Partida G, Danning R, Degenhardt F, Delgado GE, Delitala A, Demirkan A, Deng X, Dietl A, Dimitriou M, Dimitrov L, Dorajoo R, Eichelmann F, Eliasen AU, Engmann JE, Erdos MR, Fairhurst-Hunter Z, Farmaki AE, Faul JD, Fernandez-Lopez JC, Forer L, Frank M, Freitag-Wolf S, Fritsche LG, Fuchsberger C, Galesloot TE, Gao Y, Geller F, Giannakopoulou O, Giulianini F, Gjesing AP, Goel A, Gordon SD, Gorski M, Grove J, Guo X, Gustafsson S, Haessler J, Hansen TF, Havulinna AS, Haworth SJ, Heard-Costa N, Hemerich D, Highland HM, Hindy G, Ho YL, Hofer E, Holliday E, Horn K, Hornsby WE, Hottenga JJ, Huang H, Huang J, Huerta-Chagoya A, Huo S, Hwang MY, Hwu CM, Iha H, Ikeda DD, Isono M, Jackson AU, Jansen IE, Jiang Y, Johansson I, Jonsson A, Jørgensen T, Kalafati IP, Kanai M, Kanoni S, Kårhus LL, Kasturiratne A, Katsuya T, Kawaguchi T, Kember RL, Kentistou KA, Kim D, Kim HN, Kim YJ, Kleber ME, Knol MJ, Kurbasic A, Lauzon M, Le P, Lea R, Lee JY, Lee WJ, Leonard HL, Li H, Li SA, Li X, Li X, Liang J, Lin H, Lin K, Liu J, Liu X, Lo KS, Long J, Lores-Motta L, Luan J, Lyssenko V, Lyytikäinen LP, Mahajan A, Malik MZ, Mamakou V, Mangino M, Manichaikul A, Marten J, Mattheisen M, McDaid AF, Mei Q, Meiselbach H, Melendez TL, Milaneschi Y, Miller JE, Millwood IY, Mishra PP, Mitchell RE, Møllehave LT, Mononen N, Mucha S, Munz M, Mykkänen J, Nakatochi M, Nardone GG, Nelson CP, Nethander M, Nho CW, Nielsen AA, Nolte IM, Nongmaithem SS, Noordam R, Ntalla I, Nutile T, Pandit A, Pauper M, Petersen ERB, Petersen LV, Piluso F, Polašek O, Poveda A, Pyarajan S, Raffield LM, Rakugi H, Ramirez J, Rasheed A, Raven D, Rayner NW, Riveros C, Rohde R, Ruggiero D, Ruotsalainen SE, Ryan KA, Sabater-Lleal M, Santin A, Saxena R, Scholz M, Shen B, Shi J, Shin JH, Sidore C, Sidorenko J, Sim X, Slieker RC, Smith AV, Smith JA, Smyth LJ, Southam L, Steinthorsdottir V, Sun L, Takeuchi F, Taylor KD, Tayo BO, Tcheandjieu C, Terzikhan N, Tesolin P, Teumer A, Theusch E, Thompson DJ, Thorleifsson G, Timmers PRHJ, Trompet S, Turman C, Vaccargiu S, van der Laan SW, van der Most PJ, van Klinken JB, van Setten J, Verma SS, Verweij N, Veturi Y, Wang CA, Wang C, Wang JS, Wang L, Wang YX, Wang Z, Warren HR, Bin Wei W, Wen W, Wheeler WA, Wickremasinghe AR, Wielscher M, Winsvold BS, Wong A, Wuttke M, Xia R, Yamamoto K, Yang J, Yao J, Young H, Yousri NA, Yu L, Zeng L, Zhang W, Zhang X, Zhao JH, Zhao W, Zhou W, Zimmermann ME, Zoledziewska M, 't Hart LM, Adair LS, Adams HHH, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Al-Mulla F, Arnett DK, Asselbergs FW, Åsvold BO, Attia J, Banas B, Bandinelli S, Beilin LJ, Bennett DA, Bergler T, Bharadwaj D, Biino G, Boerwinkle E, Böger CA, Borja JB, Bouchard C, Bowden DW, Brandslund I, Brumpton B, Buring JE, Caulfield MJ, Chambers JC, Chandak GR, Chanock SJ, Chaturvedi N, Ida Chen YD, Chen Z, Cheng CY, Cho YS, Christensen K, Christophersen IE, Ciullo M, Cole JW, Collins FS, Concas MP, Cooper RS, Cruz M, Cucca F, Cutler MJ, Damrauer SM, Dantoft TM, de Borst GJ, de Geus EJC, de Groot LCPGM, De Jager PL, de Kleijn DPV, de Silva HJ, Dedoussis GV, den Hollander AI, Du S, Easton DF, Eckardt KU, Elders PJM, Eliassen AH, Ellinor PT, Elmståhl S, Erdmann J, Evans MK, Fatkin D, Feenstra B, Feitosa MF, Ferrucci L, Florez JC, Ford I, Fornage M, Franke A, Franks PW, Freedman BI, Gieger C, Girotto G, Golightly YM, et al. Polygenic prediction of body mass index and obesity through the life course and across ancestries. Nat Med. 2025 Sep; 31(9):3151-3168. PMID: 40691366.
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