Profiles

Lauren A Wise, ScD

Professor, Epidemiology - Boston University School of Public Health

News & In the Media

• Published on January 30, 2026

  Testing Early for Pregnancy May Produce False Negative Results or Detect Early Pregnancy Loss

• Published on January 8, 2026

  FDA Misses Deadline to Ban Formaldehyde in Hair Straighteners

• Published on January 5, 2026

  FDA Misses Another Deadline on Proposed Ban on Formaldehyde in Hair-Straightening Products

• Published on December 26, 2025

  Fertility Cliff

• Published on May 8, 2025

  Why Massachusetts Women Have Fewer Children and Trump’s $5,000 ‘Baby Bonus’ Won’t Help

• Published on February 15, 2025

  NIH-funded Research Drives Innovation at SPH

• Published on October 25, 2024

  Can We Predict Our Ability to Conceive?

• Published on June 14, 2024

  Following Dobbs, PRESTO Pregnancy Planners Reduced Engagement with Fertility App

• Published on December 4, 2023

  Using Keratin Treatments or Hair-Straightening Creams? Research Suggests Potential Cancer Risk

• Published on November 20, 2023

  For Women of Color, Hair Straighteners Pose a Potentially Dangerous Dilemma

• Published on November 2, 2023

  The Dance with the Respiratory Syncytial Virus: Thailand’s Latest Health Challenge

• Published on October 31, 2023

  Research Shows COVID Vaccination before Pregnancy Doesn’t Increase Risk of Miscarriage

• Published on October 28, 2023

  COVID Vaccination in Female, Male Partners Does Not Increase Risk of Miscarriage

• Published on October 20, 2023

  SPH Research Featured on SNL… Again!

• Published on June 29, 2023

  What a Short Menstrual Cycle Says about Your Pregnancy Chances

• Published on May 26, 2023

  Many Patients Don’t Discuss Sexual Dysfunction, Distress, or Pain with Doctors

• Published on May 24, 2023

  Hair Relaxers May Disproportionately Expose Black, Hispanic Women to Harmful Chemicals Linked to Cancer, Infertility, Studies Suggest

• Published on May 19, 2023

  Green Space Exposure May Play Modest Role in the Ability to Conceive

• Published on May 2, 2023

  Hair Relaxers and the Potential Link to Infertility

• Published on May 2, 2023

  Hair Relaxers May Affect Women’s Fertility, Study Suggests

• Published on April 28, 2023

  Could Hair Relaxers Affect a Woman’s Fertility?

• Published on April 28, 2023

  Could Hair Relaxers Affect a Woman’s Fertility?

• Published on April 27, 2023

  Hair Relaxer Use May Affect Ability to Conceive

• Published on September 2, 2022

  Where You Live Is Associated with Your Ability to Conceive

• Published on August 3, 2022

  Neighborhood May Affect a Couple’s Odds of Conceiving

• Published on June 29, 2022

  Risk of Miscarriage May Increase during the Summer

• Published on June 23, 2022

  SPH at SER’s Annual Meeting

• Published on April 12, 2022

  Britney Spears Is Pregnant 10 Months after She Begged a Judge to Let Her Remove Her IUD to Have a Baby. Here’s How Long It Takes to Conceive after Coming off Birth Control.

• Published on January 31, 2022

  What You Need to Know About Pregnancy, COVID-19 and the Vaccines

• Published on January 28, 2022

  SPH on SNL

• Published on January 26, 2022

  Research Shows COVID-19 Vaccines Do Not Affect Fertility Outcomes

• Published on January 24, 2022

  COVID Vaccine Doesn’t Hurt Odds of Getting Pregnant

• Published on January 23, 2022

  Weekend Update: Biden Presidency Enters Year 2

• Published on January 22, 2022

  Study: No Link between COVID-19 Vaccines, Fertility

• Published on January 21, 2022

  DeSantis Suggests Vaccines Hurt Fertility. A Study Indicates Otherwise — But Says Catching Coronavirus Might.

• Published on January 21, 2022

  DeSantis Suggests Vaccines Hurt Fertility. A Study Indicates Otherwise – But Says Catching Coronavirus Might.

• Published on January 20, 2022

  COVID-19 Vaccination Does Not Reduce Chances of Conception, Study Suggests

• Published on January 20, 2022

  COVID-19 Vaccines Don’t Cause Infertility or Harm Pregnancy Chances, BU Research Shows

• Published on January 20, 2022

  COVID Vaccines Have No Impact on Pregnancy Chances, Study Finds

• Published on January 19, 2022

  Do COVID Vaccines Affect the Menstrual Cycle?

• Published on November 23, 2021

  ‘Plausible Connection’ between COVID-19 Vaccine and Period Changes

• Published on September 27, 2021

  After People Spoke Out about COVID-19 Vaccines and Period Changes, Research Is Underway

• Published on September 14, 2021

  Researchers Will Study Whether the Vaccines Affect Women’s Periods

• Published on September 10, 2021

  Do COVID Vaccines Affect Menstruation?

• Published on September 10, 2021

  Researchers at Harvard, BU to Study Possible Links between Coronavirus Vaccines and Changes in Menstruation

• Published on September 9, 2021

  Researchers Receive $300K NIH Grant to Study COVID-19 Vaccination and Menstruation

• Published on September 8, 2021

  Women Said the COVID Vaccine Affected Their Periods. Now More than $1.6 Million Will Go Into Researching It

• Published on April 9, 2021

  Study Confirms Stress Decreases Fertility

• Published on February 23, 2021

  How Long Will It Take You to Conceive after Stopping Birth Control?

• Published on November 25, 2020

  Your Fertility Doesn’t Bounce Back Immediately After Coming off Birth Control. Here’s How Long You Can Expect to Wait for Each Method.

• Published on November 16, 2020

  When Does Fertility Return After Stopping Contraceptive Use?

• Published on May 15, 2020

  Faculty, Staff, and Student to Be Honored at 2020 Convocation

• Published on May 6, 2020

  DDT Was Banned Decades Ago. Why Is It Still Detectable in These Women?

• Published on April 10, 2020

  Pregnancy Planning during a Pandemic

• Published on March 16, 2020

  With Americans Hunkering Down, Some Wonder If Coronavirus Shutdowns Could Lead to a Baby Boom

• Published on February 24, 2020

  Fall Is the Best Time to Conceive, According to New BU Study

• Published on February 18, 2020

  Late Fall May Be Best Time of Year to Try to Conceive

• Published on December 9, 2019

  Fertility Trackers That Can Cost Hundreds of Pounds ‘Are No Better Than Using a Calendar’

• Published on November 7, 2019

  Researchers Win $1.2M NSF Grant to Improve Reproductive Health with AI

• Published on October 16, 2019

  Father’s Cannabis Use Could Double Risk of Miscarriage

• Published on July 22, 2019

  Concepimento: più ferro aumenta le probabilità?

• Published on July 12, 2019

  The Connection between Cannabis and Fertility

• Published on June 27, 2019

  It’s Not Just Women Who Have to Worry about Their Biological Clock: Men Are a ‘THIRD Less Likely to Conceive in Their 50s’

• Published on June 27, 2019

  Aprende a reducir tu estrés para quedar embarazada, aquí una pequeña guía

• Published on June 17, 2019

  Los suplementos de hierro no aumentan las posibilidades de concepción

• Published on June 12, 2019

  Marijuana Could Affect Fertility in Women AND Men: Researchers Warn the Drug Affects Sperm Count, Ovulation and Odds of Conceiving

• Published on June 10, 2019

  Trying to Conceive? Iron Might Not Help

• Published on June 6, 2019

  Iron Consumption Is Not Consistently Associated with Fecundability among North American and Danish Pregnancy Planners

• Published on April 17, 2019

  Sex Positions with Deep Penetration Do NOT Increase Your Chances of Conceiving, Say Experts as They Separate Eight Other Fertility Tips into Fact and Fiction

• Published on March 28, 2019

  How Much Your Partner Sleeps at Night Can Affect Your Chance of Getting Pregnant

• Published on February 27, 2019

  Several Factors Linked to Endocrine-Disrupting Chemical Levels in Black Women

• Published on February 7, 2019

  Mal eine Frage: Senkt Cola wirklich die Fruchtbarkeit?

• Published on January 30, 2019

  Professors Receive $6M in NIEHS Grants for Fertility and Miscarriage Research

• Published on January 24, 2019

  Stress Might Reduce Fertility in Women, But Not in Men

• Published on December 20, 2018

  Trying to Conceive? Don’t Smoke Pot, Study Says

• Published on November 29, 2018

  Un seminario Unimore con Lauren Wise della Boston University

• Published on November 29, 2018

  Vaccine Boom, Population Bust: Study Queries the Link Between HPV Vaccine and Soaring Infertility

• Published on November 28, 2018

  Religious, Spiritual Coping May Reduce Black Women’s Hypertension Risk

• Published on October 9, 2018

  Feeling Stressed from Work May Be Hurting a Woman’s Chances of Pregnancy

• Published on October 5, 2018

  Salute, lo stress non fa rimanere incinte: ci sono le prove della scienza

• Published on October 5, 2018

  Le stress pourrait réduire les chances de concevoir

• Published on October 5, 2018

  Stress : il réduit la fertilité féminine

• Published on October 5, 2018

  Salute: studio conferma, lo stress non fa rimanere incinte

• Published on October 5, 2018

  Fertilité : le stress réduit les chances de tomber enceinte

• Published on October 5, 2018

  Lo stress riduce le probabilità di concepire, secondo uno studio

• Published on October 5, 2018

  Fertilità femminile e stress non vanno d’accordo

• Published on October 4, 2018

  A New Study Shows How Women’s Fertility Is Affected Differently By Stress Than Men

• Published on October 3, 2018

  Does Stress Affect Women’s Fertility?

• Published on October 3, 2018

  Fertility in Women: Psychological Stress Could Reduce Odds of Conception

• Published on October 3, 2018

  Work-Life Stress Slashes a Woman’s Chance of Becoming Pregnant by 25%, Study Finds

• Published on October 1, 2018

  Stress Reduces Fertility in Women

• Published on August 29, 2018

  Professor Named Vice Chair of Environment and Reproduction Group

• Published on July 2, 2018

  Studie: Cola und andere Softdrinks können Fruchtbarkeit beeinträchtigen

• Published on July 2, 2018

  Softdrinks können den Kinderwunsch gefährden

• Published on June 29, 2018

  Softdrinks als Verhütungsmethode

• Published on June 15, 2018

  9 Myths and Little-Known Facts about Male Fertility

• Published on March 27, 2018

  9 Things You Should Stop Doing When Trying to Conceive, Not Just When You Get Pregnant

• Published on February 13, 2018

  One or More Soda a Day Could Decrease Chances of Getting Pregnant

• Published on February 5, 2018

  Marijuana Use Doesn’t Negatively Impact Human Fertility According to Study 

• Published on February 2, 2018

  Marijuana Doesn’t Affect Odds of Getting Pregnant

• Published on January 25, 2018

  Marijuana Use Doesn’t Lower Your Chance of Getting Pregnant: Study

• Published on January 24, 2018

  New Study Says Marijuana Does Not Reduce Fertility in Men or Women

• Published on January 23, 2018

  Does Marijuana Use Lower Chances of Getting Pregnant?

• Published on January 23, 2018

  Marijuana Use Does Not Affect Fertility in Men and Women: Study

• Published on January 22, 2018

  Marijuana Use Does Not Lower Chances of Getting Pregnant

• Published on September 15, 2017

  HPV Vaccine Associated with Improved Fertility in Some Women

• Published on October 20, 2016

  Too Much, Too Little Sleep Hurts Men’s Ability to Get Partners Pregnant

• Published on September 7, 2016

  Moderate Drinking Does Not Affect Fertility

• Published on August 2, 2016

  Links Found Between Menstrual Cycle Characteristics and Fertility

• Published on May 24, 2016

  Depression Lowers Women’s Chances of Pregnancy

• Published on May 12, 2016

  Men’s Consumption of Caffeinated Sodas, Energy Drinks Linked to Reduced Chances of Pregnancy

• Published on March 10, 2016

  Black Women with Fibroids Face Elevated Risk of Endometrial Cancer

• Published on February 9, 2016

  Etiology of Uterine Fibroids Still Largely a Mystery

• Published on November 4, 2015

  Internet-Based Recruiting for Research Holds Promise

• Published on June 3, 2015

  Faculty Elected to Leading Roles at Society for Epidemiologic Research

• Published on April 14, 2015

  Caffeine in Early Pregnancy May Pose Miscarriage Risk

• Published on March 23, 2015

  Postpartum Depression Linked to Stressors During Pregnancy

• Published on January 15, 2015

  Black Women Working Night Shifts Have Increased Risk of Diabetes

• Published on September 29, 2014

  Lauren Wise Elected Vice-Chair of Fibroid Special Interest Group of ASRM

• Published on May 9, 2014

  Current and Former Smokers May Have Lower Chance of Getting Pregnant, Study Finds

• Published on April 7, 2014

  Lauren Wise to be Honored for Published Research at National Epidemiology Meeting in June

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