Lauren Wise
Dr. Lauren Wise | |
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Education | Bowdoin College; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
Awards | ASPPH Early Career Public Health Research Award; AJE and SER Article of the Year |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Epidemiology; Women's Health |
Institutions | Boston University School of Public Health |
Thesis | (2004) |
Lauren Anne Wise is a Canadian-American epidemiologist and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health.[1]
Education[]
Lauren Wise completed a Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude at Bowdoin College with a double major in biochemistry and women's studies in 1996.[2] She earned a Master of Science with a concentration in reproductive epidemiology from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2000. She completed a Doctor of Science in epidemiology with a minor in biostatistics from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2004.[1] Her dissertation examined reproductive and hormonal risk factors for uterine fibroids in the Black Women’s Health Study.[3]
Career[]
Lauren Wise is a reproductive and perinatal epidemiologist by training. She has been on faculty at the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) since 2004.[4] In 2015, she was promoted to Full Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at BUSPH.[5] Her research involves the study of environmental and genetic determinants of benign gynecologic disorders, subfertility, and adverse pregnancy outcomes. She is currently Principal Investigator of Pregnancy Study Online (PRESTO), a NICHD-funded North American preconception cohort study of 16,000 females and 4,000 of their male partners in which recruitment and follow-up occur via the internet.[6][7] She received NIEHS funding in 2019 to continue this research.[8] She is also Principal Investigator of NIEHS-funded studies of uterine leiomyomata (fibroids) in the Study of Environment, Lifestyle and Fibroids (SELF), a prospective cohort study of 1,693 young African American women from Detroit, Michigan.[9] In addition, she has contributed to the Black Women's Health Study which includes more than 59,000 African American women and investigates health conditions disproportionately affecting Black women.[10][11]
She is on the editorial board of Human Reproduction, the American Journal of Epidemiology, and Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology. From 2013-2015, she served as Member-At-Large of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER). From 2015-2018, she served as Secretary/Treasurer of SER.[9] She is President of the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research (SPER).[4][12]
Wise received the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) Early Career Public Health Research Award in 2011.[13] She earned the American Journal of Epidemiology and the Society for Epidemiologic Research's Article of the Year award in 2013 and 2020.[10] In 2020, she received the Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship from Boston University School of Public Health.https://www.bu.edu/sph/announcement/student-staff-and-faculty-awards-2020/
NIH Grants[]
Lauren Wise has obtained several grants as Principal Investigator from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including:[14]
Grant number | Grant title | Institute | Years of funding | |
Current support | ||||
R01 | HD086742 | AN INTERNET-BASED PRECONCEPTION COHORT STUDY IN NORTH AMERICA AND DENMARK | NICHD | 2016-2021 |
R01 | ES028923 | A PRECONCEPTION COHORT STUDY OF AIR POLLUTION, FERTILITY, AND MISCARRIAGE | NIEHS | 2018-2023 |
R01 | ES028235 | ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTORS FOR UTERINE FIBROIDS: A PROSPECTIVE ULTRASOUND STUDY | NIEHS | 2017-2022 |
R01 | ES024749 | ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS AND RISK OF UTERINE FIBROIDS: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY | NIEHS | 2015-2020 |
R01 | ES029951 | A PRECONCEPTION COHORT STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS, FERTILITY, AND MISCARRIAGE | NIEHS | 2018-2023 |
R21 | HD094322 | FEASIBILITY OF IN-HOME SEMEN TESTING IN A NORTH AMERICAN PRECONCEPTION COHORT STUDY | NICHD | 2017-2020 |
R03 | HD094117 | A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF CERVICAL DYSPLASIA, CERVICAL SURGERY, AND FERTILITY | NICHD | 2017-2020 |
R03 | HD090315 | LIFESTYLE AND PSYCHOSOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF MALE SUBFERTILITY: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY | NICHD | 2017-2020 |
Past support | ||||
R21 | HD072326 | FEASIBILITY OF AN INTERNET-BASED STUDY OF TIME-TO-PREGNANCY IN THE UNITED STATES | NICHD | 2013-2015 |
R01 | HD057966 | GENETIC ADMIXTURE STUDY OF UTERINE FIBROIDS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN | NICHD | 2008-2013 |
R03 | HD055211 | A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF DIET AND FIBROIDS IN BLACK WOMEN | NICHD | 2008-2010 |
R03 | HD069602 | PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS AND RISK OF UTERINE FIBROIDS IN BLACK WOMEN | NICHD | 2011-2014 |
R03 | CA169888 | ENDOMETRIAL CANCER IN BLACK WOMEN | NCI | 2013-2015 |
Publications[]
Lauren has published more than 250 peer-reviewed journal articles. Her most cited first-authored papers include:
- Wise LA, JR Palmer, BL Harlow, D Spiegelman, EA Stewart, et al. Reproductive factors, hormonal contraception, and risk of uterine leiomyomata in African-American women: a prospective study. American journal of epidemiology 159 (2), 113-123, 2004.[1]
- Wise LA, S Zierler, N Krieger, BL Harlow. Adult onset of major depressive disorder in relation to early life violent victimisation: a case-control study. The Lancet 358 (9285), 881-887, 2001.[2]
- Wise LA, KJ Rothman, EM Mikkelsen, HT Sørensen, A Riis, EE Hatch. An internet-based prospective study of body size and time-to-pregnancy. Human reproduction 25 (1), 253-264, 2009. [3]
References[]
- ^ a b "CV" (PDF). Boston University.
- ^ "Bowdoin Daily Sun – A daily look at Bowdoin and the world". dailysun.bowdoin.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Predicting Fertility | The Brink". Boston University. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ a b "Professor Named President-Elect of Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Organization | SPH | Boston University". School of Public Health. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Full Professorships for Eight on Medical Campus | BU Today". Boston University. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Marijuana Use Does Not Lower Chances of Getting Pregnant". Boston University. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "NIH-funded study to use Trak, a home fertility test for men". MobiHealthNews. 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "ASPPH | BU: Professors Receive $6M in NIEHS Grants for Fertility and Miscarriage Research". www.aspph.org. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ a b "Lauren Wise – Society for Epidemiologic Research". Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ a b "Lauren Wise to be Honored for Published Research at National Epidemiology Meeting in June | SPH | Boston University". School of Public Health. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Environmental Factor: December 2008: Fibroids and the Black Women's Health Study". factor.niehs.nih.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "ASPPH | BU: Professor Named President-Elect of Pediatric Epidemiology Organization". www.aspph.org. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "ASPPH | ASPPH Early Career Public Health Research Award". www.aspph.org. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Boston University - Annual Report 2019". Boston University - Annual Report 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
External links[]
External links[]
- Official website
- Lauren Wise publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Lauren Wise on Twitter
- Lauren Wise's grants in NIH Reporter: https://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter_searchresults.cfm
- Living people
- Harvard College alumni
- Boston University School of Public Health faculty
- American women epidemiologists
- American epidemiologists
- 20th-century American women scientists
- 21st-century American women scientists
- Bowdoin College alumni
- American women academics