Black Women’s Health Study (BWHS)

Investigators:

Julie R. Palmer, Sc.D., Principal Investigator
Slone Epidemiology Center

Kimberly Bertrand, Sc.D., Principal Investigator
Slone Epidemiology Center

Yvette Cozier, D.Sc., Principal Investigator
Slone Epidemiology Center

Patricia F. Coogan, D.Sc.
Slone Epidemiology Center

Jessica Petrick, Ph.D.
Slone Epidemiology Center

Lynn Rosenberg, Sc.D.
Slone Epidemiology Center

Shanshan Sheehy, M.D., M.Sc., Sc.D.
Slone Epidemiology Center

Gary Zirpoli, Ph.D.
Slone Epidemiology Center

Study Staff:

• Delia Russell, MPH, Project Coordinator
• Patricia Simmons, MS, Project Coordinator – Blood Collection Study and BWHS Insomnia Treatment Study
• Carolyn Conte, MPH, Project Coordinator – Cognitive Health Study
• Lisa Crowell
• Lauren Delp
• Dianne Dunn
• Nastia Dynkin
• Cassandra Edwards
• Rebekah Goldstein, MPH
• Hannah Lord
• Maria Petzold
• Renee Pittman
• Oleg Starobinets
• Lisa Wood
• Nora Xu, MSPH

Source of Funding:

National Cancer Institute

Study Period:

1994 to present

• Somatic Mutations and Their Etiological Determinants for Breast Cancer in African American Women
• Testing Scalable Communication Modalities for Returning Breast Cancer Genetic Research Results to African American Women
• A Prediction Model to Simultaneously Estimate Personal Risk of Breast Cancer and Death from Other Causes in Women Aged 55 and Older
• Comprehensive molecular characterization of endometrial cancer, etiologic heterogeneity, and racial disparities
• Socio-environmental context in monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) disparities
• Addressing racial disparities in lung cancer screening
• Nutrient Insufficiency and Risk of Paclitaxel-induced Peripheral Neuropathy-Second Resubmission
• Determinants of the racial/ethnic disparity in MGUS risk: An epidemiologic study in 4 cohorts
• Understanding the Contribution of Colorectal Cancer Tumor Characteristics to Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Survival
• Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Inflammatory Index, and Circulating Endocannabinoids/Oxylipins in Relation to Colorectal Carcinogenesis in Black Women
• Risk factors for Parkinson’s disease among participants in the Black Women’s Health Study
• The Influence of Structural Racism on Incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) in Black women
• Psychosocial stress and molecular profiles of breast tumors from U.S. Black women
• Neighborhood Disadvantage, Tumor Characteristics, and Breast Cancer Survival in U.S. Black Women
• Breast Cancer Drivers in Black Women: Society to Cells
• Dietary Carbohydrate Quality and Circulating Bile Acids in Relation to Colorectal Carcinogenesis in Black Women
• Epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Among US Black Women
• Advancing breast cancer risk prediction in national cohorts: the role of mammogram-based deep learning
• Evaluating the Feasibility of Lung Cancer Screening in High-risk Black Women
• Lifetime stressors and Alzheimer’s Disease genetic variants and biomarkers in relation to cognitive decline among Black Women’s Health
  Study participants
• Geospatially modeled environmental risk factors for lymphoid malignancies
• The impact of biobehavioral factors and aspirin on ovarian cancer biology
• The role of biobehavioral factors and anti-inflammatory medications on the ovarian tumor immune response
• Examination of factors influencing the racial disparity in fibroid incidence
• PROSPECT: Pathways, Risk factors, and mOleculeS to Prevent Early-onset Colorectal Tumors
• Harnessing DNA methylation in peripheral blood for improved colorectal cancer prevention
• Cardiometabolic health and risk of breast cancer in Black women

BWHS Publications List

Black Women’s Health Study
72 East Concord Street, L-7
Boston, MA 02118
1 (800) 786-0814

Email Delia Russell at drussell@bu.edu