Lauren Wise

American epidemiologist

Dr.

Lauren Wise

Education| Bowdoin College; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Awards| ASPPH Early Career Research Award; 2020 Saward-Berg Award; 2020 BUSPH Faculty Award for Excellence in Research; 2022 Weiss-Koepsell Education 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

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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

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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 Principal Investigator of Pregnancy Study Online (PRESTO), a NICHD-funded North American preconception cohort study of more than 18,000 females and 4,200 of their male partners in which recruitment and follow-up occur via the internet (http://presto.bu.edu).[6][7] She received NICHD and NIEHS funding 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 serves on the editorial boards of Human Reproduction, the American Journal of Epidemiology, Fertility & Sterility, and Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology. From 2013 to 2015, she was Member-At-Large of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER). From 2015 to 2018, she served as Secretary/Treasurer of SER.[9] In 2021, she was 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/ She was recipient of the 2022 Weiss-Koepsell Excellence in Education Award of the Society for Epidemiologic Research (sponsored by the University of Washington).[1]

## NIH Grants

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Wise has obtained research grants as Principal Investigator from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including:[14]

Grant number | Grant title | Institute | Years of funding

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Selected R01 grants
R01 | HD086742 | AN INTERNET-BASED PRECONCEPTION COHORT STUDY IN NORTH AMERICA | NICHD | 2016-2027
R01 | HD105863 | A PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF MALE FACTORS, FERTILITY, AND PREGNANCY OUTCOMES | NICHD | 2021-2026
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
R01 | HD057966 | GENETIC ADMIXTURE STUDY OF UTERINE FIBROIDS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN | NICHD | 2008-2013

## Publications

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Wise has published more than 300 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.[2]
* 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.[3]
* 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. [4]

## References

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1. ^ a b "CV" (PDF). Boston University.
2. ^ "Bowdoin Daily Sun – A daily look at Bowdoin and the world". dailysun.bowdoin.edu. Archived from the original on 2020-07-13. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
3. ^ "Predicting Fertility | The Brink". Boston University. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
4. ^ a b "Professor Named President-Elect of Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Organization | SPH | Boston University". School of Public Health. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
5. ^ "Full Professorships for Eight on Medical Campus | BU Today". Boston University. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
6. ^ "Marijuana Use Does Not Lower Chances of Getting Pregnant". Boston University. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
7. ^ "NIH-funded study to use Trak, a home fertility test for men". MobiHealthNews. 2018-03-29. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
8. ^ "ASPPH | BU: Professors Receive $6M in NIEHS Grants for Fertility and Miscarriage Research". www.aspph.org. Archived from the original on 2020-07-13. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
9. ^ a b "Lauren Wise – Society for Epidemiologic Research". Retrieved 2020-06-25.
10. ^ 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.
11. ^ "Environmental Factor: December 2008: Fibroids and the Black Women's Health Study". factor.niehs.nih.gov. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
12. ^ "ASPPH | BU: Professor Named President-Elect of Pediatric Epidemiology Organization". www.aspph.org. Archived from the original on 2020-06-28. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
13. ^ "ASPPH | ASPPH Early Career Public Health Research Award". www.aspph.org. Archived from the original on 2020-06-28. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
14. ^ "Boston University - Annual Report 2019". Boston University - Annual Report 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-26.

## External links

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* Pregnancy Study Online (PRESTO)
* Black Women's Health Study

## External links

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* 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

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* ORCID
* Google Scholar

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