Julie E. Buring, ScD
Senior Epidemiologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
Contact information:
Office address:
Division of Preventive Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
900 Commonwealth Avenue East, 3rd Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
Phone: 617-278-0863
FAX: 617-731-3843
E-mail: jburing@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
Primary research interests:
Epidemiology of chronic disease, primarily cardiovascular disease and cancer, and especially in women
Epidemiologic methods, particularly clinical trials
Selected publications:
Eisenberg DM, Post DE, Davis RB, Connelly MT, Legedza AT, Hrbek AL, Prosser LA, Buring JE, Inui TS, Cherkin DC. Addition of choice of complementary therapies to usual care for acute low back pain: a randomized controlled trial. Spine 2007;32:151-8.
Kang JH, Cook N, Manson J, Buring JE, Grodstein F. A randomized trial of vitamin E supplementation and cognitive function in women. Arch Intern Med 2006; 166:2462-2468.
Zhang SM, Moore SC, Lin J, Cook NR, Manson JE, Lee I-M, Buring JE. Folate, vitamin B6, multivitamin supplements, and colorectal cancer risk in women. Am J Epidemiol 2006; 163:108-115.
Lee I-M, Gaziano JM, Buring. Vitamin E in the prevention of prostate cancer: Where are we today? (Editorial) J Natl Cancer Inst 2006; 98(4).
Kurth T, Slomke MA, Kase CS, Cook NR, Lee I, Gaziano JM, Diener HC, Buring JE. Migraine, headache, and the risk of stroke in women: a prospective study. Neurology 2005; 64:1020-1026.
Kurth T, Gaziano JM, Rexrode KM, Kase CS, Cook NR, Manson JE, Buring JE. A prospective study of body mass index and risk of stroke in apparently healthy women. Circulation 2005; 111:1992-1998.
Ridker PM, Cook NR, Lee I-M, Gordon D, Gaziano JM, Manson JE, Hennekens CH, Buring JE. A randomized trial of low-dose aspirin in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women. N Engl J Med 2005; 352:1293-1304.
Lee I-M, Cook NR, Gaziano JM, Gordon D, Ridker PM, Manson JE, Hennekens CH, Buring JE. Vitamin E in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer. The Women’s Health Study: A randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2005; 294:56-65.
Cook NR, Lee I-M, Gaziano JM, Gordon D, Ridker PM, Manson JE, Hennekens CH, Buring JE. Low-dose aspirin in the primary prevention of cancer. The Women’s Health Study: A randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2005; 294:47-55.
Ridker PM, Rifai N, Cook NR, Bradwin G, Buring JE. Non-HDL cholesterol apolipoproteins A-1 and B100, standard lipid measures, lipid ratios, and CRP as risk factors for cardiovascular disease in women. JAMA 2005; 294:326-333.
Sesso HD, Gaziano JM, Van Denburgh M, Hennekens CH, Glynn RJ, Buring JE. Comparison of baseline characteristics and mortality experience of participants and nonparticipants in a randomized clinical trial: the Physicians’ Health Study. Control Clin Trials 2002; 23:686-702.
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