William G. Christen, ScD, OD
Associate Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Epidemiologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Contact information:
Office address:
Division of Preventive Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
900 Commonwealth Avenue East, 3rd Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
Phone: 617-278-0795
FAX: 617-734-1437
E-mail: wchristen@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
Primary research interests:
Epidemiology of chronic disease
Eye disease, with a particular emphasis on risk factors and preventive agents for cataract and age-related macular degeneration.
Selected publications:
Christen WG, Glynn RJ, Ajani UA, Schaumberg DA, Buring JE, Hennekens CH, Manson JE. Smoking cessation and risk of age-related cataract in Physicians’ Health Study I. JAMA 2000;284:713-716.
Christen WG, Glynn RJ, Ajani UA, Schaumberg DA, Chew EY, Buring JE, Manson JE, Hennekens CH. Age-related maculopathy in a randomized trial of low-dose aspirin among US physicians. Arch Ophthalmol 2001;119:1143-1149.
Christen WG, Manson JE, Glynn RJ, Gaziano JM, Sperduto RD, Buring JE, Hennekens CH. A randomized trial of beta carotene and age-related cataract in US physicians. Arch Ophthalmol 2003;121:372-378.
Christen WG, Glynn RJ, Sperduto RD, Chew EY, Buring JE. Age-related cataract in a randomized trial of beta carotene in women. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2004;11:401-412.
Christen WG, Liu S, Schaumberg DA, Buring JE. Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of cataract in women. Am J Clin Nutr 2005;81:1417-1422.
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