JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH
- Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine, and Co-Director of the Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Professor of Medicine and the Elizabeth F. Brigham Professor of Women's Health, 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: 617-278-0871
FAX: 617-731-3843
E-mail: jmanson@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
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Primary research interests:
Biomarker and genetic predictors of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes; benefits and risks of postmenopausal hormone therapy and the modifying role of age and time since menopause; sex steroid hormones and other endocrine determinants of vascular disease and diabetes; role of lifestyle factors in chronic disease prevention, particularly the role of physical activity and nutrition; large-scale clinical trials; preventive medicine; women's health
Selected publications:
Manson JE, with Bassuk SS. Hot Flashes, Hormones & Your Health. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007.
Manson JE, Bassuk SS, Hu FB, Stampfer MJ, Colditz GA, Willett WC. Estimating the number of deaths due to obesity: can the divergent findings be reconciled? J Womens Health 2007;16:168-176.
Manson JE, Allison MA, Rossouw JE, Carr JJ, Langer RD, Hsia J, et al. Estrogen therapy and coronary-artery calcification. N Engl J Med 2007; 356:2591-2602.
Sun Q, Ma J, Campos H, Hankinson SE, Manson JE, Stampfer MJ, Rexrode KM, Willett WC, Hu FB. A prospective study of trans fatty acids in erthyrocytes and risk of coronary heart disease. Circulation 2007; 115:1858-1865.
Manson JE, Bassuk SS, Harman SM, Brinton EA, Cedars MI, Lobo R, Merriam GR, Miller VM, Naftolin F, Santoro N. Postmenopausal hormone therapy: new questions and the case for new clinical trials. Menopause 2006; 13(1):139-147.
Manson JE, Bassuk SS. The menopause transition and postmenopausal hormone therapy. In: Kasper DL, Fauci AS, Longo DL, Braunwald E, Hauser SL, Jameson JL (eds). Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 16th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill 2004; pp 2209-2213.
Manson JE, Hsia J, Johnson KC, Rossouw JE, Assaf AR, Lasser NL, Trevisan M, Black HR, Heckbert SR, Detrano R, Strickland OL, Wong ND, Crouse JR, Stein E, Cushman M for the Women's Health Initiative Investigators. Estrogen plus progestin and the risk of coronary heart disease. N Engl J Med 2003; 349:523-534.
Manson JE, Martin KA. Clinical Practice. Postmenopausal hormone-replacement therapy. N Engl J Med 2001; 345(1):34-40.
Manson JE, Hu FB, Rich-Edwards JW, Colditz GA, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC, Speizer FE, Hennekens CH. A prospective study of walking as compared with vigorous exercise in the prevention of coronary heart disease in women. N Engl J Med 1999; 341:650-658.
Manson JE, Spelsberg A. Risk modification in the diabetic patient. In: Manson JE, Ridker PM, Gaziano JM, Hennekens CH (eds). Prevention of Myocardial Infarction. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996; pp 241-273.
Manson JE, Willett WC, Stampfer MJ, Colditz GA, Hunter DJ, Hankinson SE, Hennekens CH, Speizer FE. Body weight and mortality among women. N Engl J Med 1995; 333:677-685.
Manson JE, Nathan DM, Krolewski AS, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC, Hennekens CH. A prospective study of exercise and incidence of diabetes in U.S. male physicians. JAMA 1992; 268:63-67.
Manson JE, Tosteson H, Ridker PM, Satterfield S, Hebert P, O'Connor GT, Buring JE, Hennekens CH. Medical Progress: Primary prevention of myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med 1992; 326:1406-1416.
Manson JE, Stampfer MJ, Colditz GA, Willett WC, Rosner B, Speizer FE, Hennekens CH. A prospective study of aspirin use and primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women. JAMA 1991; 266:521-527.
Clinical specialty: Endocrinology, women's health. Not taking new patients at this time.
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